Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Dawes County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Dawes County pays $2,183 a year, an effective rate of 1.45%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,183
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.45%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +10%
- vs U.S. average
- #16 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Dawes County pay a median $2,183 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.45%, more affordable than 13% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,183
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2737 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +10%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($150,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 8,140. Owner-occupied homes: 2,133.
The median annual property tax in Dawes County is $2,183, which is 38% lower than the Nebraska state average and 10% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.45% on a median home value of $150,900. Property taxes represent 3.9% of the median household income in this county.
Dawes County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Dawes County's 1.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 13%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Dawes County pay a median annual property tax of $2,183, notably higher than the national median and well below the Nebraska state median. On a $150,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Dawes County ranks #16 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (83% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Dawes County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $56,280 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 10.8%, from $1,970 to $2,183. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Dawes County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 25% from $1,746 to $2,183. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 649 of 2,133 owner-occupied homes (30.4%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 3.9% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Dawes County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Dawes County homeowners, 649 of 2,133 owner-occupied homes (30.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 12.0% (257)
- $800 to $1,499 13.4% (285)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.2% (389)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.9% (445)
- $3,000 or more 30.4% (649)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
108 homes here (5.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Dawes County, mortgaged homeowners actually pay 15% less than those without a mortgage, a mild inversion from the national norm worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Dawes County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Dawes County's effective rate is higher than 83% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #16 of 93.
Where Dawes County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.45% more affordable than 13% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Dawes County moved from $1,746 in the 2020 release to $2,183 in 2024, a change of about 25%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Dawes County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Dawes County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.9% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Dawes County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Dawes County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $150,900 median home carries a $2,183 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $218 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Dawes County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,183 +10.8% | 1.45% |
| 2023 | $1,970 -0.8% | 1.34% |
| 2022 | $1,986 +4.1% | 1.40% |
| 2021 | $1,907 +9.2% | 1.45% |
| 2020 | $1,746 | 1.39% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Dawes County: tax-to-income at 3.9%
Counties near Dawes County's effective rate
On effective rate, Dawes County sits nearest Kalamazoo County (MI), Calhoun County (MI), Trego County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Russell County (KY), Decatur County (GA), Garfield County (WA).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Dawes County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 3,530 returns from Dawes County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,113 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
Other Counties in Nebraska
Dawes County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Dawes County?
- Dawes County, Nebraska scores F (36/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-367). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Dawes County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Dawes County is $2,183, an effective rate of 1.45% on a $150,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Dawes County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Dawes County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Dawes County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Dawes County is recorded at $2,183 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,746 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 2,133 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Dawes County?
- Property taxes in Dawes County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $56,280 median household income.
What to do with Dawes County's STEEP rate
Inside Nebraska, Dawes County's $2,183 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Dawes County ranks #16 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Dawes County's STEEP effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,183/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Dawes County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dawes County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Clay County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,182/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.27% vs Dawes County 1.45%.
Mercer County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,184/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.10% vs Dawes County 1.45%.
Prince George County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,184/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Dawes County 1.45%.
Clayton County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,181/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.29% vs Dawes County 1.45%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Dawes County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Dawes County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.