New Mexico · County property tax · ACS 2024
De Baca County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in De Baca County pays $1,118 a year, an effective rate of 0.60%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,118
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.60%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -44%
- vs U.S. average
- #13 of 33
- rank in NM
The verdict
Homeowners in De Baca County pay a median $1,118 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.60%, more affordable than 71% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,118
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.60%
- Effective rate on median home
- #895 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -44%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($187,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for New Mexico. Population: 1,576. Owner-occupied homes: 586.
The median annual property tax in De Baca County is $1,118, which is 35% lower than the New Mexico state average and 44% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.60% on a median home value of $187,500.
De Baca County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
De Baca County's 0.60% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 71%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in De Baca County pay a median annual property tax of $1,118, well below the national median and well below the New Mexico state median. On a $187,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.60% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 41.9%, from $788 to $1,118. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of New Mexico counties by effective rate
De Baca County ranks #13 of 33 counties in New Mexico by effective rate (61% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in De Baca 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 64% from $680 to $1,118. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 239 of 586 owner-occupied homes (40.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
What De Baca County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of De Baca County homeowners, 239 of 586 owner-occupied homes (40.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 40.8% (239)
- $800 to $1,499 16.0% (94)
- $1,500 to $1,999 31.4% (184)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.8% (46)
- $3,000 or more 3.2% (19)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in De Baca County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+196%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
De Baca County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
De Baca County's effective rate is higher than 61% of the 33 counties in New Mexico - ranking #13 of 33.
Where De Baca County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.60% Among the most affordable more affordable than 71% 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 De Baca County moved from $680 in the 2020 release to $1,118 in 2024, a change of about 64%. 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.
De Baca County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | De Baca County | New Mexico Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value |
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.
De Baca County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · New Mexico counties.
De Baca County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,118 +41.9% | 0.60% |
| 2023 | $788 -17.1% | 0.50% |
| 2022 | $951 +21.8% | 0.43% |
| 2021 | $781 +14.9% | 0.59% |
| 2020 | $680 | 0.52% |
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.
Counties near De Baca County's effective rate
On effective rate, De Baca County sits nearest Petroleum County (MT), Granite County (MT), Laclede County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Blanco County (TX), Custer County (ID), Texas County (OK).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed De Baca County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for De Baca County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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De Baca County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in De Baca County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for De Baca County is recorded at $1,118 in the 2024 5-year release against $680 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 586 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.
- How does De Baca County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in De Baca County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.60% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in De Baca County, New Mexico?
- The median annual property tax in De Baca County is $1,118, an effective rate of 0.60% on a $187,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for De Baca County?
- De Baca County, New Mexico scores C (57/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 3 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at B (0.60%). 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 to do with De Baca County's QUIET rate
De Baca County's $1,118 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
De Baca County ranks #13 of 33 New Mexico counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. New Mexico overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for De Baca County's QUIET 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: 0.60%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,118/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with De Baca County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for De Baca County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Bryan County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with De Baca County at $1,118/yr; rate 0.64% vs De Baca County 0.60%.
Donley County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,117/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.16% vs De Baca County 0.60%.
Wells County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,119/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.98% vs De Baca County 0.60%.
Winkler County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,119/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.76% vs De Baca County 0.60%.
New Mexico county set
State ACS overview for every published New Mexico county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
De Baca County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
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 De Baca County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.