Tennessee · County property tax · ACS 2024
Dyer County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Dyer County pays $1,047 a year, an effective rate of 0.63%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,047
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.63%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -47%
- vs U.S. average
- #5 of 95
- rank in TN
The verdict
Homeowners in Dyer County pay a median $1,047 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.63%, more affordable than 68% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,047
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.63%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -47%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($166,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Tennessee. Population: 36,508. Owner-occupied homes: 9,136.
The median annual property tax in Dyer County is $1,047, which is 27% lower than the Tennessee state average and 47% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.63% on a median home value of $166,400. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Dyer County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Dyer County's 0.63% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 68%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Dyer County pay a median annual property tax of $1,047, well below the national median and well below the Tennessee state median. On a $166,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.63% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Tennessee counties by effective rate
Dyer County ranks #5 of 95 counties in Tennessee by effective rate (95% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Dyer County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $58,154 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Dyer 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Dyer County's effective rate fell 13.5% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 46.2%, leaving the median bill 26.4% higher at $1,047. That rate move is larger than the one in 57% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 26% from $828 to $1,047. 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: 3,128 of 9,136 owner-occupied homes (34.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 1.8% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Dyer County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Dyer County homeowners, 3,128 of 9,136 owner-occupied homes (34.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 34.2% (3,128)
- $800 to $1,499 32.4% (2,963)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.8% (899)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.4% (951)
- $3,000 or more 7.4% (672)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
523 homes here (5.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Tennessee handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Dyer County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Dyer County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Dyer County's effective rate is higher than 95% of the 95 counties in Tennessee - ranking #5 of 95.
Where Dyer County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.63% Among the most affordable more affordable than 68% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Dyer County taxes property at 0.63%, about 26% above the Tennessee average, yet its median bill of $1,047 lands roughly 27% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Dyer County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Dyer County | Tennessee Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Dyer County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Tennessee counties.
Dyer County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,047 +8.4% | 0.63% |
| 2023 | $966 +1.8% | 0.61% |
| 2022 | $949 +8.8% | 0.64% |
| 2021 | $872 +5.3% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | $828 | 0.73% |
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.
Dyer County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Dyer County's effective rate
On effective rate, Dyer County sits nearest Tillman County (OK), Major County (OK), Love County (OK).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Laurens County (SC), Chesterfield County (VA), Lee County (IA).
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
Dyer County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 370 of 15,810 returns from Dyer County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,000 - 35% of those reporters sat in the $200k+ 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 Tennessee
Dyer County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Dyer County?
- Dyer County, Tennessee scores B (71/100) 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 B+ (+$86). 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.
- How does Dyer County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Dyer County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.63% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Dyer County, Tennessee?
- The median annual property tax in Dyer County is $1,047, an effective rate of 0.63% on a $166,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Dyer County?
- Property taxes in Dyer County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $58,154 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Dyer County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Dyer County jumped 26.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $828 to $1,047, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Dyer County's QUIET rate
Dyer County's $1,047 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.8% of Dyer County's $58,154 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Dyer 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: 0.63%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,047/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Dyer County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dyer County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Ware County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dyer County at $1,047/yr; rate 0.96% vs Dyer County 0.63%.
Allen County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,046/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.54% vs Dyer County 0.63%.
Heard County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,049/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.56% vs Dyer County 0.63%.
Lawrence County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,049/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.60% vs Dyer County 0.63%.
Tennessee county set
State ACS overview for every published Tennessee county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Dyer 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 Dyer County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.