North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Eddy County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Eddy County pays $1,237 a year, an effective rate of 1.00%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,237
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.00%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -38%
- vs U.S. average
- #23 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Eddy County pay a median $1,237 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.00%, more affordable than 35% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,237
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.00%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2029 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -38%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($124,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 2,307. Owner-occupied homes: 845.
The median annual property tax in Eddy County is $1,237, which is 50% lower than the North Dakota state average and 38% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.00% on a median home value of $124,000. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Eddy County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Eddy County's 1.00% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 35%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Eddy County pay a median annual property tax of $1,237, well below the national median and far below the North Dakota state median. On a $124,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.00% 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 20.4%, from $1,027 to $1,237. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Eddy County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $50,850 median household income.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of North Dakota counties by effective rate
Eddy County ranks #23 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (57% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Eddy 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 51% from $818 to $1,237. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 244 of 845 owner-occupied homes (28.9%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.4% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Eddy County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Eddy County homeowners, 244 of 845 owner-occupied homes (28.9%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.1% (229)
- $800 to $1,499 28.9% (244)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.9% (134)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.6% (64)
- $3,000 or more 10.5% (89)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
85 homes here (10.1%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Eddy County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Eddy County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Eddy County's effective rate is higher than 57% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #23 of 53.
Where Eddy County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.00% more affordable than 35% 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 Eddy County moved from $818 in the 2020 release to $1,237 in 2024, a change of about 51%. 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.
Eddy County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Eddy County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
Eddy County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Eddy County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,237 +20.4% | 1.00% |
| 2023 | $1,027 +4.6% | 0.89% |
| 2022 | $982 +18.0% | 0.91% |
| 2021 | $832 +1.7% | 0.81% |
| 2020 | $818 | 0.89% |
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.
Eddy County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Eddy County's effective rate
On effective rate, Eddy County sits nearest Hamilton County (NY), Perkins County (NE), Cuming County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Grand County (UT), Baker County (FL), Golden Valley County (MT).
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 Eddy County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Eddy 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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Eddy County rate FAQs
- How does Eddy County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Eddy County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.00% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Eddy County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Eddy County is $1,237, an effective rate of 1.00% on a $124,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Eddy County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Eddy County is recorded at $1,237 in the 2024 5-year release against $818 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 845 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 is the tax affordability score for Eddy County?
- Eddy County, North Dakota scores C (56/100) 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+ (+$103). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Eddy County?
- Property taxes in Eddy County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $50,850 median household income.
What to do with Eddy County's PAR rate
Eddy County's $1,237 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 →
Eddy County ranks #23 of 53 North Dakota counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. North Dakota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Eddy County's PAR 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: 1.00%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,237/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Eddy County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Eddy County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Knox County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Eddy County at $1,237/yr; rate 1.60% vs Eddy County 1.00%.
Hot Springs County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,236/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.54% vs Eddy County 1.00%.
Meigs County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,238/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.04% vs Eddy County 1.00%.
Mohave County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,238/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.44% vs Eddy County 1.00%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Eddy County stamps PAR · 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 Eddy County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.