South Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Edmunds County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Edmunds County pays $1,313 a year, an effective rate of 0.80%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,313
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.80%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -34%
- vs U.S. average
- #59 of 66
- rank in SD
The verdict
Homeowners in Edmunds County pay a median $1,313 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.80%, more affordable than 50% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,313
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.80%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1567 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -34%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($163,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Edmunds County, SD
67/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median home value relative to Edmunds County's median income
Median tax as a share of Edmunds County's median household income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Edmunds County
Edmunds County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Edmunds County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Read the chart values
- Housing pressure: 88/100 (A) · 2.00×
- Income room: 81/100 (A-) · 1.6%
- Mortgage premium: 69/100 (B-) · +$170
- Bill size: 63/100 (C+) · $1,313/yr
- Rate relief: 50/100 (C-) · 0.80%
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for South Dakota. Population: 4,048. Owner-occupied homes: 1,322.
The median annual property tax in Edmunds County is $1,313, which is 52% lower than the South Dakota state average and 34% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.80% on a median home value of $163,300. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Edmunds County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Edmunds County pay a median annual property tax of $1,313, well below the national median and far below the South Dakota state median. On a $163,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.80% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among South Dakota counties by effective rate
Edmunds County ranks #59 of 66 counties in South Dakota by effective rate (11% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Edmunds County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $81,630 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Edmunds County's 0.80% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 50%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Edmunds County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Edmunds County rose 47.6%, from $110,600 to $163,300. The effective rate fell 26.3% over the same span, a steeper move than in 95% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 8.9%, to $1,313. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,206 to $1,313, a change of 9%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 409 of 1,322 owner-occupied homes (30.9%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 1.6% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Edmunds County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Edmunds County homeowners, 409 of 1,322 owner-occupied homes (30.9%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.5% (324)
- $800 to $1,499 30.9% (409)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.7% (115)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.5% (152)
- $3,000 or more 21.0% (277)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
45 homes here (3.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how South Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Edmunds County, mortgaged homeowners pay 14% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
How Edmunds County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Edmunds County's effective rate is higher than 11% of the 66 counties in South Dakota - ranking #59 of 66 for property tax burden.
Where Edmunds County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.80% more affordable than 50% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below South Dakota on both measures
Edmunds County's effective rate runs 25% under the South Dakota median and its bill 52% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,313 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the South Dakota norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Edmunds County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Edmunds County | South Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Edmunds County stamps UNDER · LIGHT - still check the parcel card
On Edmunds County's published figures (UNDER · LIGHT), a $163,300 median home carries a $1,313 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $131 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in South Dakota.
Property Tax History · UNDER · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,313 -7.3% | 0.80% |
| 2023 | $1,417 +6.1% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | $1,335 +6.0% | 0.94% |
| 2021 | $1,259 +4.4% | 1.10% |
| 2020 | $1,206 | 1.09% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate notably lower than the national average of 0.92% puts Edmunds County in the "Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Edmunds County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Edmunds County sits nearest Hampton County (SC), Polk County (OR), Harney County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Brown County (NE), Morgan County (MO), Wilkinson County (GA).
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
What tax filers report in Edmunds County
Of the 2,070 federal returns filed from Edmunds County in 2022, 30 (1.4% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $5,800 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 100% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Edmunds County's numbers
- Edmunds County's $1,313 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 1.6% of Edmunds County's $81,630 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Edmunds County ranks #59 of 66 South Dakota counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. South Dakota overview →
- If Edmunds County's assessment looks high versus the $163,300 typical home, check South Dakota's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($163,300); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Edmunds County, both outside South Dakota so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.80%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,313/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Edmunds County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Edmunds County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Jones County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Edmunds County at $1,313/yr; rate 0.94% vs Edmunds County 0.80%.
Vigo County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Edmunds County at $1,313/yr; rate 0.88% vs Edmunds County 0.80%.
Collingsworth County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,314/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.26% vs Edmunds County 0.80%.
Jefferson Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,312/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Edmunds County 0.80%.
South Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published South Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Edmunds County stamps UNDER · 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Edmunds County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.