Utah · County property tax · ACS 2024
Emery County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Emery County pays $1,350 a year, an effective rate of 0.62%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,350
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.62%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -32%
- vs U.S. average
- #2 of 29
- rank in UT
The verdict
Homeowners in Emery County pay a median $1,350 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.62%, more affordable than 69% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,350
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.62%
- Effective rate on median home
- #974 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -32%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($218,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Utah. Population: 10,046. Owner-occupied homes: 2,766.
The median annual property tax in Emery County is $1,350, which is 47% lower than the Utah state average and 32% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.62% on a median home value of $218,700. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Emery County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Emery County's 0.62% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 69%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Emery County pay a median annual property tax of $1,350, well below the national median and well below the Utah state median. On a $218,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.62% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Utah counties by effective rate
Emery County ranks #2 of 29 counties in Utah by effective rate (93% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Emery County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $74,291 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 17.3%, from $1,151 to $1,350. 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 Emery 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 46% from $927 to $1,350. 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 1,001 of 2,766 owner-occupied homes (36.2%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 1.8% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Emery County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Emery County homeowners, 1,001 of 2,766 owner-occupied homes (36.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 20.7% (572)
- $800 to $1,499 36.2% (1,001)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.7% (545)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.2% (421)
- $3,000 or more 6.8% (187)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
40 homes here (1.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Utah handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Emery County pay about the same bill, a 5% gap.
Emery County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Emery County's effective rate is higher than 93% of the 29 counties in Utah - ranking #2 of 29.
Where Emery County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.62% Among the most affordable more affordable than 69% 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
Emery County taxes property at 0.62%, about 19% above the Utah average, yet its median bill of $1,350 lands roughly 47% 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.
Emery County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Emery County | Utah Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median 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.
Emery County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Utah counties.
Emery County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,350 +17.3% | 0.62% |
| 2023 | $1,151 +12.7% | 0.58% |
| 2022 | $1,021 +5.0% | 0.61% |
| 2021 | $972 +4.9% | 0.65% |
| 2020 | $927 | 0.67% |
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.
Emery County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Emery County's effective rate
On effective rate, Emery County sits nearest Haywood County (TN), Hamilton County (TN), Ziebach County (SD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Covington County (MS), Big Horn County (MT), Dunn County (ND).
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
Emery County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 140 of 4,210 returns from Emery County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,229 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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.
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Emery County rate FAQs
- How does Emery County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Emery County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.62% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Emery County, Utah?
- The median annual property tax in Emery County is $1,350, an effective rate of 0.62% on a $218,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Emery County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Emery County is recorded at $1,350 in the 2024 5-year release against $927 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 2,766 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 Emery County?
- Emery County, Utah scores B- (69/100) 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- (+$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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Emery County?
- Property taxes in Emery County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $74,291 median household income.
What to do with Emery County's QUIET rate
Emery County's $1,350 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 Emery County's $74,291 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Emery 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: 0.62%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,350/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Emery County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Emery County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
McPherson County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Emery County at $1,350/yr; rate 1.11% vs Emery County 0.62%.
Republic County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Emery County at $1,350/yr; rate 1.79% vs Emery County 0.62%.
Daviess County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,351/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.69% vs Emery County 0.62%.
Montgomery County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,351/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.76% vs Emery County 0.62%.
Utah county set
State ACS overview for every published Utah county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Emery 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 Emery County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.