Nevada · County property tax · ACS 2024
Esmeralda County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Esmeralda County pays $669 a year, an effective rate of 0.61%, far below the U.S. average.
- $669
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.61%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -66%
- vs U.S. average
- #5 of 17
- rank in NV
The verdict
Homeowners in Esmeralda County pay a median $669 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.61%, more affordable than 70% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $669
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.61%
- Effective rate on median home
- #932 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -66%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($108,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nevada. Population: 1,028. Owner-occupied homes: 306.
The median annual property tax in Esmeralda County is $669, which is 67% lower than the Nevada state average and 66% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.61% on a median home value of $108,900. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Esmeralda County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Esmeralda County's 0.61% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 70%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Esmeralda County pay a median annual property tax of $669, far below the national median and far below the Nevada state median. On a $108,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.61% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Esmeralda County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $41,715 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Low among Nevada counties by effective rate
Esmeralda County ranks #5 of 17 counties in Nevada by effective rate (71% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 10.8%, from $604 to $669. 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 Esmeralda 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 37% from $489 to $669. 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: 183 of 306 owner-occupied homes (59.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.6% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Esmeralda County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Esmeralda County homeowners, 183 of 306 owner-occupied homes (59.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 59.8% (183)
- $800 to $1,499 29.4% (90)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.3% (10)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.0% (0)
- $3,000 or more 2.0% (6)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
17 homes here (5.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nevada handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Esmeralda County, mortgaged homeowners pay 26% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Esmeralda County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Esmeralda County's effective rate is higher than 71% of the 17 counties in Nevada - ranking #5 of 17.
Where Esmeralda County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.61% Among the most affordable more affordable than 70% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Esmeralda County taxes property at 0.61%, about 30% above the Nevada average, yet its median bill of $669 lands roughly 67% 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.
Esmeralda County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Esmeralda County | Nevada Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low 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.
Esmeralda County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nevada counties.
Esmeralda County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $669 +10.8% | 0.61% |
| 2023 | $604 +1.7% | 0.59% |
| 2022 | $594 +13.6% | 0.62% |
| 2021 | $523 +7.0% | 0.79% |
| 2020 | $489 | 0.60% |
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.
Esmeralda County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Esmeralda County's effective rate
On effective rate, Esmeralda County sits nearest Wibaux County (MT), Lake County (MT), St. Clair County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Horry County (SC), Fulton County (IN), Tillamook County (OR).
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 Esmeralda County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Esmeralda 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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Esmeralda County rate FAQs
- How does Esmeralda County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Esmeralda County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.61% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Esmeralda County?
- Esmeralda County, Nevada scores B+ (77/100) 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 bill size at A+ ($669/yr). 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 is the average property tax in Esmeralda County, Nevada?
- The median annual property tax in Esmeralda County is $669, an effective rate of 0.61% on a $108,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Esmeralda County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Esmeralda County is recorded at $669 in the 2024 5-year release against $489 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 306 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Esmeralda County?
- Property taxes in Esmeralda County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $41,715 median household income.
What to do with Esmeralda County's QUIET rate
Esmeralda County's $669 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 Esmeralda County's $41,715 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Esmeralda 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: 0.61%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $669/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Esmeralda County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Esmeralda County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Allendale County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Esmeralda County at $669/yr; rate 0.88% vs Esmeralda County 0.61%.
Overton County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Esmeralda County at $669/yr; rate 0.39% vs Esmeralda County 0.61%.
Cleveland County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $667/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.48% vs Esmeralda County 0.61%.
Clarke County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $666/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.56% vs Esmeralda County 0.61%.
Nevada county set
State ACS overview for every published Nevada county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.