Nevada · County property tax · ACS 2024
Eureka County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Eureka County pays $511 a year, an effective rate of 0.62%, far below the U.S. average.
- $511
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.62%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -74%
- vs U.S. average
- #4 of 17
- rank in NV
The verdict
Homeowners in Eureka County pay a median $511 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.62%, more affordable than 69% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $511
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.62%
- Effective rate on median home
- #974 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -74%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($82,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Eureka County, NV
89/100
4 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 tax as a share of Eureka County's median household income
Median home value relative to Eureka County's median income
Eureka County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Eureka County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Mortgage split not published for this county
Eureka County affordability profile (scored ACS dimensions)
Read the chart values
- Income room: 100/100 (A+) · 0.7%
- Housing pressure: 100/100 (A+) · 1.17×
- Bill size: 98/100 (A+) · $511/yr
- Rate relief: 70/100 (B-) · 0.62%
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nevada. Population: 1,585. Owner-occupied homes: 516.
The median annual property tax in Eureka County is $511, which is 75% lower than the Nevada state average and 74% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.62% on a median home value of $82,600. Property taxes represent 0.7% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Eureka County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Eureka County pay a median annual property tax of $511, far below the national median and far below the Nevada state median. On a $82,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.62% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Eureka County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.7% of the $70,473 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Low among Nevada counties by effective rate
Eureka County ranks #4 of 17 counties in Nevada by effective rate (76% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Eureka County's 0.62% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 69%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 5.5%, from $541 to $511. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Eureka 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 38% from $369 to $511. 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: 248 of 516 owner-occupied homes (48.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 0.7% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
35.7% of Eureka County homes owned free and clear (146 of 409) report no property tax at all, against 0.0% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Eureka County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Eureka County homeowners, 248 of 516 owner-occupied homes (48.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 48.1% (248)
- $800 to $1,499 10.9% (56)
- $1,500 to $1,999 1.4% (7)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.4% (59)
- $3,000 or more 0.0% (0)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
146 homes here (28.3%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Eureka County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Nevada handles assessments and appeals.
How Eureka County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Eureka County's effective rate is higher than 76% of the 17 counties in Nevada - ranking #4 of 17 for property tax burden.
Where Eureka 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
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Eureka County taxes property at 0.62%, about 32% above the Nevada average, yet its median bill of $511 lands roughly 75% 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.
Eureka County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Eureka 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 Very light income burden | 0.7% | - | - |
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.
Think your Eureka County property tax bill is too high?
On Eureka County's published figures, a $82,600 median home carries a $511 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $51 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 Nevada.
Property Tax History
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $511 -5.5% | 0.62% |
| 2023 | $541 +3.6% | N/A |
| 2022 | $522 +9.4% | 0.29% |
| 2021 | $477 +29.3% | 0.32% |
| 2020 | $369 | 0.24% |
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 well below the national average of 0.92% puts Eureka County in the "Very 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 Eureka County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Eureka County sits nearest Garfield County (MT), Scott County (MO), Dade County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Crook County (OR), Quay County (NM), Kershaw County (SC).
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 Eureka County
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Eureka 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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What to do with Eureka County's numbers
- Eureka County's $511 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 0.7% of Eureka County's $70,473 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Eureka County ranks #4 of 17 Nevada counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state board. Nevada overview →
- If Eureka County's assessment looks high versus the $82,600 typical home, check Nevada'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 ($82,600); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
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 Eureka County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.