Wisconsin · County property tax · ACS 2024
Florence County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Florence County pays $2,096 a year, an effective rate of 1.21%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,096
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.21%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +5%
- vs U.S. average
- #53 of 72
- rank in WI
The verdict
Homeowners in Florence County pay a median $2,096 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.21%, more affordable than 23% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,096
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.21%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +5%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($173,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Florence County, WI
40/100
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.
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Florence County
Median home value relative to Florence County's median income
Florence County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median tax as a share of Florence County's median household income
Florence County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Read the chart values
- Mortgage premium: 100/100 (A+) · $-168
- Housing pressure: 54/100 (C-) · 2.84×
- Bill size: 36/100 (F) · $2,096/yr
- Income room: 24/100 (F) · 3.4%
- Rate relief: 23/100 (F) · 1.21%
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Wisconsin. Population: 4,646. Owner-occupied homes: 1,996.
The median annual property tax in Florence County is $2,096, which is 45% lower than the Wisconsin state average and 5% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.21% on a median home value of $173,200. Property taxes represent 3.4% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Florence County
Primary signal
The bill sits below the Wisconsin median
Homeowners in Florence County pay a median annual property tax of $2,096, modestly above the national median and well below the Wisconsin state median. On a $173,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.21% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Florence County's 1.21% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 23%).
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Wisconsin counties by effective rate
Florence County ranks #53 of 72 counties in Wisconsin by effective rate (26% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Florence County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $61,086 median household income.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Florence 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Florence County's effective rate fell 13.2% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 32.5%, leaving the median bill 15.0% higher at $2,096. That rate move is larger than the one in 55% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,822 to $2,096, a gain of 15%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 706 of 1,996 owner-occupied homes (35.4%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 3.4% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
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 Florence County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Florence County homeowners, 706 of 1,996 owner-occupied homes (35.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.2% (224)
- $800 to $1,499 18.5% (369)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.3% (366)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.7% (313)
- $3,000 or more 35.4% (706)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Florence County pay about the same bill, within a 8% gap either way.
How Florence County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Florence County's effective rate is higher than 26% of the 72 counties in Wisconsin - ranking #53 of 72 for property tax burden.
Where Florence County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.21% more affordable than 23% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Wisconsin on both measures
Florence County's effective rate runs 15% under the Wisconsin median and its bill 45% 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 $2,096 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Wisconsin norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Florence County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Florence County | Wisconsin Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.4% | - | - |
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.
Think your Florence County MID bill is out of line at PAR?
On Florence County's published figures (PAR · MID), a $173,200 median home carries a $2,096 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $210 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 Wisconsin.
Property Tax History · PAR · MID
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,096 -5.8% | 1.21% |
| 2023 | $2,224 +7.4% | 1.31% |
| 2022 | $2,070 +7.6% | 1.31% |
| 2021 | $1,923 +5.5% | 1.35% |
| 2020 | $1,822 | 1.39% |
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 above the national average of 0.92% puts Florence County in the "Moderate" 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 Florence County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Florence County sits nearest Archer County (TX), Potter County (PA), Perry County (PA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Surry County (NC), Nash County (NC), Delaware County (PA).
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 Florence County
Of the 2,350 federal returns filed from Florence County in 2022, 70 (3.0% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $6,671 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 57% 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 Florence County's numbers
- Inside Wisconsin, Florence County's $2,096 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Wisconsin overview →
- Florence County ranks #53 of 72 Wisconsin counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Wisconsin overview →
- If Florence County's assessment looks high versus the $173,200 typical home, check Wisconsin'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 ($173,200); 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 Florence County, both outside Wisconsin 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: 1.21%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,096/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Florence County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Florence County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Comanche County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Florence County at $2,096/yr; rate 1.35% vs Florence County 1.21%.
Titus County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Florence County at $2,096/yr; rate 1.20% vs Florence County 1.21%.
Ringgold County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,098/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.34% vs Florence County 1.21%.
Shelby County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,094/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.28% vs Florence County 1.21%.
Wisconsin county set
State ACS overview for every published Wisconsin county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Florence County stamps PAR · MID - 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 Florence County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.