Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Frontier County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Frontier County pays $2,101 a year, an effective rate of 1.40%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,101
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.40%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +5%
- vs U.S. average
- #25 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Frontier County pay a median $2,101 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.40%, more affordable than 15% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,101
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.40%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2672 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 ($149,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 2,569. Owner-occupied homes: 795.
The median annual property tax in Frontier County is $2,101, which is 41% lower than the Nebraska state average and 5% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.40% on a median home value of $149,800. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Frontier County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Frontier County's 1.40% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 15%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Frontier County pay a median annual property tax of $2,101, modestly above the national median and well below the Nebraska state median. On a $149,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.40% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Frontier County ranks #25 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 6.2%, from $1,979 to $2,101. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Frontier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $70,132 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Frontier 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 35% from $1,551 to $2,101. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 230 of 795 owner-occupied homes (28.9%) 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.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 3.0% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to 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 Frontier County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Frontier County homeowners, 230 of 795 owner-occupied homes (28.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 9.1% (72)
- $800 to $1,499 19.9% (158)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.5% (115)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.1% (144)
- $3,000 or more 28.9% (230)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
76 homes here (9.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Frontier County, mortgaged homeowners pay 22% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Frontier County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Frontier County's effective rate is higher than 73% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #25 of 93.
Where Frontier County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.40% more affordable than 15% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more U.S. counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Frontier County moved from $1,551 in the 2020 release to $2,101 in 2024, a change of about 35%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Frontier County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Frontier County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.0% | - | - |
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.
Frontier County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Frontier County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $149,800 median home carries a $2,101 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $210 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Frontier County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,101 +6.2% | 1.40% |
| 2023 | $1,979 +8.6% | 1.43% |
| 2022 | $1,822 +6.5% | 1.46% |
| 2021 | $1,710 +10.3% | 1.55% |
| 2020 | $1,551 | 1.40% |
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.
Frontier County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Frontier County's effective rate
On effective rate, Frontier County sits nearest Macomb County (MI), Story County (IA), Davis County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are McCone County (MT), Grays Harbor County (WA), Winn Parish (LA).
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 Frontier County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Frontier 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.
Other Counties in Nebraska
Frontier County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Frontier County?
- Frontier County, Nebraska scores F (34/100) 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 housing pressure at A- (2.14×). 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 Frontier County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Frontier County is $2,101, an effective rate of 1.40% on a $149,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Frontier County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Frontier County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.40% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Frontier County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Frontier County is recorded at $2,101 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,551 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 795 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 Frontier County?
- Property taxes in Frontier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $70,132 median household income.
What to do with Frontier County's STEEP rate
Inside Nebraska, Frontier County's $2,101 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Frontier County ranks #25 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Frontier County's STEEP 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: 1.40%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,101/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Frontier County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Frontier County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Del Norte County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,099/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.61% vs Frontier County 1.40%.
Powell County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,104/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.69% vs Frontier County 1.40%.
Ringgold County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,098/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.34% vs Frontier County 1.40%.
New Hanover County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,105/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.54% vs Frontier County 1.40%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Frontier County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Frontier County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.