Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Furnas County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Furnas County pays $1,353 a year, an effective rate of 1.38%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,353
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.38%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -32%
- vs U.S. average
- #28 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Furnas County pay a median $1,353 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.38%, more affordable than 15% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,353
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.38%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2653 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 ($98,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 4,568. Owner-occupied homes: 1,534.
The median annual property tax in Furnas County is $1,353, which is 62% lower than the Nebraska state average and 32% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.38% on a median home value of $98,400. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Furnas County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Furnas County's 1.38% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 15%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Furnas County pay a median annual property tax of $1,353, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $98,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.38% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Furnas County ranks #28 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (70% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Furnas County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $61,048 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 1.7%, from $1,330 to $1,353. 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 Furnas 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 36% from $997 to $1,353. 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: 412 of 1,534 owner-occupied homes (26.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.2% 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 Furnas County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Furnas County homeowners, 412 of 1,534 owner-occupied homes (26.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.9% (412)
- $800 to $1,499 25.1% (385)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.8% (166)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.4% (205)
- $3,000 or more 17.7% (272)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
94 homes here (6.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Furnas County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+60%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Furnas County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Furnas County's effective rate is higher than 70% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #28 of 93.
Where Furnas County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.38% more affordable than 15% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Furnas County moved from $997 in the 2020 release to $1,353 in 2024, a change of about 36%. 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.
Furnas County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Furnas County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Furnas County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Furnas County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $98,400 median home carries a $1,353 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $135 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Furnas County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,353 +1.7% | 1.38% |
| 2023 | $1,330 +6.4% | 1.45% |
| 2022 | $1,250 +17.0% | 1.46% |
| 2021 | $1,068 +7.1% | 1.40% |
| 2020 | $997 | 1.35% |
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.
Furnas County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Furnas County's effective rate
On effective rate, Furnas County sits nearest Lee County (IA), Geauga County (OH), Brown County (WI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bonner County (ID), Eastland County (TX), Madison County (AL).
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
Furnas County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 2,230 returns from Furnas County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,575 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Furnas County rate FAQs
- How does Furnas County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Furnas County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.38% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Furnas County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Furnas County is $1,353, an effective rate of 1.38% on a $98,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Furnas County?
- Furnas County, Nebraska scores D (45/100) 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+ (1.61×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Furnas County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Furnas County is recorded at $1,353 in the 2024 5-year release against $997 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 1,534 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 Furnas County?
- Property taxes in Furnas County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $61,048 median household income.
What to do with Furnas County's STEEP rate
Furnas County's $1,353 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 →
Furnas County ranks #28 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 Furnas 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: 1.38%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,353/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Furnas County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Furnas County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Highlands County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Furnas County at $1,353/yr; rate 0.72% vs Furnas County 1.38%.
Tate County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,354/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.65% vs Furnas County 1.38%.
Daviess County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,351/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.69% vs Furnas County 1.38%.
Grenada County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,355/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.02% vs Furnas County 1.38%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Furnas County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - 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 Furnas County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.