Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Glacier County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Glacier County pays $1,391 a year, an effective rate of 0.84%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,391
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.84%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -30%
- vs U.S. average
- #16 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Glacier County pay a median $1,391 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.84%, more affordable than 47% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,391
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.84%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1663 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -30%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($165,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 13,637. Owner-occupied homes: 2,734.
The median annual property tax in Glacier County is $1,391, which is 48% lower than the Montana state average and 30% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.84% on a median home value of $165,100. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Glacier County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Glacier County's 0.84% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 47%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Glacier County pay a median annual property tax of $1,391, well below the national median and well below the Montana state median. On a $165,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.84% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Montana counties by effective rate
Glacier County ranks #16 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (71% 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 climbed 11.6%, from $1,246 to $1,391. 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 Glacier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $46,875 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Glacier 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 41% from $984 to $1,391. 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 single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 1,119 of 2,734 homes (40.9%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 3.0% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Glacier County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Glacier County homeowners are not billed at all: 1,119 of 2,734 owner-occupied homes (40.9%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 13.9% (381)
- $800 to $1,499 19.1% (521)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.5% (259)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.2% (279)
- $3,000 or more 6.4% (175)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,119 homes here (40.9%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Glacier County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Glacier County pay a substantially higher bill, 49% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Glacier County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Glacier County's effective rate is higher than 71% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #16 of 56.
Where Glacier County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.84% more affordable than 47% 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
Glacier County taxes property at 0.84%, about 17% above the Montana average, yet its median bill of $1,391 lands roughly 48% 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.
Glacier County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Glacier County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median 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.
Glacier County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Glacier County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,391 +11.6% | 0.84% |
| 2023 | $1,246 +0.2% | 0.81% |
| 2022 | $1,244 +3.0% | 0.89% |
| 2021 | $1,208 +22.8% | 0.93% |
| 2020 | $984 | 0.92% |
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.
Glacier County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Glacier County's effective rate
On effective rate, Glacier County sits nearest Antrim County (MI), Washington County (MD), St. Mary's County (MD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Gilliam County (OR), Evangeline Parish (LA), Chilton 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
Glacier County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 5,220 returns from Glacier County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,400 - 67% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Glacier County rate FAQs
- How does Glacier County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Glacier County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.84% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Glacier County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Glacier County is $1,391, an effective rate of 0.84% on a $165,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Glacier County?
- Glacier County, Montana scores D (42/100) 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 C ($1,391/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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Glacier County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Glacier County is recorded at $1,391 in the 2024 5-year release against $984 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 2,734 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 Glacier County?
- Property taxes in Glacier County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $46,875 median household income.
What to do with Glacier County's UNDER rate
Glacier County's $1,391 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 →
Glacier County ranks #16 of 56 Montana counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Montana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Glacier County's UNDER 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: 0.84%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,391/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Glacier County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Glacier County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
McDuffie County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Glacier County at $1,391/yr; rate 0.82% vs Glacier County 0.84%.
Prairie County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Glacier County at $1,391/yr; rate 0.84% vs Glacier County 0.84%.
Whitfield County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Glacier County at $1,391/yr; rate 0.64% vs Glacier County 0.84%.
Clay County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,392/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.43% vs Glacier County 0.84%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Glacier County stamps UNDER · 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 Glacier County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.