Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Granite County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Granite County pays $2,130 a year, an effective rate of 0.60%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,130
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.60%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +7%
- vs U.S. average
- #36 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Granite County pay a median $2,130 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.60%, more affordable than 71% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,130
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.60%
- Effective rate on median home
- #895 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +7%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($352,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 3,462. Owner-occupied homes: 1,179.
The median annual property tax in Granite County is $2,130, which is 21% lower than the Montana state average and 7% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.60% on a median home value of $352,700. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Granite County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Granite County's 0.60% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 71%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Montana median
Homeowners in Granite County pay a median annual property tax of $2,130, modestly above the national median and notably lower than the Montana state median. On a $352,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.60% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Montana counties by effective rate
Granite County ranks #36 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (36% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Granite County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $59,265 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 3.3%, from $2,061 to $2,130. 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 Granite 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 29% from $1,657 to $2,130. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 341 of 1,179 (28.9%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 3.6% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Granite County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Granite County homeowners, 341 of 1,179 owner-occupied homes (28.9%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 6.4% (75)
- $800 to $1,499 19.4% (229)
- $1,500 to $1,999 17.0% (201)
- $2,000 to $2,999 28.9% (341)
- $3,000 or more 21.5% (253)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
80 homes here (6.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Granite County pay about the same bill, a 4% gap.
Granite County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Granite County's effective rate is higher than 36% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #36 of 56.
Where Granite County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.60% Among the most affordable more affordable than 71% 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 Granite County moved from $1,657 in the 2020 release to $2,130 in 2024, a change of about 29%. 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.
Granite County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Granite County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.6% | - | - |
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.
Granite County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Granite County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,130 +3.3% | 0.60% |
| 2023 | $2,061 +7.9% | 0.61% |
| 2022 | $1,910 +9.1% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | $1,751 +5.7% | 0.71% |
| 2020 | $1,657 | 0.66% |
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.
Granite County: tax-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Granite County's effective rate
On effective rate, Granite County sits nearest Laclede County (MO), Rankin County (MS), Lowndes County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Scott County (AR), Wilkes County (GA), Coosa 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
Granite County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 1,620 returns from Granite County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,543 - 43% 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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Granite County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Granite County?
- Granite County, Montana scores D (46/100) 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 mortgage premium at A- (+$76). 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 Granite County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Granite County is $2,130, an effective rate of 0.60% on a $352,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Granite County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Granite County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.60% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Granite County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Granite County is recorded at $2,130 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,657 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 1,179 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 Granite County?
- Property taxes in Granite County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $59,265 median household income.
What to do with Granite County's QUIET rate
Inside Montana, Granite County's $2,130 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Montana overview →
Granite County ranks #36 of 56 Montana counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Montana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Granite County's QUIET 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: 0.60%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,130/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Granite County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Granite County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Sumner County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Granite County at $2,130/yr; rate 1.58% vs Granite County 0.60%.
Chase County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,131/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.28% vs Granite County 0.60%.
Liberty County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,133/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.17% vs Granite County 0.60%.
Barton County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,126/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.68% vs Granite County 0.60%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Granite County stamps QUIET · 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Granite County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.