South Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Haakon County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Haakon County pays $1,489 a year, an effective rate of 0.91%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,489
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.91%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -25%
- vs U.S. average
- #52 of 66
- rank in SD
The verdict
Homeowners in Haakon County pay a median $1,489 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.91%, more affordable than 42% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,489
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.91%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1821 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -25%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($164,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for South Dakota. Population: 1,722. Owner-occupied homes: 544.
The median annual property tax in Haakon County is $1,489, which is 45% lower than the South Dakota state average and 25% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.91% on a median home value of $164,200. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Haakon County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Haakon County's 0.91% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 42%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Haakon County pay a median annual property tax of $1,489, well below the national median and well below the South Dakota state median. On a $164,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.91% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among South Dakota counties by effective rate
Haakon County ranks #52 of 66 counties in South Dakota by effective rate (21% 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 14.8%, from $1,297 to $1,489. 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 Haakon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $65,625 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Haakon 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 51% from $989 to $1,489. 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: 134 of 544 owner-occupied homes (24.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.3% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
22.5% of Haakon County homes owned free and clear (82 of 365) report no property tax at all, against 8.4% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Haakon County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Haakon County homeowners, 134 of 544 owner-occupied homes (24.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.6% (134)
- $800 to $1,499 16.7% (91)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.1% (33)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.4% (89)
- $3,000 or more 18.4% (100)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
97 homes here (17.8%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how South Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Haakon County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+102%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Haakon County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Haakon County's effective rate is higher than 21% of the 66 counties in South Dakota - ranking #52 of 66.
Where Haakon County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.91% more affordable than 42% 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 Haakon County moved from $989 in the 2020 release to $1,489 in 2024, a change of about 51%. 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.
Haakon County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Haakon County | South Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Haakon County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · South Dakota counties.
Haakon County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,489 +14.8% | 0.91% |
| 2023 | $1,297 +28.9% | 0.85% |
| 2022 | $1,006 +7.7% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $934 -5.6% | 0.73% |
| 2020 | $989 | 0.85% |
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.
Haakon County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Haakon County's effective rate
On effective rate, Haakon County sits nearest Van Wert County (OH), Muskingum County (OH), Highland County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hardin County (TX), Grant County (AR), Daggett County (UT).
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 Haakon County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Haakon 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.
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Haakon County rate FAQs
- How does Haakon County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Haakon County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.91% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Haakon County, South Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Haakon County is $1,489, an effective rate of 0.91% on a $164,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Haakon County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Haakon County is recorded at $1,489 in the 2024 5-year release against $989 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 544 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 is the tax affordability score for Haakon County?
- Haakon County, South Dakota 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 housing pressure at B (2.50×). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Haakon County?
- Property taxes in Haakon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $65,625 median household income.
What to do with Haakon County's UNDER rate
Haakon County's $1,489 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 →
Haakon County ranks #52 of 66 South Dakota counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. South Dakota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Haakon 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: 0.91%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,489/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Haakon County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Haakon County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Clare County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Haakon County at $1,489/yr; rate 1.11% vs Haakon County 0.91%.
Marion County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Haakon County at $1,489/yr; rate 0.95% vs Haakon County 0.91%.
Dickey County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,488/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Haakon County 0.91%.
Kossuth County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,490/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.00% vs Haakon County 0.91%.
South Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published South Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Haakon 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 Haakon County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.