Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Hayes County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Hayes County pays $1,294 a year, an effective rate of 1.01%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,294
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.01%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -35%
- vs U.S. average
- #80 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Hayes County pay a median $1,294 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.01%, more affordable than 34% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,294
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.01%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2058 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -35%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($128,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 843. Owner-occupied homes: 256.
The median annual property tax in Hayes County is $1,294, which is 64% lower than the Nebraska state average and 35% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.01% on a median home value of $128,100. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Hayes County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Hayes County's 1.01% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 34%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Hayes County pay a median annual property tax of $1,294, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $128,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.01% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Hayes County ranks #80 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (14% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Hayes County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $69,250 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Hayes 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Hayes County rose 58.1%, from $81,000 to $128,100. The effective rate fell 32.0% over the same span, a steeper move than in 98% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 7.5%, to $1,294. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,204 to $1,294, a change of 7%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 72 of 256 owner-occupied homes (28.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 1.9% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Hayes County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Hayes County homeowners, 72 of 256 owner-occupied homes (28.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 28.1% (72)
- $800 to $1,499 23.4% (60)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.1% (31)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.8% (25)
- $3,000 or more 18.8% (48)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
20 homes here (7.8%) 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 Hayes County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+114%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Hayes County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Hayes County's effective rate is higher than 14% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #80 of 93.
Where Hayes County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.01% more affordable than 34% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Nebraska on both measures
Hayes County's effective rate runs 32% under the Nebraska median and its bill 64% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,294 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Nebraska norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Hayes County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Hayes County | Nebraska 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 | 1.9% | - | - |
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.
Hayes County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Hayes County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,294 -9.4% | 1.01% |
| 2023 | $1,429 +8.2% | 1.27% |
| 2022 | $1,321 +6.1% | 1.26% |
| 2021 | $1,245 +3.4% | 1.45% |
| 2020 | $1,204 | 1.49% |
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.
Hayes County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Hayes County's effective rate
On effective rate, Hayes County sits nearest Putnam County (MO), Scott County (MN), Polk County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Okfuskee County (OK), Hardeman County (TN), Slope County (ND).
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 Hayes County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Hayes 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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Hayes County rate FAQs
- How does Hayes County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Hayes County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.01% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Hayes County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Hayes County is $1,294, an effective rate of 1.01% on a $128,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Hayes County?
- Hayes County, Nebraska scores C- (52/100) 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+ (1.85×). 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 Hayes County?
- Property taxes in Hayes County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $69,250 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Hayes County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Hayes County ticked up 7.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,204 to $1,294, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Hayes County's PAR rate
Hayes County's $1,294 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.9% of Hayes County's $69,250 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Hayes County's PAR 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: 1.01%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,294/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Hayes County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Hayes County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Ontonagon County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hayes County at $1,294/yr; rate 1.16% vs Hayes County 1.01%.
Clearwater County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,295/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Hayes County 1.01%.
Loup County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,295/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.71% vs Hayes County 1.01%.
Gates County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,296/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.76% vs Hayes County 1.01%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Hayes County stamps PAR · 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 Hayes County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.