North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Hettinger County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Hettinger County pays $1,308 a year, an effective rate of 1.12%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,308
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.12%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -34%
- vs U.S. average
- #7 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Hettinger County pay a median $1,308 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.12%, more affordable than 27% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,308
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.12%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2279 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -34%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($117,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 2,432. Owner-occupied homes: 868.
The median annual property tax in Hettinger County is $1,308, which is 47% lower than the North Dakota state average and 34% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.12% on a median home value of $117,300. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Hettinger County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Hettinger County's 1.12% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 27%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Hettinger County pay a median annual property tax of $1,308, well below the national median and well below the North Dakota state median. On a $117,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.12% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Hettinger County ranks #7 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (87% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Hettinger County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $73,026 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Hettinger 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 held while the market moved
Hettinger County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 7.8% up, against a median home value that rose 7.1%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 15.4%, from $1,133 to $1,308.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,133 to $1,308, a gain of 15%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 328 of 868 owner-occupied homes (37.8%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 1.8% 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 Hettinger County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Hettinger County homeowners, 328 of 868 owner-occupied homes (37.8%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 18.4% (160)
- $800 to $1,499 37.8% (328)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.3% (107)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.3% (133)
- $3,000 or more 10.9% (95)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
45 homes here (5.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Hettinger County pay about the same bill, a 6% gap.
Hettinger County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Hettinger County's effective rate is higher than 87% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #7 of 53.
Where Hettinger County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.12% more affordable than 27% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Hettinger County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Hettinger County | North 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 | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Hettinger County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Hettinger County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,308 +4.6% | 1.12% |
| 2023 | $1,251 +2.8% | 1.13% |
| 2022 | $1,217 +1.2% | 1.10% |
| 2021 | $1,203 +6.2% | 1.13% |
| 2020 | $1,133 | 1.03% |
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.
Hettinger County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Hettinger County's effective rate
On effective rate, Hettinger County sits nearest Wayne County (NE), Jackson County (MO), Coahoma County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cape Girardeau County (MO), Harlan County (KY), Grand Traverse County (MI).
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 Hettinger County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Hettinger 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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Hettinger County rate FAQs
- How does Hettinger County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Hettinger County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.12% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Hettinger County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Hettinger County is $1,308, an effective rate of 1.12% on a $117,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Hettinger County?
- Hettinger County, North Dakota scores C+ (62/100) 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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Hettinger County?
- Property taxes in Hettinger County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $73,026 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Hettinger County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Hettinger County climbed 15.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,133 to $1,308, 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 Hettinger County's PAR rate
Hettinger County's $1,308 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 1.8% of Hettinger County's $73,026 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Hettinger 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: 1.12%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,308/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Hettinger County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Hettinger County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Osage County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,307/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.59% vs Hettinger County 1.12%.
Cochise County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,310/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.60% vs Hettinger County 1.12%.
Edgecombe County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,306/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.04% vs Hettinger County 1.12%.
Gilpin County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,310/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.23% vs Hettinger County 1.12%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Hettinger 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 Hettinger County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.