Idaho · County property tax · ACS 2024
Jerome County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Jerome County pays $1,725 a year, an effective rate of 0.63%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,725
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.63%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -13%
- vs U.S. average
- #5 of 44
- rank in ID
The verdict
Homeowners in Jerome County pay a median $1,725 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.63%, more affordable than 68% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,725
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.63%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -13%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($271,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Idaho. Population: 25,173. Owner-occupied homes: 6,228.
The median annual property tax in Jerome County is $1,725, which is 15% lower than the Idaho state average and 13% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.63% on a median home value of $271,800. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Jerome County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Jerome County's 0.63% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 68%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Idaho counties by effective rate
Jerome County ranks #5 of 44 counties in Idaho by effective rate (89% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Jerome County pay a median annual property tax of $1,725, notably lower than the national median and notably lower than the Idaho state median. On a $271,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.63% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Jerome County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $71,724 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Jerome 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.4% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 58% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 52.4%, the median bill rose 36.6% to $1,725: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 37% from $1,263 to $1,725. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 1,595 of 6,228 owner-occupied homes (25.6%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.4% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Jerome County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Jerome County homeowners, 1,595 of 6,228 owner-occupied homes (25.6%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 12.9% (804)
- $800 to $1,499 25.6% (1,595)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.8% (1,169)
- $2,000 to $2,999 19.9% (1,239)
- $3,000 or more 16.8% (1,045)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
376 homes here (6.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Idaho handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Jerome County pay about the same bill, a 4% gap.
Jerome County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Jerome County's effective rate is higher than 89% of the 44 counties in Idaho - ranking #5 of 44.
Where Jerome County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.63% Among the most affordable more affordable than 68% 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
Jerome County taxes property at 0.63%, about 29% above the Idaho average, yet its median bill of $1,725 lands roughly 15% 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.
Jerome County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Jerome County | Idaho Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
Jerome County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Idaho counties.
Jerome County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,725 +6.3% | 0.63% |
| 2023 | $1,623 +10.6% | 0.64% |
| 2022 | $1,468 +7.2% | 0.63% |
| 2021 | $1,370 +8.5% | 0.66% |
| 2020 | $1,263 | 0.71% |
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.
Jerome County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Jerome County's effective rate
On effective rate, Jerome County sits nearest Wheeler County (GA), Levy County (FL), Gulf County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pontotoc County (OK), Turner County (SD), Morehouse Parish (LA).
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
Jerome County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 320 of 10,460 returns from Jerome County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,381 - 41% 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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Jerome County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Jerome County?
- Jerome County, Idaho scores C (57/100) 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- (+$70). 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 Jerome County, Idaho?
- The median annual property tax in Jerome County is $1,725, an effective rate of 0.63% on a $271,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Jerome County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Jerome County jumped 36.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,263 to $1,725, 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.
- How does Jerome County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Jerome County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.63% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Jerome County?
- Property taxes in Jerome County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $71,724 median household income.
What to do with Jerome County's QUIET rate
At Jerome County's 0.63% effective rate, a $271,800 home implies about $1,725/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Jerome County ranks #5 of 44 Idaho counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Idaho overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Jerome 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: 0.63%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,725/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Jerome County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Jerome County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Carroll County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jerome County at $1,725/yr; rate 0.94% vs Jerome County 0.63%.
Meagher County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jerome County at $1,725/yr; rate 0.66% vs Jerome County 0.63%.
Blair County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,724/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.07% vs Jerome County 0.63%.
Madison County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,726/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.98% vs Jerome County 0.63%.
Idaho county set
State ACS overview for every published Idaho county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Jerome 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 Jerome County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.