Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Johnson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Johnson County pays $2,052 a year, an effective rate of 1.32%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,052
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.32%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +3%
- vs U.S. average
- #37 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Johnson County pay a median $2,052 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.32%, more affordable than 18% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,052
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.32%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2580 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +3%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($155,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 5,261. Owner-occupied homes: 1,148.
The median annual property tax in Johnson County is $2,052, which is 42% lower than the Nebraska state average and 3% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.32% on a median home value of $155,500. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Johnson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Johnson County's 1.32% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 18%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Johnson County pay a median annual property tax of $2,052, modestly above the national median and well below the Nebraska state median. On a $155,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.32% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Johnson County ranks #37 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (60% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Johnson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $57,632 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 3.0%, from $1,993 to $2,052. 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 Johnson 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 $1,593 to $2,052. 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 298 of 1,148 (26.0%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 3.6% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
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 Johnson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Johnson County homeowners, 298 of 1,148 owner-occupied homes (26.0%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 15.5% (178)
- $800 to $1,499 20.5% (235)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.9% (114)
- $2,000 to $2,999 26.0% (298)
- $3,000 or more 22.6% (260)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
63 homes here (5.5%) 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 Johnson County pay a substantially higher bill, 32% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Johnson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Johnson County's effective rate is higher than 60% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #37 of 93.
Where Johnson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.32% more affordable than 18% 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 Johnson County moved from $1,593 in the 2020 release to $2,052 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.
Johnson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Johnson County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High 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.
Johnson County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Johnson County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $155,500 median home carries a $2,052 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $205 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Johnson County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,052 +3.0% | 1.32% |
| 2023 | $1,993 +7.7% | 1.52% |
| 2022 | $1,850 +9.3% | 1.58% |
| 2021 | $1,693 +6.3% | 1.57% |
| 2020 | $1,593 | 1.52% |
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.
Johnson County: tax-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Johnson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Johnson County sits nearest Berkshire County (MA), Lane County (KS), Clay County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Edmonson County (KY), McDuffie County (GA), Thurston County (WA).
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
Johnson County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 2,000 returns from Johnson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,650 - 100% 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.
Other Counties in Nebraska
Johnson County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Johnson County?
- Johnson County, Nebraska scores F (28/100) 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 C+ (2.70×). 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.
- How does Johnson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Johnson County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.32% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Johnson County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Johnson County is $2,052, an effective rate of 1.32% on a $155,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Johnson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Johnson County is recorded at $2,052 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,593 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 1,148 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 Johnson County?
- Property taxes in Johnson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $57,632 median household income.
What to do with Johnson County's STEEP rate
Inside Nebraska, Johnson County's $2,052 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Johnson County ranks #37 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Johnson County's STEEP 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: 1.32%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,052/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Johnson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Johnson County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Coconino County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,051/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Johnson County 1.32%.
Adair County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,050/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.28% vs Johnson County 1.32%.
Bullitt County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,050/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.83% vs Johnson County 1.32%.
Clay County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,050/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.15% vs Johnson County 1.32%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Johnson County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Johnson County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.