Michigan · County property tax · ACS 2024
Keweenaw County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Keweenaw County pays $1,689 a year, an effective rate of 0.99%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,689
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.99%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -15%
- vs U.S. average
- #60 of 83
- rank in MI
The verdict
Homeowners in Keweenaw County pay a median $1,689 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.99%, more affordable than 36% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,689
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.99%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -15%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($169,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Michigan. Population: 2,133. Owner-occupied homes: 1,029.
The median annual property tax in Keweenaw County is $1,689, which is 42% lower than the Michigan state average and 15% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.99% on a median home value of $169,800. Property taxes represent 3.2% of the median household income in this county.
Keweenaw County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Keweenaw County's 0.99% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 36%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Michigan median
Homeowners in Keweenaw County pay a median annual property tax of $1,689, notably lower than the national median and well below the Michigan state median. On a $169,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.99% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Michigan counties by effective rate
Keweenaw County ranks #60 of 83 counties in Michigan by effective rate (28% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Keweenaw County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $52,583 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Keweenaw 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 12.1% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 50% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 19.7%, the median bill rose 5.2% to $1,689: 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,605 to $1,689, a change of 5%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 314 of 1,029 owner-occupied homes (30.5%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 3.2% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Keweenaw County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Keweenaw County homeowners, 314 of 1,029 owner-occupied homes (30.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 15.8% (163)
- $800 to $1,499 29.6% (305)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.4% (86)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.9% (133)
- $3,000 or more 30.5% (314)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
28 homes here (2.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Michigan handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Keweenaw County pay a substantially higher bill, 52% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Keweenaw County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Keweenaw County's effective rate is higher than 28% of the 83 counties in Michigan - ranking #60 of 83.
Where Keweenaw County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.99% more affordable than 36% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Michigan on both measures
Keweenaw County's effective rate runs 21% under the Michigan median and its bill 42% 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 $1,689 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Michigan norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Keweenaw County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Keweenaw County | Michigan Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.2% | - | - |
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.
Keweenaw County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Michigan counties.
Keweenaw County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,689 -0.9% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | $1,704 +10.8% | 0.94% |
| 2022 | $1,538 +3.2% | 0.99% |
| 2021 | $1,490 -7.2% | 1.20% |
| 2020 | $1,605 | 1.13% |
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.
Keweenaw County: tax-to-income at 3.2%
Counties near Keweenaw County's effective rate
On effective rate, Keweenaw County sits nearest Frederick County (MD), Oxford County (ME), Harlan County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Grant County (OR), Cumberland County (IL), Douglas County (IL).
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
Keweenaw County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 1,120 returns from Keweenaw County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,600 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Keweenaw County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Keweenaw County?
- Keweenaw County, Michigan scores F (35/100) 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 bill size at D ($1,689/yr). 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 Keweenaw County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Keweenaw County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.99% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Keweenaw County, Michigan?
- The median annual property tax in Keweenaw County is $1,689, an effective rate of 0.99% on a $169,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Keweenaw County?
- Property taxes in Keweenaw County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $52,583 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Keweenaw County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Keweenaw County ticked up 5.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,605 to $1,689, 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 Keweenaw County's UNDER rate
Inside Michigan, Keweenaw County's $1,689 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Michigan overview →
Keweenaw County ranks #60 of 83 Michigan counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Michigan overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Keweenaw 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: 0.99%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,689/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Keweenaw County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Keweenaw County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Allen County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Keweenaw County at $1,689/yr; rate 0.79% vs Keweenaw County 0.99%.
Harnett County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Keweenaw County at $1,689/yr; rate 0.69% vs Keweenaw County 0.99%.
Archuleta County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,688/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.35% vs Keweenaw County 0.99%.
Oktibbeha County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,691/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.71% vs Keweenaw County 0.99%.
Michigan county set
State ACS overview for every published Michigan county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Keweenaw County stamps UNDER · 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 Keweenaw County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.