Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lane County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lane County pays $3,536 a year, an effective rate of 0.82%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,536
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.82%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +77%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Lane County pay a median $3,536 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.82%, more affordable than 49% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,536
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.82%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1614 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +77%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($430,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 384,207. Owner-occupied homes: 95,774.
The median annual property tax in Lane County is $3,536, which is 9% lower than the Oregon state average and 77% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.82% on a median home value of $430,600. Property taxes represent 4.9% of the median household income in this county.
Why Lane County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Lane County pay a median annual property tax of $3,536, far above the national median and modestly below the Oregon state median. On a $430,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.82% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Lane County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.9% of the $71,544 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Oregon counties by effective rate
Lane County ranks #10 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (72% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lane County's 0.82% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 49%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lane 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Lane County's effective rate fell 17.3% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 53.8%, leaving the median bill 27.2% higher at $3,536. That rate move is larger than the one in 74% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 27% from $2,779 to $3,536. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 56,239 of 95,774 owner-occupied homes (58.7%) 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.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 4.9% 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 Lane County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lane County homeowners, 56,239 of 95,774 owner-occupied homes (58.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 3.4% (3,281)
- $800 to $1,499 5.5% (5,285)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.0% (6,731)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.3% (19,461)
- $3,000 or more 58.7% (56,239)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
4,777 homes here (5.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oregon handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Lane County pay about the same bill, a 7% gap.
Lane County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Lane County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Lane County's median bill is 9% below the Oregon median and 77% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Lane County moved from $2,779 in the 2020 release to $3,536 in 2024, a change of about 27%. 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.
Lane County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lane County | Oregon Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 4.9% | - | - |
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.
Is Lane County's $3,536 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Lane County's $3,536 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $354/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Oregon.
Lane County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,536 +3.5% | 0.82% |
| 2023 | $3,417 +5.2% | 0.86% |
| 2022 | $3,248 +10.2% | 0.89% |
| 2021 | $2,947 +6.0% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | $2,779 | 0.99% |
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.
Lane County: tax takes 4.9% of income
Counties near Lane County's median bill
On effective rate, Lane County sits nearest Monroe County (OH), Brown County (OH), Worth County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Morrow County (OH), Upton County (TX), Monroe County (TN).
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
Lane County: only 9% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 16,190 of 178,590 returns from Lane County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,471 - 32% 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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Lane County bill FAQs
- How does Lane County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lane County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.82% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lane County?
- Property taxes in Lane County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.9% of the $71,544 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Lane County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lane County jumped 27.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,779 to $3,536, 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 is the average property tax in Lane County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Lane County is $3,536, an effective rate of 0.82% on a $430,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Lane County?
- Lane County, Oregon scores F (27/100) 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 C+ (+$230). 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 to do with Lane County's HEAVY bill
Lane County's $3,536 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Lane County ranks #10 of 36 Oregon counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Oregon overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Lane County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.82%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,536/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lane County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lane County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Tazewell County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lane County at $3,536/yr; rate 2.11% vs Lane County 0.82%.
San Bernardino County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,538/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.70% vs Lane County 0.82%.
Skamania County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,532/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.67% vs Lane County 0.82%.
Saunders County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,531/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 1.30% vs Lane County 0.82%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lane County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Lane County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.