Minnesota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Le Sueur County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Le Sueur County pays $3,366 a year, an effective rate of 1.06%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,366
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.06%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +69%
- vs U.S. average
- #19 of 87
- rank in MN
The verdict
Homeowners in Le Sueur County pay a median $3,366 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.06%, more affordable than 31% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,366
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.06%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2165 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +69%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($316,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Minnesota. Population: 29,113. Owner-occupied homes: 9,438.
The median annual property tax in Le Sueur County is $3,366, which is 0% higher than the Minnesota state average and 69% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.06% on a median home value of $316,500. Property taxes represent 3.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Le Sueur County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Le Sueur County pay a median annual property tax of $3,366, far above the national median and roughly in line with the Minnesota state median. On a $316,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.06% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Minnesota counties by effective rate
Le Sueur County ranks #19 of 87 counties in Minnesota by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Le Sueur County's 1.06% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 31%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Le Sueur County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $94,968 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Le Sueur 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
Le Sueur County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 3.5% down, against a median home value that rose 39.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 34.9%, from $2,495 to $3,366.
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 35% from $2,495 to $3,366. 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: 5,435 of 9,438 owner-occupied homes (57.6%) 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.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 3.5% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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 Le Sueur County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Le Sueur County homeowners, 5,435 of 9,438 owner-occupied homes (57.6%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 3.4% (319)
- $800 to $1,499 6.3% (593)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.9% (839)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.3% (2,103)
- $3,000 or more 57.6% (5,435)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
149 homes here (1.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Minnesota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Le Sueur County pay about the same bill, a 1% gap.
Le Sueur County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Le Sueur County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Le Sueur County's median bill is 0% above the Minnesota median and 69% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Le Sueur County moved from $2,495 in the 2020 release to $3,366 in 2024, a change of about 35%. 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.
Le Sueur County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Le Sueur County | Minnesota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.5% | - | - |
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 Le Sueur County's $3,366 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Le Sueur County's $3,366 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $337/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Minnesota.
Le Sueur County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,366 +7.9% | 1.06% |
| 2023 | $3,119 +8.4% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | $2,876 +8.8% | 1.06% |
| 2021 | $2,644 +6.0% | 1.10% |
| 2020 | $2,495 | 1.10% |
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.
Le Sueur County: tax-to-income at 3.5%
Counties near Le Sueur County's median bill
On effective rate, Le Sueur County sits nearest Mason County (MI), Crawford County (MI), Alpena County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Kosciusko County (IN), Garfield County (CO), Jefferson County (AR).
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
Le Sueur County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 970 of 15,020 returns from Le Sueur County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,786 - 31% 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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Le Sueur County bill FAQs
- How does Le Sueur County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Le Sueur County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.06% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Le Sueur County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Le Sueur County jumped 34.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,495 to $3,366, 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 tax affordability score for Le Sueur County?
- Le Sueur County, Minnesota scores F (34/100) 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- (+$45). 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 Le Sueur County, Minnesota?
- The median annual property tax in Le Sueur County is $3,366, an effective rate of 1.06% on a $316,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Le Sueur County?
- Property taxes in Le Sueur County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $94,968 median household income.
What to do with Le Sueur County's HEAVY bill
Le Sueur County's $3,366 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Le Sueur County ranks #19 of 87 Minnesota counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Minnesota overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Le Sueur 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: 1.06%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,366/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Le Sueur County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Le Sueur County (PAR · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR HEAVY
Fond du Lac County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,365/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.51% vs Le Sueur County 1.06%.
Fulton County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,364/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 2.06% vs Le Sueur County 1.06%.
Licking County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,364/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.22% vs Le Sueur County 1.06%.
Trempealeau County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,372/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 1.56% vs Le Sueur County 1.06%.
Minnesota county set
State ACS overview for every published Minnesota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Le Sueur County stamps PAR · 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 Le Sueur County (PAR · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.