Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Liberty County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Liberty County pays $1,570 a year, an effective rate of 0.93%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,570
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.93%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -21%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Liberty County pay a median $1,570 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.93%, more affordable than 41% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,570
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.93%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1861 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -21%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($169,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 1,952. Owner-occupied homes: 459.
The median annual property tax in Liberty County is $1,570, which is 42% lower than the Montana state average and 21% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.93% on a median home value of $169,100. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Liberty County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Liberty County's 0.93% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 41%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Montana median
Homeowners in Liberty County pay a median annual property tax of $1,570, notably lower than the national median and well below the Montana state median. On a $169,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.93% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Montana counties by effective rate
Liberty County ranks #10 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (82% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 30.4%, from $1,204 to $1,570. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Liberty County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $57,857 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Liberty 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 46% from $1,075 to $1,570. 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 114 of 459 owner-occupied homes (24.8%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.7% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Liberty County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Liberty County homeowners, 114 of 459 owner-occupied homes (24.8%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.2% (102)
- $800 to $1,499 24.8% (114)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.0% (32)
- $2,000 to $2,999 24.8% (114)
- $3,000 or more 17.2% (79)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
18 homes here (3.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Liberty County pay a substantially higher bill, 54% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Liberty County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Liberty County's effective rate is higher than 82% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #10 of 56.
Where Liberty County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.93% more affordable than 41% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Liberty County taxes property at 0.93%, about 29% above the Montana average, yet its median bill of $1,570 lands roughly 42% 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.
Liberty County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Liberty County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Liberty County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Liberty County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,570 +30.4% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | $1,204 -8.0% | 1.03% |
| 2022 | $1,308 +24.8% | 1.11% |
| 2021 | $1,048 -2.5% | 1.06% |
| 2020 | $1,075 | 1.06% |
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.
Liberty County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Liberty County's effective rate
On effective rate, Liberty County sits nearest Gentry County (MO), Sunflower County (MS), Winona County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Val Verde County (TX), Morgan County (IN), Orange County (IN).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Liberty County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Liberty County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Liberty County rate FAQs
- How does Liberty County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Liberty County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.93% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Liberty County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Liberty County is $1,570, an effective rate of 0.93% on a $169,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Liberty County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Liberty County is recorded at $1,570 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,075 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 459 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 is the tax affordability score for Liberty County?
- Liberty County, Montana scores D (41/100) 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 C- ($1,570/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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Liberty County?
- Property taxes in Liberty County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $57,857 median household income.
What to do with Liberty County's UNDER rate
Inside Montana, Liberty County's $1,570 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Montana overview →
Liberty County ranks #10 of 56 Montana counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Montana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Liberty 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: 0.93%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,570/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Liberty County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Liberty County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Cherokee County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,569/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.99% vs Liberty County 0.93%.
Woodson County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,569/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.93% vs Liberty County 0.93%.
Andrew County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,568/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.73% vs Liberty County 0.93%.
Greene County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,572/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.71% vs Liberty County 0.93%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Liberty 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 Liberty County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.