Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lincoln County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lincoln County pays $3,322 a year, an effective rate of 0.81%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,322
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.81%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +67%
- vs U.S. average
- #12 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Lincoln County pay a median $3,322 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.81%, more affordable than 49% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,322
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.81%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1591 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +67%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($410,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 50,964. Owner-occupied homes: 16,534.
The median annual property tax in Lincoln County is $3,322, which is 14% lower than the Oregon state average and 67% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.81% on a median home value of $410,800. Property taxes represent 5.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Lincoln County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Lincoln County pay a median annual property tax of $3,322, far above the national median and notably lower than the Oregon state median. On a $410,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.81% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Lincoln County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 5.3% of the $63,165 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Oregon counties by effective rate
Lincoln County ranks #12 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (67% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lincoln County's 0.81% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 49%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lincoln 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
Lincoln County's effective rate fell 16.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 54.6%, leaving the median bill 29.7% higher at $3,322. That rate move is larger than the one in 69% 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 30% from $2,562 to $3,322. 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: 8,742 of 16,534 owner-occupied homes (52.9%) 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 figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 5.3% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Lincoln County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lincoln County homeowners, 8,742 of 16,534 owner-occupied homes (52.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.3% (706)
- $800 to $1,499 7.4% (1,223)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.9% (1,302)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.1% (3,655)
- $3,000 or more 52.9% (8,742)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
906 homes here (5.5%) 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 Lincoln County pay about the same bill, a 1% gap.
Lincoln County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Lincoln County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Lincoln County's median bill is 14% below the Oregon median and 67% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Lincoln County moved from $2,562 in the 2020 release to $3,322 in 2024, a change of about 30%. 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.
Lincoln County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lincoln 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 | 5.3% | - | - |
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 Lincoln County's $3,322 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Lincoln County's $3,322 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $332/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Oregon.
Lincoln County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,322 +2.5% | 0.81% |
| 2023 | $3,241 +5.3% | 0.84% |
| 2022 | $3,077 +11.6% | 0.89% |
| 2021 | $2,756 +7.6% | 0.96% |
| 2020 | $2,562 | 0.96% |
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.
Lincoln County: tax takes 5.3% of income
Counties near Lincoln County's median bill
On effective rate, Lincoln County sits nearest Tyrrell County (NC), Yellowstone County (MT), Mississippi County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Humboldt County (IA), Lee County (TX), Morgan County (OH).
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
Lincoln County: only 10% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,310 of 24,130 returns from Lincoln County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,651 - 34% 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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Lincoln County bill FAQs
- How does Lincoln County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lincoln County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.81% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lincoln County?
- Property taxes in Lincoln County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 5.3% of the $63,165 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Lincoln County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lincoln County jumped 29.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,562 to $3,322, 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 Lincoln County?
- Lincoln County, Oregon scores F (31/100) 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 (+$25). 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 Lincoln County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Lincoln County is $3,322, an effective rate of 0.81% on a $410,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
What to do with Lincoln County's HEAVY bill
Lincoln County's $3,322 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is elevated here: about 5.3% of Lincoln County's $63,165 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Lincoln 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: 0.81%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,322/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lincoln County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lincoln County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Martin County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Lincoln County at $3,322/yr; rate 0.77% vs Lincoln County 0.81%.
Calaveras County, CA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,319/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.73% vs Lincoln County 0.81%.
Douglas County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,319/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.77% vs Lincoln County 0.81%.
Madison County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,319/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.92% vs Lincoln County 0.81%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lincoln 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 Lincoln County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.