Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Malheur County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Malheur County pays $1,860 a year, an effective rate of 0.75%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,860
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.75%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -7%
- vs U.S. average
- #18 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Malheur County pay a median $1,860 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.75%, more affordable than 55% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,860
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.75%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1425 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -7%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($248,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 31,954. Owner-occupied homes: 6,507.
The median annual property tax in Malheur County is $1,860, which is 52% lower than the Oregon state average and 7% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.75% on a median home value of $248,900. Property taxes represent 3.4% of the median household income in this county.
Malheur County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Malheur County's 0.75% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 55%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Oregon median
Homeowners in Malheur County pay a median annual property tax of $1,860, modestly below the national median and far below the Oregon state median. On a $248,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.75% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Malheur County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $54,519 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Oregon counties by effective rate
Malheur County ranks #18 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (50% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Malheur 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Malheur County rose 65.5%, from $150,400 to $248,900. The effective rate fell 22.3% over the same span, a steeper move than in 89% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 28.6%, to $1,860. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 29% from $1,446 to $1,860. 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: 1,495 of 6,507 owner-occupied homes (23.0%) 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.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 3.4% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Malheur County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Malheur County homeowners, 1,495 of 6,507 owner-occupied homes (23.0%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 15.0% (979)
- $800 to $1,499 22.1% (1,436)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.5% (1,008)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.9% (1,362)
- $3,000 or more 23.0% (1,495)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
227 homes here (3.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oregon handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Malheur County pay a substantially higher bill, 32% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Malheur County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Malheur County's effective rate is higher than 50% of the 36 counties in Oregon - ranking #18 of 36.
Where Malheur County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.75% more affordable than 55% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Malheur County moved from $1,446 in the 2020 release to $1,860 in 2024, a change of about 29%. 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.
Malheur County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Malheur County | Oregon Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.4% | - | - |
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.
Malheur County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oregon counties.
Malheur County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,860 +3.4% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | $1,799 +7.8% | 0.81% |
| 2022 | $1,669 +4.4% | 0.89% |
| 2021 | $1,599 +10.6% | 0.99% |
| 2020 | $1,446 | 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.
Malheur County: tax-to-income at 3.4%
Counties near Malheur County's effective rate
On effective rate, Malheur County sits nearest Rogers County (OK), Nelson County (ND), Sampson County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Benton County (IA), Orange County (CA), Aransas County (TX).
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
Malheur County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 390 of 11,940 returns from Malheur County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,344 - 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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Malheur County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Malheur County?
- Malheur County, Oregon scores F (37/100) 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 rate relief at C (0.75%). 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 Malheur County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Malheur County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.75% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Malheur County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Malheur County is $1,860, an effective rate of 0.75% on a $248,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Malheur County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Malheur County jumped 28.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,446 to $1,860, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Malheur County?
- Property taxes in Malheur County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $54,519 median household income.
What to do with Malheur County's UNDER rate
Inside Oregon, Malheur County's $1,860 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Oregon overview →
Malheur County ranks #18 of 36 Oregon counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Oregon overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Malheur 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: 0.75%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,860/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Malheur County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Malheur County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Ashland County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,858/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.99% vs Malheur County 0.75%.
Bonneville County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,858/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.50% vs Malheur County 0.75%.
Botetourt County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,862/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.64% vs Malheur County 0.75%.
Hernando County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,858/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.67% vs Malheur County 0.75%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Malheur 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 Malheur County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.