Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
McCone County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in McCone County pays $1,429 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,429
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -28%
- vs U.S. average
- #29 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in McCone County pay a median $1,429 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,429
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -28%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($211,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 1,670. Owner-occupied homes: 717.
The median annual property tax in McCone County is $1,429, which is 47% lower than the Montana state average and 28% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $211,600. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
McCone County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
McCone County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in McCone County pay a median annual property tax of $1,429, well below the national median and well below the Montana state median. On a $211,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% 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 McCone County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $69,375 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 7.4%, from $1,330 to $1,429. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Montana counties by effective rate
McCone County ranks #29 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (48% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in McCone 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 35% from $1,055 to $1,429. 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 189 of 717 owner-occupied homes (26.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.1% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 McCone County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of McCone County homeowners, 189 of 717 owner-occupied homes (26.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.4% (175)
- $800 to $1,499 26.4% (189)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.6% (47)
- $2,000 to $2,999 26.4% (189)
- $3,000 or more 11.7% (84)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
33 homes here (4.6%) 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 McCone County pay a substantially higher bill, 38% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
McCone County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
McCone County's effective rate is higher than 48% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #29 of 56.
Where McCone County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.68% Among the most affordable more affordable than 62% 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 McCone County moved from $1,055 in the 2020 release to $1,429 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.
McCone County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | McCone County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
McCone County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
McCone County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,429 +7.4% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $1,330 -7.2% | 0.67% |
| 2022 | $1,433 +16.1% | 0.77% |
| 2021 | $1,234 +17.0% | 0.78% |
| 2020 | $1,055 | 0.70% |
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.
McCone County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near McCone County's effective rate
On effective rate, McCone County sits nearest Moniteau County (MO), Iron County (MO), Webster County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Frontier County (NE), Grays Harbor County (WA), Winn Parish (LA).
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 McCone County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for McCone 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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McCone County rate FAQs
- How does McCone County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in McCone County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in McCone County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in McCone County is $1,429, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $211,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for McCone County?
- McCone County, Montana scores C (56/100) 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 income room at C+ (2.1%). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in McCone County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for McCone County is recorded at $1,429 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,055 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 717 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in McCone County?
- Property taxes in McCone County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $69,375 median household income.
What to do with McCone County's QUIET rate
McCone County's $1,429 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
McCone County ranks #29 of 56 Montana counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Montana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for McCone County's QUIET 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,429/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with McCone County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for McCone County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Citrus County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,430/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.58% vs McCone County 0.68%.
Gregory County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,428/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.02% vs McCone County 0.68%.
Rankin County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,428/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs McCone County 0.68%.
Deuel County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,431/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.43% vs McCone County 0.68%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
McCone County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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 McCone County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.