Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
McPherson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in McPherson County pays $1,350 a year, an effective rate of 1.11%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,350
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.11%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -32%
- vs U.S. average
- #70 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in McPherson County pay a median $1,350 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.11%, more affordable than 28% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,350
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.11%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2262 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -32%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($121,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 475. Owner-occupied homes: 138.
The median annual property tax in McPherson County is $1,350, which is 62% lower than the Nebraska state average and 32% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.11% on a median home value of $121,600. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
McPherson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
McPherson County's 1.11% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 28%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in McPherson County pay a median annual property tax of $1,350, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $121,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.11% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Nebraska counties by effective rate
McPherson County ranks #70 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (25% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in McPherson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $58,684 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in McPherson 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 McPherson County rose 54.1%, from $78,900 to $121,600. The effective rate fell 23.6% over the same span, a steeper move than in 91% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 17.8%, to $1,350. 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,146 to $1,350, a gain of 18%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 35 of 138 owner-occupied homes (25.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.3% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
22.2% of McPherson County homes owned free and clear (20 of 90) report no property tax at all, against 0.0% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What McPherson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of McPherson County homeowners, 35 of 138 owner-occupied homes (25.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 25.4% (35)
- $800 to $1,499 23.9% (33)
- $1,500 to $1,999 20.3% (28)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.7% (12)
- $3,000 or more 7.2% (10)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
20 homes here (14.5%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in McPherson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+85%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
McPherson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
McPherson County's effective rate is higher than 25% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #70 of 93.
Where McPherson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.11% more affordable than 28% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Nebraska on both measures
McPherson County's effective rate runs 26% under the Nebraska median and its bill 62% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,350 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Nebraska norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
McPherson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | McPherson County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
McPherson County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
McPherson County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,350 +2.3% | 1.11% |
| 2023 | $1,320 +15.2% | 1.06% |
| 2022 | $1,146 -3.3% | 1.09% |
| 2021 | $1,185 +3.4% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | $1,146 | 1.45% |
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.
McPherson County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near McPherson County's effective rate
On effective rate, McPherson County sits nearest Freeborn County (MN), Dodge County (MN), Kent County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Marion County (OH), Garland County (AR), Skagway Municipality (AK).
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 McPherson County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for McPherson 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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McPherson County rate FAQs
- How does McPherson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in McPherson County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.11% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in McPherson County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in McPherson County is $1,350, an effective rate of 1.11% on a $121,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for McPherson County?
- McPherson County, Nebraska scores D (46/100) 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 housing pressure at A (2.07×). 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 McPherson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for McPherson County climbed 17.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,146 to $1,350, 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 McPherson County?
- Property taxes in McPherson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $58,684 median household income.
What to do with McPherson County's PAR rate
McPherson County's $1,350 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 →
McPherson County ranks #70 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for McPherson County's PAR 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: 1.11%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,350/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with McPherson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for McPherson County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Emery County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with McPherson County at $1,350/yr; rate 0.62% vs McPherson County 1.11%.
Republic County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with McPherson County at $1,350/yr; rate 1.79% vs McPherson County 1.11%.
Daviess County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,351/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.69% vs McPherson County 1.11%.
Montgomery County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,351/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.76% vs McPherson County 1.11%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
McPherson County stamps PAR · 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 McPherson County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.