Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Mineral County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Mineral County pays $1,758 a year, an effective rate of 0.48%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,758
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.48%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -12%
- vs U.S. average
- #53 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Mineral County pay a median $1,758 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.48%, more affordable than 85% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,758
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.48%
- Effective rate on median home
- #459 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -12%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($364,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 4,959. Owner-occupied homes: 1,744.
The median annual property tax in Mineral County is $1,758, which is 35% lower than the Montana state average and 12% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.48% on a median home value of $364,300. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Mineral County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Mineral County's 0.48% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 85%).
Decision signal 2
High among Montana counties by effective rate
Mineral County ranks #53 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (5% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Montana median
Homeowners in Mineral County pay a median annual property tax of $1,758, notably lower than the national median and well below the Montana state median. On a $364,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.48% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Mineral County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $63,450 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 1.7%, from $1,728 to $1,758. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Mineral 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 26% from $1,392 to $1,758. 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 500 of 1,744 owner-occupied homes (28.7%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 2.8% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Mineral County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Mineral County homeowners, 500 of 1,744 owner-occupied homes (28.7%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.1% (141)
- $800 to $1,499 28.7% (500)
- $1,500 to $1,999 21.2% (370)
- $2,000 to $2,999 25.3% (442)
- $3,000 or more 12.1% (211)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
80 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
In Mineral County, mortgaged homeowners pay 13% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Mineral County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Mineral County's effective rate is higher than 5% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #53 of 56.
Where Mineral County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.48% Among the most affordable more affordable than 85% 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 Mineral County moved from $1,392 in the 2020 release to $1,758 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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.
Mineral County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Mineral County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Mineral County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Mineral County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,758 +1.7% | 0.48% |
| 2023 | $1,728 +9.0% | 0.55% |
| 2022 | $1,585 +10.2% | 0.58% |
| 2021 | $1,438 +3.3% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | $1,392 | 0.71% |
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.
Mineral County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Mineral County's effective rate
On effective rate, Mineral County sits nearest Choctaw County (MS), Rockcastle County (KY), Putnam County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Wadena County (MN), Hancock County (OH), Webster County (IA).
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
Mineral County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 110 of 2,330 returns from Mineral County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,127 - 27% of those reporters sat in the $10-25k 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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Mineral County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Mineral County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Mineral County is $1,758, an effective rate of 0.48% on a $364,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Mineral County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Mineral County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.48% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Mineral County?
- Mineral County, Montana scores C- (54/100) 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 A (0.48%). 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 Mineral County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Mineral County is recorded at $1,758 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,392 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 1,744 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 Mineral County?
- Property taxes in Mineral County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $63,450 median household income.
What to do with Mineral County's QUIET rate
Inside Montana, Mineral County's $1,758 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Montana overview →
Mineral County ranks #53 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 Mineral 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: 0.48%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,758/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Mineral County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Mineral County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Churchill County, NV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Mineral County at $1,758/yr; rate 0.53% vs Mineral County 0.48%.
Harrison County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Mineral County at $1,758/yr; rate 0.97% vs Mineral County 0.48%.
Marion County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,759/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.71% vs Mineral County 0.48%.
Vermilion County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,757/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.81% vs Mineral County 0.48%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Mineral County stamps QUIET · 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 Mineral County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.