West Virginia · County property tax · ACS 2024
Mingo County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Mingo County pays $423 a year, an effective rate of 0.47%, far below the U.S. average.
- $423
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.47%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -79%
- vs U.S. average
- #33 of 55
- rank in WV
The verdict
Homeowners in Mingo County pay a median $423 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.47%, more affordable than 87% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $423
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.47%
- Effective rate on median home
- #418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -79%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($90,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for West Virginia. Population: 22,542. Owner-occupied homes: 6,841.
The median annual property tax in Mingo County is $423, which is 51% lower than the West Virginia state average and 79% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.47% on a median home value of $90,500. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Mingo County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Mingo County's 0.47% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 87%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Mingo County pay a median annual property tax of $423, far below the national median and far below the West Virginia state median. On a $90,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.47% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Mingo County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $38,119 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of West Virginia counties by effective rate
Mingo County ranks #33 of 55 counties in West Virginia by effective rate (40% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Mingo 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 held while the market moved
Mingo County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.0% down, against a median home value that rose 16.0%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 13.7%, from $372 to $423.
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 $372 to $423, a gain of 14%. 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: 4,165 of 6,841 owner-occupied homes (60.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.1% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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
25.5% of Mingo County homes owned free and clear (1,345 of 5,265) report no property tax at all, against 7.5% 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 Mingo County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Mingo County homeowners, 4,165 of 6,841 owner-occupied homes (60.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 60.9% (4,165)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (923)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.3% (228)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.4% (24)
- $3,000 or more 0.6% (38)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,463 homes here (21.4%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how West Virginia handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Mingo County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+88%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Mingo County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Mingo County's effective rate is higher than 40% of the 55 counties in West Virginia - ranking #33 of 55.
Where Mingo County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.47% Among the most affordable more affordable than 87% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Mingo County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Mingo County | West Virginia Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.1% | - | - |
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.
Mingo County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · West Virginia counties.
Mingo County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $423 +13.1% | 0.47% |
| 2023 | $374 -2.1% | 0.44% |
| 2022 | $382 +4.1% | 0.43% |
| 2021 | $367 -1.3% | 0.44% |
| 2020 | $372 | 0.48% |
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.
Mingo County: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near Mingo County's effective rate
On effective rate, Mingo County sits nearest Northumberland County (VA), Henry County (VA), Dickenson County (VA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are York County (PA), Socorro County (NM), Fallon County (MT).
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
Mingo County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 7,630 returns from Mingo County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,144 - 56% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Mingo County rate FAQs
- How does Mingo County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Mingo County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.47% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Mingo County, West Virginia?
- The median annual property tax in Mingo County is $423, an effective rate of 0.47% on a $90,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Mingo County?
- Mingo County, West Virginia scores A (85/100) 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 bill size at A+ ($423/yr). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Mingo County?
- Property taxes in Mingo County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $38,119 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Mingo County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Mingo County climbed 13.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $372 to $423, 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 to do with Mingo County's QUIET rate
Mingo County's $423 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.1% of Mingo County's $38,119 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Mingo 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: 0.47%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $423/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Mingo County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Mingo County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Pike County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $424/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.27% vs Mingo County 0.47%.
St. Francis County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $425/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.47% vs Mingo County 0.47%.
Calhoun County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $426/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.42% vs Mingo County 0.47%.
Sioux County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $420/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.49% vs Mingo County 0.47%.
West Virginia county set
State ACS overview for every published West Virginia county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Mingo 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 Mingo County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.