Utah · County property tax · ACS 2024
Morgan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Morgan County pays $3,411 a year, an effective rate of 0.52%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,411
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.52%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- +71%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 29
- rank in UT
The verdict
Homeowners in Morgan County pay a median $3,411 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.52%, more affordable than 81% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,411
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.52%
- Effective rate on median home
- #580 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +71%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($654,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Utah. Population: 12,802. Owner-occupied homes: 3,362.
The median annual property tax in Morgan County is $3,411, which is 35% higher than the Utah state average and 71% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.52% on a median home value of $654,900. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Morgan County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Morgan County's 0.52% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 81%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Morgan County pay a median annual property tax of $3,411, far above the national median and well above the Utah state median. On a $654,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.52% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Utah counties by effective rate
Morgan County ranks #10 of 29 counties in Utah by effective rate (66% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Morgan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $130,929 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.5%, from $3,264 to $3,411. 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 Morgan 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 41% from $2,415 to $3,411. 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: 1,947 of 3,362 owner-occupied homes (57.9%) 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.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 2.6% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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 Morgan County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Morgan County homeowners, 1,947 of 3,362 owner-occupied homes (57.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 2.3% (78)
- $800 to $1,499 3.6% (122)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.1% (274)
- $2,000 to $2,999 25.2% (847)
- $3,000 or more 57.9% (1,947)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
94 homes here (2.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Utah handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Morgan County pay about the same bill, within a 5% gap either way.
Morgan County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Morgan County's effective rate is higher than 66% of the 29 counties in Utah - ranking #10 of 29.
Where Morgan County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.52% Among the most affordable more affordable than 81% 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 Morgan County moved from $2,415 in the 2020 release to $3,411 in 2024, a change of about 41%. 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.
Morgan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Morgan County | Utah Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Morgan County is QUIET · HEAVY on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Utah counties.
Morgan County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,411 +4.5% | 0.52% |
| 2023 | $3,264 +10.6% | 0.54% |
| 2022 | $2,951 +15.0% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | $2,566 +6.3% | 0.57% |
| 2020 | $2,415 | 0.58% |
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.
Morgan County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Morgan County's effective rate
On effective rate, Morgan County sits nearest Washington County (TN), Unicoi County (TN), Obion County (TN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Colbert County (AL), Rabun County (GA), Lafourche 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
Morgan County: only 22% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,190 of 5,370 returns from Morgan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,160 - 44% 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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Morgan County rate FAQs
- How does Morgan County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Morgan County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.52% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Morgan County, Utah?
- The median annual property tax in Morgan County is $3,411, an effective rate of 0.52% on a $654,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Morgan County?
- Morgan County, Utah scores C- (54/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-193). 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 Morgan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Morgan County is recorded at $3,411 in the 2024 5-year release against $2,415 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 3,362 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 Morgan County?
- Property taxes in Morgan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $130,929 median household income.
What to do with Morgan County's QUIET rate
Morgan County's $3,411 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Morgan County ranks #10 of 29 Utah counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Utah overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Morgan 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: 0.52%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,411/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Morgan County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Morgan County (QUIET · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET HEAVY
Stafford County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,410/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.70% vs Morgan County 0.52%.
LaSalle County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,418/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 2.11% vs Morgan County 0.52%.
Macomb County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,404/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 1.40% vs Morgan County 0.52%.
Seneca County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,403/yr (near-tied bill ABS $8); rate 2.19% vs Morgan County 0.52%.
Utah county set
State ACS overview for every published Utah county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Morgan County stamps QUIET · HEAVY - 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 Morgan County (QUIET · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.