Idaho · County property tax · ACS 2024
Nez Perce County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Nez Perce County pays $2,609 a year, an effective rate of 0.78%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,609
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.78%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +31%
- vs U.S. average
- #1 of 44
- rank in ID
The verdict
Homeowners in Nez Perce County pay a median $2,609 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.78%, more affordable than 52% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,609
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.78%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1507 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +31%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($334,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Idaho. Population: 42,697. Owner-occupied homes: 12,164.
The median annual property tax in Nez Perce County is $2,609, which is 28% higher than the Idaho state average and 31% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.78% on a median home value of $334,700. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Nez Perce County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Nez Perce County's 0.78% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 52%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Idaho counties by effective rate
Nez Perce County ranks #1 of 44 counties in Idaho by effective rate (98% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Nez Perce County pay a median annual property tax of $2,609, well above the national median and well above the Idaho state median. On a $334,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.78% 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 Nez Perce County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $72,599 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Nez Perce 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 12.2% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 50% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 62.8%, the median bill rose 43.0% to $2,609: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 43% from $1,825 to $2,609. 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: 4,339 of 12,164 owner-occupied homes (35.7%) 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.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 3.6% 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.
Nez Perce County is an outlier inside Idaho
Across the 44 Idaho counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.46%. Nez Perce County is at 0.78%, which sits 2.8 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Nez Perce County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Nez Perce County homeowners, 4,339 of 12,164 owner-occupied homes (35.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.9% (590)
- $800 to $1,499 10.8% (1,309)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.0% (1,709)
- $2,000 to $2,999 27.5% (3,344)
- $3,000 or more 35.7% (4,339)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
873 homes here (7.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Idaho handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Nez Perce County pay about the same bill, a 7% gap.
Nez Perce County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Nez Perce County's effective rate is higher than 98% of the 44 counties in Idaho - ranking #1 of 44.
Where Nez Perce County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.78% more affordable than 52% 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 Nez Perce County moved from $1,825 in the 2020 release to $2,609 in 2024, a change of about 43%. 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.
Nez Perce County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Nez Perce County | Idaho Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.6% | - | - |
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.
Nez Perce County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Idaho counties.
Nez Perce County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,609 +3.2% | 0.78% |
| 2023 | $2,529 +18.9% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | $2,127 +10.0% | 0.82% |
| 2021 | $1,933 +5.9% | 0.87% |
| 2020 | $1,825 | 0.89% |
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.
Nez Perce County: tax-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Nez Perce County's effective rate
On effective rate, Nez Perce County sits nearest Wayne County (GA), Thomas County (GA), Cook County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Spalding County (GA), Pike County (IN), Seminole County (GA).
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
Nez Perce County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 910 of 19,490 returns from Nez Perce County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,559 - 36% 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.
Other Counties in Idaho
Nez Perce County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Nez Perce County?
- Nez Perce County, Idaho scores F (37/100) 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 B- (+$170). 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 is the average property tax in Nez Perce County, Idaho?
- The median annual property tax in Nez Perce County is $2,609, an effective rate of 0.78% on a $334,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Nez Perce County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Nez Perce County jumped 43.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,825 to $2,609, 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.
- How does Nez Perce County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Nez Perce County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.78% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Nez Perce County?
- Property taxes in Nez Perce County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $72,599 median household income.
What to do with Nez Perce County's UNDER rate
Nez Perce County's $2,609 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Nez Perce County ranks #1 of 44 Idaho counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Idaho overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Nez Perce County's UNDER 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: 0.78%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,609/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Nez Perce County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Nez Perce County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Clarke County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,610/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.87% vs Nez Perce County 0.78%.
Fayette County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,611/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.89% vs Nez Perce County 0.78%.
Orleans Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,606/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.83% vs Nez Perce County 0.78%.
Juneau County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,605/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.47% vs Nez Perce County 0.78%.
Idaho county set
State ACS overview for every published Idaho county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Nez Perce County stamps UNDER · 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 Nez Perce County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.