Minnesota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Nicollet County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Nicollet County pays $3,046 a year, an effective rate of 1.13%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,046
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.13%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +53%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 87
- rank in MN
The verdict
Homeowners in Nicollet County pay a median $3,046 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.13%, more affordable than 27% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,046
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.13%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2296 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +53%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($270,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Minnesota. Population: 34,411. Owner-occupied homes: 9,389.
The median annual property tax in Nicollet County is $3,046, which is 9% lower than the Minnesota state average and 53% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.13% on a median home value of $270,300. Property taxes represent 3.8% of the median household income in this county.
Nicollet County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Nicollet County's 1.13% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 27%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Nicollet County pay a median annual property tax of $3,046, far above the national median and modestly below the Minnesota state median. On a $270,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.13% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Minnesota counties by effective rate
Nicollet County ranks #11 of 87 counties in Minnesota by effective rate (87% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Nicollet County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $79,756 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Nicollet 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
Nicollet County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 3.3% down, against a median home value that rose 31.9%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 27.4%, from $2,390 to $3,046.
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 27% from $2,390 to $3,046. 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: 4,666 of 9,389 owner-occupied homes (49.7%) 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.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 3.8% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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 Nicollet County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Nicollet County homeowners, 4,666 of 9,389 owner-occupied homes (49.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 7.7% (720)
- $800 to $1,499 7.9% (740)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.0% (844)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.3% (2,189)
- $3,000 or more 49.7% (4,666)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
230 homes here (2.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Minnesota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Nicollet County pay about the same bill, a 8% gap.
Nicollet County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Nicollet County's effective rate is higher than 87% of the 87 counties in Minnesota - ranking #11 of 87.
Where Nicollet County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.13% more affordable than 27% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Nicollet County moved from $2,390 in the 2020 release to $3,046 in 2024, a change of about 27%. 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.
Nicollet County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Nicollet County | Minnesota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.8% | - | - |
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.
Nicollet County is PAR · HEAVY on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Minnesota counties.
Nicollet County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,046 +5.5% | 1.13% |
| 2023 | $2,888 +6.7% | 1.12% |
| 2022 | $2,706 +7.3% | 1.12% |
| 2021 | $2,522 +5.5% | 1.17% |
| 2020 | $2,390 | 1.17% |
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.
Nicollet County: tax-to-income at 3.8%
Counties near Nicollet County's effective rate
On effective rate, Nicollet County sits nearest Wexford County (MI), Ionia County (MI), Delta County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Door County (WI), Floyd County (IN), Morton County (KS).
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
Nicollet County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 800 of 16,700 returns from Nicollet County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,641 - 34% 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 Minnesota
Nicollet County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Nicollet County?
- Nicollet County, Minnesota scores F (29/100) 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 C+ (+$228). 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.
- How does Nicollet County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Nicollet County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.13% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Nicollet County, Minnesota?
- The median annual property tax in Nicollet County is $3,046, an effective rate of 1.13% on a $270,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Nicollet County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Nicollet County jumped 27.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,390 to $3,046, 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 Nicollet County?
- Property taxes in Nicollet County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $79,756 median household income.
What to do with Nicollet County's PAR rate
Nicollet County's $3,046 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Nicollet County ranks #11 of 87 Minnesota counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Minnesota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Nicollet 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: 1.13%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,046/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Nicollet County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Nicollet County (PAR · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR HEAVY
Manatee County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,047/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.78% vs Nicollet County 1.13%.
Lee County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,048/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.97% vs Nicollet County 1.13%.
Clallam County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,050/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.72% vs Nicollet County 1.13%.
Otsego County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,041/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 1.70% vs Nicollet County 1.13%.
Minnesota county set
State ACS overview for every published Minnesota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Nicollet County stamps PAR · 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 Nicollet County (PAR · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.