Wyoming · County property tax · ACS 2024
Niobrara County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Niobrara County pays $1,072 a year, an effective rate of 0.48%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,072
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.48%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -46%
- vs U.S. average
- #20 of 23
- rank in WY
The verdict
Homeowners in Niobrara County pay a median $1,072 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.48%, more affordable than 85% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,072
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.48%
- Effective rate on median home
- #459 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -46%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($221,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Wyoming. Population: 2,368. Owner-occupied homes: 734.
The median annual property tax in Niobrara County is $1,072, which is 39% lower than the Wyoming state average and 46% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.48% on a median home value of $221,500. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Niobrara County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Niobrara County's 0.48% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 85%).
Decision signal 2
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 46.6%, from $731 to $1,072. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Niobrara County pay a median annual property tax of $1,072, well below the national median and well below the Wyoming state median. On a $221,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.48% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
High among Wyoming counties by effective rate
Niobrara County ranks #20 of 23 counties in Wyoming by effective rate (13% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Niobrara County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $64,113 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Niobrara 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 36% from $788 to $1,072. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 310 of 734 owner-occupied homes (42.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.7% 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 Niobrara County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Niobrara County homeowners, 310 of 734 owner-occupied homes (42.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 42.2% (310)
- $800 to $1,499 27.1% (199)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.3% (68)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.4% (91)
- $3,000 or more 9.0% (66)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Niobrara County pay a substantially higher bill, 47% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Niobrara County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Niobrara County's effective rate is higher than 13% of the 23 counties in Wyoming - ranking #20 of 23.
Where Niobrara 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
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 Niobrara County moved from $788 in the 2020 release to $1,072 in 2024, a change of about 36%. 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.
Niobrara County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Niobrara County | Wyoming Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Niobrara County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Wyoming counties.
Niobrara County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,072 +46.6% | 0.48% |
| 2023 | $731 -17.2% | 0.38% |
| 2022 | $883 +14.5% | 0.45% |
| 2021 | $771 -2.2% | 0.42% |
| 2020 | $788 | 0.56% |
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.
Niobrara County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Niobrara County's effective rate
On effective rate, Niobrara County sits nearest Russell County (VA), Lancaster County (VA), Frederick County (VA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Renville County (MN), Boone County (IN), Franklin 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
IRS county file: no disclosed Niobrara County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Niobrara County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Niobrara County rate FAQs
- How does Niobrara County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Niobrara County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.48% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Niobrara County, Wyoming?
- The median annual property tax in Niobrara County is $1,072, an effective rate of 0.48% on a $221,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Niobrara County?
- Niobrara County, Wyoming scores B- (69/100) 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 Niobrara County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Niobrara County is recorded at $1,072 in the 2024 5-year release against $788 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 734 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 Niobrara County?
- Property taxes in Niobrara County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $64,113 median household income.
What to do with Niobrara County's QUIET rate
Niobrara County's $1,072 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 1.7% of Niobrara County's $64,113 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Niobrara 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: $1,072/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Niobrara County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Niobrara County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Galax city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Niobrara County at $1,072/yr; rate 0.76% vs Niobrara County 0.48%.
Love County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Niobrara County at $1,072/yr; rate 0.63% vs Niobrara County 0.48%.
Appomattox County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,073/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Niobrara County 0.48%.
Cannon County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,073/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Niobrara County 0.48%.
Wyoming county set
State ACS overview for every published Wyoming county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Niobrara 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 Niobrara County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.