Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Nuckolls County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Nuckolls County pays $1,133 a year, an effective rate of 1.17%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,133
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.17%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -43%
- vs U.S. average
- #60 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Nuckolls County pay a median $1,133 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.17%, more affordable than 25% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,133
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.17%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2366 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -43%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($96,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 4,087. Owner-occupied homes: 1,602.
The median annual property tax in Nuckolls County is $1,133, which is 68% lower than the Nebraska state average and 43% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.17% on a median home value of $96,500. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Nuckolls County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Nuckolls County's 1.17% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 25%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Nuckolls County pay a median annual property tax of $1,133, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $96,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.17% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Nuckolls County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $73,976 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Nuckolls County ranks #60 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (35% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Nuckolls 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
Nuckolls County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 5.2% down, against a median home value that rose 30.6%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 23.8%, from $915 to $1,133.
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 $915 to $1,133, a gain of 24%. 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: 554 of 1,602 owner-occupied homes (34.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 1.5% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Nuckolls County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Nuckolls County homeowners, 554 of 1,602 owner-occupied homes (34.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 34.6% (554)
- $800 to $1,499 22.4% (359)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.9% (238)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.9% (158)
- $3,000 or more 13.2% (212)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
81 homes here (5.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Nuckolls County, mortgaged homeowners pay 22% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Nuckolls County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Nuckolls County's effective rate is higher than 35% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #60 of 93.
Where Nuckolls County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.17% more affordable than 25% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Nebraska on both measures
Nuckolls County's effective rate runs 21% under the Nebraska median and its bill 68% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,133 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Nebraska norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Nuckolls County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Nuckolls County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Nuckolls County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Nuckolls County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,133 -2.7% | 1.17% |
| 2023 | $1,164 +15.1% | 1.28% |
| 2022 | $1,011 -3.5% | 1.14% |
| 2021 | $1,048 +14.5% | 1.33% |
| 2020 | $915 | 1.24% |
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.
Nuckolls County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Nuckolls County's effective rate
On effective rate, Nuckolls County sits nearest Carlton County (MN), Plymouth County (MA), Howard County (MD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Finney County (KS), Stephens County (GA), Sutter County (CA).
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
Nuckolls County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 2,010 returns from Nuckolls County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,533 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k 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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Nuckolls County rate FAQs
- How does Nuckolls County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Nuckolls County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.17% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Nuckolls County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Nuckolls County is $1,133, an effective rate of 1.17% on a $96,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Nuckolls County?
- Nuckolls County, Nebraska scores C+ (61/100) 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 housing pressure at A+ (1.30×). 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 Nuckolls County?
- Property taxes in Nuckolls County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $73,976 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Nuckolls County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Nuckolls County jumped 23.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $915 to $1,133, 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 Nuckolls County's PAR rate
Nuckolls County's $1,133 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 1.5% of Nuckolls County's $73,976 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Nuckolls 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: 1.17%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,133/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Nuckolls County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Nuckolls County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Dade County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Nuckolls County at $1,133/yr; rate 0.57% vs Nuckolls County 1.17%.
Camas County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,132/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.37% vs Nuckolls County 1.17%.
Clark County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,134/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.87% vs Nuckolls County 1.17%.
Golden Valley County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,132/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Nuckolls County 1.17%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Nuckolls County stamps PAR · 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 Nuckolls County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.