North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Oliver County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Oliver County pays $1,343 a year, an effective rate of 0.62%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,343
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.62%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -33%
- vs U.S. average
- #44 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Oliver County pay a median $1,343 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.62%, more affordable than 69% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,343
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.62%
- Effective rate on median home
- #974 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -33%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($215,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 1,839. Owner-occupied homes: 690.
The median annual property tax in Oliver County is $1,343, which is 46% lower than the North Dakota state average and 33% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.62% on a median home value of $215,700. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Oliver County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Oliver County's 0.62% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 69%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Oliver County pay a median annual property tax of $1,343, well below the national median and well below the North Dakota state median. On a $215,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.62% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Oliver County ranks #44 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (17% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Oliver County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $77,240 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, down 1.5%, from $1,363 to $1,343. 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 Oliver 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 32% from $1,020 to $1,343. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 217 of 690 owner-occupied homes (31.4%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 1.7% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Oliver County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Oliver County homeowners, 217 of 690 owner-occupied homes (31.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 21.7% (150)
- $800 to $1,499 31.4% (217)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.3% (92)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.0% (138)
- $3,000 or more 5.9% (41)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
52 homes here (7.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Oliver County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Oliver County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Oliver County's effective rate is higher than 17% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #44 of 53.
Where Oliver County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.62% Among the most affordable more affordable than 69% 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 Oliver County moved from $1,020 in the 2020 release to $1,343 in 2024, a change of about 32%. 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.
Oliver County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Oliver County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median 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.
Oliver County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Oliver County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,343 -1.5% | 0.62% |
| 2023 | $1,363 +1.6% | 0.63% |
| 2022 | $1,342 +17.7% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | $1,140 +11.8% | 0.56% |
| 2020 | $1,020 | 0.50% |
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.
Oliver County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Oliver County's effective rate
On effective rate, Oliver County sits nearest Person County (NC), Johnston County (NC), Alamance County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Washington County (UT), Briscoe County (TX), Canadian County (OK).
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 Oliver County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Oliver 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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Oliver County rate FAQs
- How does Oliver County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Oliver County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.62% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Oliver County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Oliver County is $1,343, an effective rate of 0.62% on a $215,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Oliver County?
- Oliver County, North Dakota 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 income room at B+ (1.7%). 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 Oliver County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Oliver County is recorded at $1,343 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,020 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 690 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 Oliver County?
- Property taxes in Oliver County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $77,240 median household income.
What to do with Oliver County's QUIET rate
Oliver County's $1,343 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 Oliver County's $77,240 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Oliver 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: 0.62%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,343/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Oliver County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Oliver County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Charles City County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Oliver County at $1,343/yr; rate 0.56% vs Oliver County 0.62%.
Alcona County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,341/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.82% vs Oliver County 0.62%.
Bedford County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,345/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.48% vs Oliver County 0.62%.
Caribou County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,341/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.56% vs Oliver County 0.62%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Oliver 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 Oliver County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.