Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Park County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Park County pays $2,641 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,641
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- +33%
- vs U.S. average
- #43 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Park County pay a median $2,641 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,641
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 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 ($467,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 17,710. Owner-occupied homes: 5,810.
The median annual property tax in Park County is $2,641, which is 2% lower than the Montana state average and 33% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $467,500. Property taxes represent 3.8% of the median household income in this county.
Park County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Park County's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Park County pay a median annual property tax of $2,641, well above the national median and roughly in line with the Montana state median. On a $467,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Montana counties by effective rate
Park County ranks #43 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (23% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Park County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $70,047 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Park 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Park County's effective rate fell 15.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 62.4%, leaving the median bill 37.9% higher at $2,641. That rate move is larger than the one in 64% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 38% from $1,915 to $2,641. 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: 2,178 of 5,810 owner-occupied homes (37.5%) 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.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 3.8% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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 Park County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Park County homeowners, 2,178 of 5,810 owner-occupied homes (37.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.4% (486)
- $800 to $1,499 10.2% (590)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.6% (617)
- $2,000 to $2,999 29.6% (1,720)
- $3,000 or more 37.5% (2,178)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
219 homes here (3.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Park County pay about the same bill, within a 4% gap either way.
Park County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Park County's effective rate is higher than 23% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #43 of 56.
Where Park County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% 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 Park County moved from $1,915 in the 2020 release to $2,641 in 2024, a change of about 38%. 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.
Park County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Park County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low 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.
Park County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Park County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,641 +7.6% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $2,454 +4.1% | 0.57% |
| 2022 | $2,358 +11.2% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | $2,121 +10.8% | 0.64% |
| 2020 | $1,915 | 0.67% |
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.
Park County: tax-to-income at 3.8%
Counties near Park County's effective rate
On effective rate, Park County sits nearest Washington County (MO), Morgan County (MO), Crawford County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Montgomery County (AL), Lincoln County (KY), Dooly 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
Park County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 740 of 9,840 returns from Park County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,616 - 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.
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Park County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Park County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Park County is $2,641, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $467,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Park County?
- Park County, Montana scores D (47/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-105). 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 Park County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Park County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Park County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Park County jumped 37.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,915 to $2,641, 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 Park County?
- Property taxes in Park County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $70,047 median household income.
What to do with Park County's QUIET rate
Park County's $2,641 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Park County ranks #43 of 56 Montana counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Montana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Park 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,641/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Park County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Park County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Scott County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,640/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.65% vs Park County 0.56%.
Dodge County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,643/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.27% vs Park County 0.56%.
Klickitat County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,639/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.62% vs Park County 0.56%.
Calhoun County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,644/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.39% vs Park County 0.56%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Park County stamps QUIET · 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 Park County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.