Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pawnee County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pawnee County pays $1,206 a year, an effective rate of 1.52%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,206
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.52%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -39%
- vs U.S. average
- #8 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Pawnee County pay a median $1,206 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.52%, more affordable than 10% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,206
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.52%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2821 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($79,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 2,530. Owner-occupied homes: 874.
The median annual property tax in Pawnee County is $1,206, which is 66% lower than the Nebraska state average and 39% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.52% on a median home value of $79,400. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Pawnee County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Pawnee County's 1.52% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 90% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Pawnee County pay a median annual property tax of $1,206, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $79,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.52% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Pawnee County ranks #8 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (91% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Pawnee County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $62,188 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Pawnee 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
Pawnee County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 1.7% down, against a median home value that rose 11.2%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 9.3%, from $1,103 to $1,206.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $1,103 to $1,206, a change of 9%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 276 of 874 owner-occupied homes (31.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 1.9% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
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 Pawnee County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Pawnee County homeowners, 276 of 874 owner-occupied homes (31.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 31.6% (276)
- $800 to $1,499 22.3% (195)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.9% (113)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.6% (84)
- $3,000 or more 17.6% (154)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
52 homes here (5.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Pawnee County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+106%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Pawnee County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Pawnee County's effective rate is higher than 91% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #8 of 93.
Where Pawnee County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.52% more affordable than 10% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.52%, Pawnee County sits in the top 10% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. That is the rate, not the bill: a high rate on a modest home can still produce a smaller cheque than a low rate on an expensive one, which is why the $1,206 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Pawnee County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pawnee County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.9% | - | - |
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.
Pawnee County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Pawnee County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $79,400 median home carries a $1,206 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $121 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Pawnee County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,206 +1.3% | 1.52% |
| 2023 | $1,191 +13.0% | 1.59% |
| 2022 | $1,054 +3.2% | 1.42% |
| 2021 | $1,021 -7.4% | 1.47% |
| 2020 | $1,103 | 1.54% |
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.
Pawnee County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Pawnee County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pawnee County sits nearest Washtenaw County (MI), Rice County (KS), Greenwood County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Alcorn County (MS), Norton County (KS), Clay County (AR).
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 Pawnee County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Pawnee 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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Pawnee County rate FAQs
- How does Pawnee County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Pawnee County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.52% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Pawnee County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Pawnee County is $1,206, an effective rate of 1.52% on a $79,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Pawnee County?
- Pawnee County, Nebraska scores D (45/100) 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+ (1.28×). 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 Pawnee County?
- Property taxes in Pawnee County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $62,188 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Pawnee County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pawnee County climbed 9.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,103 to $1,206, 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 Pawnee County's STEEP rate
Pawnee County's $1,206 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 1.9% of Pawnee County's $62,188 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Pawnee County's STEEP 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: 1.52%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,206/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Pawnee County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Pawnee County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Pike County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pawnee County at $1,206/yr; rate 0.78% vs Pawnee County 1.52%.
Beckham County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,207/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.84% vs Pawnee County 1.52%.
DeKalb County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,205/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Pawnee County 1.52%.
Newton County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,207/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.63% vs Pawnee County 1.52%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Pawnee County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Pawnee County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.