Washington · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pend Oreille County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pend Oreille County pays $2,142 a year, an effective rate of 0.58%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,142
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.58%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +7%
- vs U.S. average
- #38 of 39
- rank in WA
The verdict
Homeowners in Pend Oreille County pay a median $2,142 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.58%, more affordable than 74% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,142
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.58%
- Effective rate on median home
- #816 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +7%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($367,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Washington. Population: 14,050. Owner-occupied homes: 4,808.
The median annual property tax in Pend Oreille County is $2,142, which is 53% lower than the Washington state average and 7% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.58% on a median home value of $367,900. Property taxes represent 3.2% of the median household income in this county.
Pend Oreille County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Pend Oreille County's 0.58% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 74%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Washington median
Homeowners in Pend Oreille County pay a median annual property tax of $2,142, modestly above the national median and far below the Washington state median. On a $367,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.58% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Washington counties by effective rate
Pend Oreille County ranks #38 of 39 counties in Washington by effective rate (3% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Pend Oreille County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $67,436 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Pend Oreille 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Pend Oreille County rose 51.3%, from $243,100 to $367,900. The effective rate fell 18.0% over the same span, a steeper move than in 76% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 24.0%, to $2,142. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $1,727 to $2,142, 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 1,276 of 4,808 owner-occupied homes (26.5%) 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 3.2% 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 Pend Oreille County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Pend Oreille County homeowners, 1,276 of 4,808 owner-occupied homes (26.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.8% (565)
- $800 to $1,499 18.4% (883)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.5% (650)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.9% (1,149)
- $3,000 or more 26.5% (1,276)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
285 homes here (5.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Washington handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Pend Oreille County pay about the same bill, within a 5% gap either way.
Pend Oreille County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Pend Oreille County's effective rate is higher than 3% of the 39 counties in Washington - ranking #38 of 39.
Where Pend Oreille County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.58% Among the most affordable more affordable than 74% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Washington on both measures
Pend Oreille County's effective rate runs 28% under the Washington median and its bill 53% 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 $2,142 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Washington norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Pend Oreille County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pend Oreille County | Washington Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.2% | - | - |
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.
Pend Oreille County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Washington counties.
Pend Oreille County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,142 +4.6% | 0.58% |
| 2023 | $2,048 +7.7% | 0.67% |
| 2022 | $1,901 +8.3% | 0.66% |
| 2021 | $1,756 +1.7% | 0.67% |
| 2020 | $1,727 | 0.71% |
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.
Pend Oreille County: tax-to-income at 3.2%
Counties near Pend Oreille County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pend Oreille County sits nearest Wise County (VA), Spotsylvania County (VA), Smyth County (VA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Panola County (MS), Callaway County (MO), Worcester County (MA).
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
Pend Oreille County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 280 of 6,200 returns from Pend Oreille County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,196 - 36% 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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Pend Oreille County rate FAQs
- How does Pend Oreille County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Pend Oreille County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.58% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Pend Oreille County, Washington?
- The median annual property tax in Pend Oreille County is $2,142, an effective rate of 0.58% on a $367,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Pend Oreille County?
- Pend Oreille County, Washington scores C- (52/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-112). 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 Pend Oreille County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pend Oreille County jumped 24.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,727 to $2,142, 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 Pend Oreille County?
- Property taxes in Pend Oreille County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.2% of the $67,436 median household income.
What to do with Pend Oreille County's QUIET rate
Inside Washington, Pend Oreille County's $2,142 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Washington overview →
Pend Oreille County ranks #38 of 39 Washington counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Washington overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Pend Oreille 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: 0.58%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,142/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Pend Oreille County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Pend Oreille County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Spalding County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pend Oreille County at $2,142/yr; rate 0.94% vs Pend Oreille County 0.58%.
Culpeper County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,141/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Pend Oreille County 0.58%.
Teton County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,143/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.31% vs Pend Oreille County 0.58%.
Burnett County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,140/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.93% vs Pend Oreille County 0.58%.
Washington county set
State ACS overview for every published Washington county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.