South Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Perkins County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Perkins County pays $1,478 a year, an effective rate of 1.29%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,478
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.29%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #8 of 66
- rank in SD
The verdict
Homeowners in Perkins County pay a median $1,478 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.29%, more affordable than 19% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,478
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.29%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2533 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($114,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for South Dakota. Population: 3,001. Owner-occupied homes: 1,026.
The median annual property tax in Perkins County is $1,478, which is 46% lower than the South Dakota state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.29% on a median home value of $114,600. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Perkins County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Perkins County's 1.29% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 19%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Perkins County pay a median annual property tax of $1,478, well below the national median and well below the South Dakota state median. On a $114,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.29% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among South Dakota counties by effective rate
Perkins County ranks #8 of 66 counties in South Dakota by effective rate (88% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Perkins County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $66,908 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Perkins 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
Perkins County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 0.8% up, against a median home value that rose 13.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 14.7%, from $1,289 to $1,478.
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 $1,289 to $1,478, a gain of 15%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 328 of 1,026 owner-occupied homes (32.0%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 2.2% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to 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 Perkins County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Perkins County homeowners, 328 of 1,026 owner-occupied homes (32.0%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 17.6% (181)
- $800 to $1,499 32.0% (328)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.1% (155)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.4% (168)
- $3,000 or more 16.4% (168)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
26 homes here (2.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how South Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Perkins County pay about the same bill, a 1% gap.
Perkins County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Perkins County's effective rate is higher than 88% of the 66 counties in South Dakota - ranking #8 of 66.
Where Perkins County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.29% more affordable than 19% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Perkins County taxes property at 1.29%, about 22% above the South Dakota average, yet its median bill of $1,478 lands roughly 46% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Perkins County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Perkins County | South Dakota 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 | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Perkins County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · South Dakota counties.
Perkins County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,478 +5.2% | 1.29% |
| 2023 | $1,405 +2.0% | 1.33% |
| 2022 | $1,378 +3.2% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | $1,335 +3.6% | 1.32% |
| 2020 | $1,289 | 1.28% |
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.
Perkins County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Perkins County's effective rate
On effective rate, Perkins County sits nearest Bristol County (RI), Stark County (OH), Platte County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Tazewell County (IL), Calhoun County (MI), Hill County (MT).
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 Perkins County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Perkins 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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Perkins County rate FAQs
- How does Perkins County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Perkins County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.29% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Perkins County, South Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Perkins County is $1,478, an effective rate of 1.29% on a $114,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Perkins County?
- Perkins County, South Dakota scores C (55/100) 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+ (1.71×). 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 Perkins County?
- Property taxes in Perkins County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $66,908 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Perkins County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Perkins County climbed 14.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,289 to $1,478, 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 Perkins County's PAR rate
Perkins County's $1,478 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 →
Perkins County ranks #8 of 66 South Dakota counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. South Dakota overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Perkins 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: 1.29%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,478/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Perkins County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Perkins County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Bingham County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,477/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.50% vs Perkins County 1.29%.
Franklin County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,479/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.59% vs Perkins County 1.29%.
Lamar County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,479/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.66% vs Perkins County 1.29%.
Pope County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,477/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.03% vs Perkins County 1.29%.
South Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published South Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Perkins 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 Perkins County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.