Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Platte County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Platte County pays $3,613 a year, an effective rate of 1.05%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,613
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.05%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +81%
- vs U.S. average
- #6 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Platte County pay a median $3,613 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.05%, more affordable than 32% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,613
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.05%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2145 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +81%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($345,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 110,371. Owner-occupied homes: 29,573.
The median annual property tax in Platte County is $3,613, which is 85% higher than the Missouri state average and 81% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.05% on a median home value of $345,100. Property taxes represent 3.8% of the median household income in this county.
Why Platte County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Platte County pay a median annual property tax of $3,613, far above the national median and far above the Missouri state median. On a $345,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.05% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Missouri counties by effective rate
Platte County ranks #6 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (95% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Platte County's 1.05% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 32%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Platte County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $96,227 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Platte 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 8.1% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 67% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 44.5%, the median bill rose 32.8% to $3,613: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 33% from $2,721 to $3,613. 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: 17,718 of 29,573 owner-occupied homes (59.9%) 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.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 3.8% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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.
Platte County is an outlier inside Missouri
Across the 115 Missouri counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.70%. Platte County is at 1.05%, which sits 2.0 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Platte County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Platte County homeowners, 17,718 of 29,573 owner-occupied homes (59.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 3.4% (1,002)
- $800 to $1,499 6.9% (2,045)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.7% (2,287)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.7% (6,119)
- $3,000 or more 59.9% (17,718)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
402 homes here (1.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Platte County, mortgaged homeowners pay 10% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Platte County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Platte County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Platte County's median bill is 85% above the Missouri median and 81% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Platte County moved from $2,721 in the 2020 release to $3,613 in 2024, a change of about 33%. 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.
Platte County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Platte County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median 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.
Is Platte County's $3,613 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Platte County's $3,613 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $361/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Missouri.
Platte County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,613 +7.4% | 1.05% |
| 2023 | $3,365 +7.9% | 1.06% |
| 2022 | $3,118 +8.6% | 1.08% |
| 2021 | $2,870 +5.5% | 1.14% |
| 2020 | $2,721 | 1.14% |
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.
Platte County: tax-to-income at 3.8%
Counties near Platte County's median bill
On effective rate, Platte County sits nearest Watonwan County (MN), Wabasha County (MN), Goodhue County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Prince George County (VA), El Dorado County (CA), Steele County (MN).
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
Platte County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 4,450 of 53,370 returns from Platte County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,870 - 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.
Other Counties in Missouri
Platte County bill FAQs
- How does Platte County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Platte County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.05% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Platte County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Platte County jumped 32.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,721 to $3,613, 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 is the average property tax in Platte County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Platte County is $3,613, an effective rate of 1.05% on a $345,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Platte County?
- Platte County, Missouri scores F (27/100) 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 D (+$330). 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 Platte County?
- Property taxes in Platte County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.8% of the $96,227 median household income.
What to do with Platte County's HEAVY bill
Platte County's $3,613 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Platte County ranks #6 of 115 Missouri counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Missouri overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Platte County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.05%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,613/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Platte County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Platte County (PAR · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR HEAVY
Jo Daviess County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Platte County at $3,613/yr; rate 1.72% vs Platte County 1.05%.
Randall County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,610/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.51% vs Platte County 1.05%.
Gwinnett County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,617/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.95% vs Platte County 1.05%.
Clinton County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,606/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 2.00% vs Platte County 1.05%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Platte County stamps PAR · HEAVY - 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 Platte County (PAR · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.