Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Powder River County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Powder River County pays $1,304 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,304
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -35%
- vs U.S. average
- #29 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Powder River County pay a median $1,304 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,304
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -35%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($192,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 1,815. Owner-occupied homes: 558.
The median annual property tax in Powder River County is $1,304, which is 52% lower than the Montana state average and 35% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $192,100. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Powder River County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Powder River County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Powder River County pay a median annual property tax of $1,304, well below the national median and far below the Montana state median. On a $192,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Powder River County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $67,045 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Montana counties by effective rate
Powder River County ranks #29 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (48% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Powder River 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
Powder River County's effective rate fell 12.9% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 41.4%, leaving the median bill 23.1% higher at $1,304. That rate move is larger than the one in 53% 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,059 to $1,304, a gain of 23%. 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 184 of 558 owner-occupied homes (33.0%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 1.9% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Powder River County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Powder River County homeowners, 184 of 558 owner-occupied homes (33.0%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 23.7% (132)
- $800 to $1,499 33.0% (184)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.6% (48)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.2% (85)
- $3,000 or more 9.0% (50)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
59 homes here (10.6%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Powder River County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Powder River County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Powder River County's effective rate is higher than 48% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #29 of 56.
Where Powder River County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.68% Among the most affordable more affordable than 62% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Montana, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 6% of the Montana median, yet the median bill runs 52% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $1,304 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Powder River County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Powder River County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median 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.
Powder River County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Powder River County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,304 +5.4% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $1,237 +0.1% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | $1,236 +15.0% | 0.74% |
| 2021 | $1,075 +1.5% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | $1,059 | 0.78% |
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.
Powder River County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Powder River County's effective rate
On effective rate, Powder River County sits nearest Moniteau County (MO), Iron County (MO), Webster County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Polk County (TX), Monroe County (MI), Ida County (IA).
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 Powder River County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Powder River 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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Powder River County rate FAQs
- How does Powder River County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Powder River County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Powder River County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Powder River County is $1,304, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $192,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Powder River County?
- Powder River County, Montana scores B- (66/100) 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 B+ (+$116). 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 Powder River County?
- Property taxes in Powder River County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $67,045 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Powder River County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Powder River County jumped 23.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,059 to $1,304, 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 Powder River County's QUIET rate
Powder River County's $1,304 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 Powder River County's $67,045 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Powder River 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,304/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Powder River County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Powder River County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Daggett County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Powder River County at $1,304/yr; rate 0.46% vs Powder River County 0.68%.
Gallatin County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,305/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.57% vs Powder River County 0.68%.
Kosciusko County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,303/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Powder River County 0.68%.
Ohio County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,305/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.61% vs Powder River County 0.68%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Powder River County stamps QUIET · 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 Powder River County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.