Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Roosevelt County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Roosevelt County pays $1,522 a year, an effective rate of 1.28%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,522
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.28%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -24%
- vs U.S. average
- #2 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Roosevelt County pay a median $1,522 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.28%, more affordable than 20% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,522
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.28%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2519 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -24%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($118,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 10,526. Owner-occupied homes: 2,059.
The median annual property tax in Roosevelt County is $1,522, which is 43% lower than the Montana state average and 24% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.28% on a median home value of $118,800. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Roosevelt County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Roosevelt County's 1.28% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 20%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Montana counties by effective rate
Roosevelt County ranks #2 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (96% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Montana median
Homeowners in Roosevelt County pay a median annual property tax of $1,522, notably lower than the national median and well below the Montana state median. On a $118,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.28% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Roosevelt County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $57,063 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Roosevelt 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
Roosevelt County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 7.2% up, against a median home value that rose 14.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 22.7%, from $1,240 to $1,522.
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 $1,240 to $1,522, 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 largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 841 of 2,059 homes (40.8%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.7% 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.
Roosevelt County is an outlier inside Montana
Across the 56 Montana counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.73%. Roosevelt County is at 1.28%, which sits 2.5 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 Roosevelt County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Roosevelt County homeowners are not billed at all: 841 of 2,059 owner-occupied homes (40.8%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 9.5% (195)
- $800 to $1,499 19.6% (404)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.3% (232)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.2% (231)
- $3,000 or more 7.6% (156)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
841 homes here (40.8%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Roosevelt County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Roosevelt County, mortgaged homeowners pay 18% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Roosevelt County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Roosevelt County's effective rate is higher than 96% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #2 of 56.
Where Roosevelt County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.28% more affordable than 20% 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
Roosevelt County taxes property at 1.28%, about 78% above the Montana average, yet its median bill of $1,522 lands roughly 43% 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.
Roosevelt County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Roosevelt County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Roosevelt County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Roosevelt County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,522 -0.8% | 1.28% |
| 2023 | $1,535 +3.2% | 1.29% |
| 2022 | $1,487 +10.1% | 1.32% |
| 2021 | $1,350 +8.9% | 1.30% |
| 2020 | $1,240 | 1.19% |
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.
Roosevelt County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Roosevelt County's effective rate
On effective rate, Roosevelt County sits nearest Worcester County (MA), Wabaunsee County (KS), Shelby County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Dickinson County (KS), Surry County (VA), Dallas 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
Roosevelt County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 3,830 returns from Roosevelt County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,683 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Roosevelt County rate FAQs
- How does Roosevelt County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Roosevelt County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.28% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Roosevelt County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Roosevelt County is $1,522, an effective rate of 1.28% on a $118,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Roosevelt County?
- Roosevelt County, Montana 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 (2.08×). 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 Roosevelt County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Roosevelt County jumped 22.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,240 to $1,522, 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 Roosevelt County?
- Property taxes in Roosevelt County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $57,063 median household income.
What to do with Roosevelt County's PAR rate
Inside Montana, Roosevelt County's $1,522 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Montana overview →
Roosevelt County ranks #2 of 56 Montana counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Montana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Roosevelt 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: 1.28%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,522/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Roosevelt County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Roosevelt County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Falls County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Roosevelt County at $1,522/yr; rate 1.37% vs Roosevelt County 1.28%.
Petersburg city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,523/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.81% vs Roosevelt County 1.28%.
Sheridan County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,521/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.23% vs Roosevelt County 1.28%.
Uintah County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,523/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.51% vs Roosevelt County 1.28%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Roosevelt County stamps PAR · 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 Roosevelt County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.