Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Rosebud County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Rosebud County pays $1,285 a year, an effective rate of 0.70%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,285
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.70%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -36%
- vs U.S. average
- #26 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Rosebud County pay a median $1,285 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.70%, more affordable than 60% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,285
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.70%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1260 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -36%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($182,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 8,165. Owner-occupied homes: 1,954.
The median annual property tax in Rosebud County is $1,285, which is 52% lower than the Montana state average and 36% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.70% on a median home value of $182,400. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Rosebud County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Rosebud County's 0.70% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 60%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Rosebud County pay a median annual property tax of $1,285, well below the national median and far below the Montana state median. On a $182,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.70% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 7.9%, from $1,191 to $1,285. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Rosebud County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $49,914 median household income.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Montana counties by effective rate
Rosebud County ranks #26 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (54% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Rosebud 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 57% from $819 to $1,285. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 525 of 1,954 owner-occupied homes (26.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 2.6% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
27.1% of Rosebud County homes owned free and clear (337 of 1,244) report no property tax at all, against 10.3% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Rosebud County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Rosebud County homeowners, 525 of 1,954 owner-occupied homes (26.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.9% (525)
- $800 to $1,499 18.1% (354)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.1% (217)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.6% (168)
- $3,000 or more 14.3% (280)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
410 homes here (21.0%) 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 homeowners in Rosebud County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+104%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Rosebud County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Rosebud County's effective rate is higher than 54% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #26 of 56.
Where Rosebud County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.70% Among the most affordable more affordable than 60% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Rosebud County moved from $819 in the 2020 release to $1,285 in 2024, a change of about 57%. 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.
Rosebud County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Rosebud 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 Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Rosebud County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Rosebud County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,285 +7.9% | 0.70% |
| 2023 | $1,191 +9.8% | 0.63% |
| 2022 | $1,085 +14.3% | 0.68% |
| 2021 | $949 +15.9% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | $819 | 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.
Rosebud County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Rosebud County's effective rate
On effective rate, Rosebud County sits nearest St. Francois County (MO), Holt County (MO), Dunklin County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Menard County (TX), Prairie County (AR), Morgan County (CO).
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
Rosebud County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 3,700 returns from Rosebud County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,813 - 63% 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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Rosebud County rate FAQs
- How does Rosebud County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Rosebud County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.70% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Rosebud County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Rosebud County is recorded at $1,285 in the 2024 5-year release against $819 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,954 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the average property tax in Rosebud County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Rosebud County is $1,285, an effective rate of 0.70% on a $182,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Rosebud County?
- Rosebud County, Montana scores D (47/100) 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 bill size at C+ ($1,285/yr). 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 Rosebud County?
- Property taxes in Rosebud County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $49,914 median household income.
What to do with Rosebud County's UNDER rate
Rosebud County's $1,285 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 →
Rosebud County ranks #26 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 Rosebud County's UNDER 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: 0.70%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,285/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Rosebud County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Rosebud County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Bedford County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Rosebud County at $1,285/yr; rate 0.43% vs Rosebud County 0.70%.
DeKalb County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Rosebud County at $1,285/yr; rate 0.76% vs Rosebud County 0.70%.
Cleveland County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,286/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.64% vs Rosebud County 0.70%.
Leon County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,283/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.69% vs Rosebud County 0.70%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Rosebud County stamps UNDER · 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 Rosebud County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.