Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sheridan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sheridan County pays $1,521 a year, an effective rate of 1.23%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,521
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.23%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -24%
- vs U.S. average
- #3 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Sheridan County pay a median $1,521 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.23%, more affordable than 22% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,521
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.23%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2446 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 ($124,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 3,669. Owner-occupied homes: 1,060.
The median annual property tax in Sheridan County is $1,521, which is 44% lower than the Montana state average and 24% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.23% on a median home value of $124,000. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Sheridan County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sheridan County's 1.23% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 22%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Montana counties by effective rate
Sheridan County ranks #3 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (95% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Montana median
Homeowners in Sheridan County pay a median annual property tax of $1,521, notably lower than the national median and well below the Montana state median. On a $124,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.23% 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 Sheridan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $70,147 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 5.9%, from $1,436 to $1,521. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Sheridan 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 30% from $1,171 to $1,521. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 267 of 1,060 owner-occupied homes (25.2%). 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.
Sheridan County is an outlier inside Montana
Across the 56 Montana counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.73%. Sheridan County is at 1.23%, which sits 2.2 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 Sheridan County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sheridan County homeowners, 267 of 1,060 owner-occupied homes (25.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 21.3% (226)
- $800 to $1,499 25.2% (267)
- $1,500 to $1,999 24.2% (256)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.7% (145)
- $3,000 or more 10.8% (114)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
52 homes here (4.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Sheridan County pay about the same bill, a 3% gap.
Sheridan County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Sheridan County's effective rate is higher than 95% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #3 of 56.
Where Sheridan County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.23% more affordable than 22% 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
Sheridan County taxes property at 1.23%, about 71% above the Montana average, yet its median bill of $1,521 lands roughly 44% 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.
Sheridan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sheridan County | Montana 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.
Sheridan County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Sheridan County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,521 +5.9% | 1.23% |
| 2023 | $1,436 -1.6% | 1.29% |
| 2022 | $1,459 +17.1% | 1.20% |
| 2021 | $1,246 +6.4% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | $1,171 | 1.02% |
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.
Sheridan County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Sheridan County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sheridan County sits nearest Van Buren County (MI), Clinton County (MI), Marshall County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Crockett County (TN), Sampson County (NC), Crawford County (AR).
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
Sheridan County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 1,730 returns from Sheridan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,383 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Sheridan County rate FAQs
- How does Sheridan County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sheridan County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.23% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Sheridan County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Sheridan County is $1,521, an effective rate of 1.23% on a $124,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Sheridan County?
- Sheridan County, Montana 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+ (1.77×). 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 Sheridan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sheridan County is recorded at $1,521 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,171 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 1,060 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Sheridan County?
- Property taxes in Sheridan County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $70,147 median household income.
What to do with Sheridan County's PAR rate
Inside Montana, Sheridan County's $1,521 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Montana overview →
Sheridan County ranks #3 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 Sheridan 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: 1.23%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,521/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sheridan County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sheridan County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Falls County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,522/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.37% vs Sheridan County 1.23%.
Roosevelt County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,522/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.28% vs Sheridan County 1.23%.
Sanilac County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,520/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.90% vs Sheridan County 1.23%.
Venango County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,520/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.27% vs Sheridan County 1.23%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sheridan 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 Sheridan County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.