Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sheridan County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sheridan County pays $1,556 a year, an effective rate of 1.37%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,556
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.37%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -22%
- vs U.S. average
- #30 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Sheridan County pay a median $1,556 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.37%, more affordable than 16% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,556
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.37%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2647 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -22%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($113,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 5,014. Owner-occupied homes: 1,563.
The median annual property tax in Sheridan County is $1,556, which is 56% lower than the Nebraska state average and 22% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.37% on a median home value of $113,400. Property taxes represent 2.6% 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 1.37% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 16%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Sheridan County pay a median annual property tax of $1,556, notably lower than the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $113,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.37% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Sheridan County ranks #30 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (68% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 9.9%, from $1,416 to $1,556. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
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 2.6% of the $60,121 median household income.
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 25% from $1,242 to $1,556. 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 393 of 1,563 owner-occupied homes (25.1%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.6% 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.
What Sheridan County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sheridan County homeowners, 393 of 1,563 owner-occupied homes (25.1%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 19.8% (310)
- $800 to $1,499 25.1% (393)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.3% (224)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.0% (265)
- $3,000 or more 16.9% (264)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
107 homes here (6.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Sheridan County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+65%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
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 68% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #30 of 93.
Where Sheridan County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.37% more affordable than 16% 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 Sheridan County moved from $1,242 in the 2020 release to $1,556 in 2024, a change of about 25%. 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.
Sheridan County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sheridan County | Nebraska 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 | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Sheridan County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Sheridan County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $113,400 median home carries a $1,556 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $156 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Sheridan County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,556 +9.9% | 1.37% |
| 2023 | $1,416 +2.4% | 1.38% |
| 2022 | $1,383 +6.9% | 1.43% |
| 2021 | $1,294 +4.2% | 1.56% |
| 2020 | $1,242 | 1.59% |
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 2.6%
Counties near Sheridan County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sheridan County sits nearest Washington County (KS), McPherson County (KS), Chase County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Louisa County (VA), Sullivan County (TN), Randolph County (IL).
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 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 2,240 returns from Sheridan County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,133 - 100% 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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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 1.37% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Sheridan County?
- Sheridan County, Nebraska scores F (39/100) 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+ (1.89×). 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 is the average property tax in Sheridan County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Sheridan County is $1,556, an effective rate of 1.37% on a $113,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Sheridan County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sheridan County is recorded at $1,556 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,242 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 1,563 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 2.6% of the $60,121 median household income.
What to do with Sheridan County's STEEP rate
Inside Nebraska, Sheridan County's $1,556 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Sheridan County ranks #30 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Sheridan County's STEEP 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: 1.37%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,556/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 (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Pike County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sheridan County at $1,556/yr; rate 1.53% vs Sheridan County 1.37%.
Sac County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sheridan County at $1,556/yr; rate 1.10% vs Sheridan County 1.37%.
West Feliciana Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sheridan County at $1,556/yr; rate 0.63% vs Sheridan County 1.37%.
Grant County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,557/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.91% vs Sheridan County 1.37%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Sheridan County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.