Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sherman County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sherman County pays $1,764 a year, an effective rate of 1.16%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,764
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.16%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -11%
- vs U.S. average
- #63 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Sherman County pay a median $1,764 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.16%, more affordable than 25% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,764
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.16%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2350 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -11%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($152,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 2,967. Owner-occupied homes: 999.
The median annual property tax in Sherman County is $1,764, which is 50% lower than the Nebraska state average and 11% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.16% on a median home value of $152,000. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Sherman County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sherman County's 1.16% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 25%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Sherman County pay a median annual property tax of $1,764, notably lower than the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $152,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.16% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Sherman County ranks #63 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (32% 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 ticked up 6.8%, from $1,652 to $1,764. 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 Sherman County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $63,578 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Sherman 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 $1,361 to $1,764. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 250 of 999 owner-occupied homes (25.0%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.8% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Sherman County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sherman County homeowners, 250 of 999 owner-occupied homes (25.0%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 19.2% (192)
- $800 to $1,499 21.8% (218)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.2% (142)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.8% (168)
- $3,000 or more 25.0% (250)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
29 homes here (2.9%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Sherman County pay about the same bill, a 7% gap.
Sherman County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Sherman County's effective rate is higher than 32% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #63 of 93.
Where Sherman County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.16% more affordable than 25% 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 Sherman County moved from $1,361 in the 2020 release to $1,764 in 2024, a change of about 30%. 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.
Sherman County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sherman County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Sherman County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Sherman County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,764 +6.8% | 1.16% |
| 2023 | $1,652 +12.5% | 1.22% |
| 2022 | $1,469 -0.8% | 1.31% |
| 2021 | $1,481 +8.8% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | $1,361 | 1.50% |
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.
Sherman County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Sherman County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sherman County sits nearest Atchison County (MO), Ontonagon County (MI), Monroe County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Los Angeles County (CA), Wrangell City and Borough (AK), Charlevoix County (MI).
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 Sherman County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Sherman 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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Sherman County rate FAQs
- How does Sherman County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sherman County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.16% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Sherman County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Sherman County is $1,764, an effective rate of 1.16% on a $152,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Sherman County?
- Sherman County, Nebraska scores D (46/100) 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+ (+$113). 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 Sherman County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sherman County is recorded at $1,764 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,361 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 999 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 Sherman County?
- Property taxes in Sherman County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $63,578 median household income.
What to do with Sherman County's PAR rate
Inside Nebraska, Sherman County's $1,764 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Sherman County ranks #63 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Sherman 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: 1.16%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,764/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sherman County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sherman County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Page County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sherman County at $1,764/yr; rate 1.41% vs Sherman County 1.16%.
Lake County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,765/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.73% vs Sherman County 1.16%.
Currituck County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,760/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.46% vs Sherman County 1.16%.
Hockley County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,760/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.39% vs Sherman County 1.16%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sherman 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 Sherman County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.