North Dakota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sioux County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sioux County pays $420 a year, an effective rate of 0.49%, far below the U.S. average.
- $420
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.49%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -79%
- vs U.S. average
- #50 of 53
- rank in ND
The verdict
Homeowners in Sioux County pay a median $420 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.49%, more affordable than 84% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $420
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.49%
- Effective rate on median home
- #486 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -79%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($85,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for North Dakota. Population: 3,740. Owner-occupied homes: 518.
The median annual property tax in Sioux County is $420, which is 83% lower than the North Dakota state average and 79% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.49% on a median home value of $85,400. Property taxes represent 1.0% of the median household income in this county.
Sioux County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sioux County's 0.49% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 84%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Sioux County pay a median annual property tax of $420, far below the national median and far below the North Dakota state median. On a $85,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.49% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among North Dakota counties by effective rate
Sioux County ranks #50 of 53 counties in North Dakota by effective rate (6% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Sioux County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $42,083 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 2.4%, from $410 to $420. 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 Sioux 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 62% from $259 to $420. 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 single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 328 of 518 homes (63.3%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.0% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Sioux County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Sioux County homeowners are not billed at all: 328 of 518 owner-occupied homes (63.3%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 24.1% (125)
- $800 to $1,499 4.8% (25)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.5% (18)
- $2,000 to $2,999 1.7% (9)
- $3,000 or more 2.5% (13)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
328 homes here (63.3%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Sioux County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how North Dakota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Sioux County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+413%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Sioux County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Sioux County's effective rate is higher than 6% of the 53 counties in North Dakota - ranking #50 of 53.
Where Sioux County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.49% Among the most affordable more affordable than 84% 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 Sioux County moved from $259 in the 2020 release to $420 in 2024, a change of about 62%. 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.
Sioux County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sioux County | North Dakota Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.0% | - | - |
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.
Sioux County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · North Dakota counties.
Sioux County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $420 +2.4% | 0.49% |
| 2023 | $410 +53.6% | 0.47% |
| 2022 | $267 +19.7% | 0.27% |
| 2021 | $223 -13.9% | 0.27% |
| 2020 | $259 | 0.31% |
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.
Sioux County: tax takes only 1.0% of income
Counties near Sioux County's effective rate
On effective rate, Sioux County sits nearest Ashe County (NC), Humboldt County (NV), Sweet Grass County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are La Salle County (TX), Zavala County (TX), Schleicher County (TX).
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 Sioux County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Sioux 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.
Other Counties in North Dakota
Sioux County rate FAQs
- How does Sioux County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sioux County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.49% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Sioux County, North Dakota?
- The median annual property tax in Sioux County is $420, an effective rate of 0.49% on a $85,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Sioux County?
- Sioux County, North Dakota scores B+ (79/100) 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 income room at A+ (1.0%). 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 Sioux County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sioux County is recorded at $420 in the 2024 5-year release against $259 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 518 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 Sioux County?
- Property taxes in Sioux County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $42,083 median household income.
What to do with Sioux County's QUIET rate
Sioux County's $420 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.0% of Sioux County's $42,083 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Sioux County's QUIET 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: 0.49%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $420/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sioux County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sioux County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Mingo County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $423/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.47% vs Sioux County 0.49%.
Crockett County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $416/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate n/a vs Sioux County 0.49%.
Jackson County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $416/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.17% vs Sioux County 0.49%.
Pike County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $424/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.27% vs Sioux County 0.49%.
North Dakota county set
State ACS overview for every published North Dakota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sioux County stamps QUIET · 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 Sioux County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.