Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Stanton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Stanton County pays $2,471 a year, an effective rate of 1.26%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,471
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.26%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +24%
- vs U.S. average
- #49 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Stanton County pay a median $2,471 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.26%, more affordable than 21% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,471
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.26%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2487 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 ($195,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 5,796. Owner-occupied homes: 1,810.
The median annual property tax in Stanton County is $2,471, which is 30% lower than the Nebraska state average and 24% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.26% on a median home value of $195,400. Property taxes represent 3.1% of the median household income in this county.
Stanton County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Stanton County's 1.26% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 21%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Stanton County pay a median annual property tax of $2,471, notably higher than the national median and well below the Nebraska state median. On a $195,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.26% 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 2.6%, from $2,409 to $2,471. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Nebraska counties by effective rate
Stanton County ranks #49 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Stanton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $80,687 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Stanton 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 40% from $1,767 to $2,471. 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: 580 of 1,810 owner-occupied homes (32.0%) 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.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 3.1% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Stanton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Stanton County homeowners, 580 of 1,810 owner-occupied homes (32.0%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.3% (150)
- $800 to $1,499 14.2% (257)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.2% (203)
- $2,000 to $2,999 28.3% (512)
- $3,000 or more 32.0% (580)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
108 homes here (6.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Stanton County, mortgaged homeowners pay 14% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Stanton County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Stanton County's effective rate is higher than 47% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #49 of 93.
Where Stanton County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.26% more affordable than 21% 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 Stanton County moved from $1,767 in the 2020 release to $2,471 in 2024, a change of about 40%. 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.
Stanton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Stanton County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.1% | - | - |
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.
Stanton County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Stanton County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,471 +2.6% | 1.26% |
| 2023 | $2,409 +2.1% | 1.31% |
| 2022 | $2,359 +9.1% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | $2,162 +22.4% | 1.45% |
| 2020 | $1,767 | 1.37% |
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.
Stanton County: tax-to-income at 3.1%
Counties near Stanton County's effective rate
On effective rate, Stanton County sits nearest Pennington County (MN), Jackson County (MI), Chippewa County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Walsh County (ND), Fairfield County (SC), Currituck County (NC).
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
Stanton County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 2,700 returns from Stanton County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,833 - 67% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k 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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Stanton County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Stanton County?
- Stanton County, Nebraska scores F (34/100) 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 B (2.42×). 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 Stanton County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Stanton County is $2,471, an effective rate of 1.26% on a $195,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Stanton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Stanton County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.26% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Stanton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Stanton County is recorded at $2,471 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,767 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 1,810 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 Stanton County?
- Property taxes in Stanton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $80,687 median household income.
What to do with Stanton County's PAR rate
Inside Nebraska, Stanton County's $2,471 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Stanton County ranks #49 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 Stanton 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: 1.26%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,471/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Stanton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Stanton County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Coles County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,474/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.94% vs Stanton County 1.26%.
Pinellas County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,474/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.70% vs Stanton County 1.26%.
Waushara County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,464/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 1.21% vs Stanton County 1.26%.
Yakima County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,463/yr (near-tied bill ABS $8); rate 0.79% vs Stanton County 1.26%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Stanton 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 Stanton County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.