Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Thayer County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Thayer County pays $1,259 a year, an effective rate of 1.03%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,259
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.03%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -37%
- vs U.S. average
- #78 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Thayer County pay a median $1,259 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.03%, more affordable than 33% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,259
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.03%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2102 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -37%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($122,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 4,901. Owner-occupied homes: 1,618.
The median annual property tax in Thayer County is $1,259, which is 65% lower than the Nebraska state average and 37% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.03% on a median home value of $122,800. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Thayer County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Thayer County's 1.03% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 33%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Thayer County pay a median annual property tax of $1,259, well below the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $122,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.03% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Thayer County ranks #78 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (16% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Thayer County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $66,213 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.3%, from $1,207 to $1,259. 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 Thayer 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 33% from $945 to $1,259. 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 reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 488 of 1,618 owner-occupied homes (30.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 1.9% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Thayer County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Thayer County homeowners, 488 of 1,618 owner-occupied homes (30.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 30.2% (488)
- $800 to $1,499 25.7% (416)
- $1,500 to $1,999 17.4% (281)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.5% (170)
- $3,000 or more 12.1% (196)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
67 homes here (4.1%) 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 Thayer County pay a substantially higher bill, 43% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Thayer County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Thayer County's effective rate is higher than 16% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #78 of 93.
Where Thayer County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.03% more affordable than 33% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Thayer County moved from $945 in the 2020 release to $1,259 in 2024, a change of about 33%. 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.
Thayer County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Thayer County | Nebraska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.9% | - | - |
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.
Thayer County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Nebraska counties.
Thayer County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,259 +4.3% | 1.03% |
| 2023 | $1,207 +6.9% | 1.14% |
| 2022 | $1,129 +15.0% | 1.23% |
| 2021 | $982 +3.9% | 1.25% |
| 2020 | $945 | 1.35% |
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.
Thayer County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Thayer County's effective rate
On effective rate, Thayer County sits nearest Custer County (MT), St. Louis city (MO), St. Louis County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Fayette County (KY), Benton County (WA), Elmore County (ID).
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
Thayer County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 2,390 returns from Thayer County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,850 - 67% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Thayer County rate FAQs
- How does Thayer County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Thayer County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.03% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Thayer County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Thayer County is $1,259, an effective rate of 1.03% on a $122,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Thayer County?
- Thayer County, Nebraska scores C (56/100) 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+ (1.85×). 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 Thayer County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Thayer County is recorded at $1,259 in the 2024 5-year release against $945 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 1,618 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 Thayer County?
- Property taxes in Thayer County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $66,213 median household income.
What to do with Thayer County's PAR rate
Thayer County's $1,259 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 1.9% of Thayer County's $66,213 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Thayer 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: 1.03%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,259/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Thayer County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Thayer County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Terrell County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Thayer County at $1,259/yr; rate 0.92% vs Thayer County 1.03%.
Ida County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,260/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.16% vs Thayer County 1.03%.
Jim Hogg County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,258/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.97% vs Thayer County 1.03%.
Rockingham County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,258/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.75% vs Thayer County 1.03%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Thayer County stamps PAR · 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 Thayer County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.