Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Tillamook County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Tillamook County pays $2,582 a year, an effective rate of 0.60%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,582
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.60%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +30%
- vs U.S. average
- #31 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Tillamook County pay a median $2,582 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.60%, more affordable than 71% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,582
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.60%
- Effective rate on median home
- #895 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +30%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($430,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 27,496. Owner-occupied homes: 8,867.
The median annual property tax in Tillamook County is $2,582, which is 33% lower than the Oregon state average and 30% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.60% on a median home value of $430,200. Property taxes represent 3.7% of the median household income in this county.
Tillamook County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Tillamook County's 0.60% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 71%).
Decision signal 2
High among Oregon counties by effective rate
Tillamook County ranks #31 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (14% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Tillamook County pay a median annual property tax of $2,582, well above the national median and well below the Oregon state median. On a $430,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.60% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Tillamook County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $69,105 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Tillamook 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 12.0% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 51% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 55.5%, the median bill rose 36.8% to $2,582: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 37% from $1,887 to $2,582. 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: 3,360 of 8,867 owner-occupied homes (37.9%) 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.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 3.7% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Tillamook County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Tillamook County homeowners, 3,360 of 8,867 owner-occupied homes (37.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 6.1% (544)
- $800 to $1,499 11.6% (1,027)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.4% (1,451)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.2% (2,061)
- $3,000 or more 37.9% (3,360)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
424 homes here (4.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oregon handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Tillamook County pay about the same bill, a 4% gap.
Tillamook County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Tillamook County's effective rate is higher than 14% of the 36 counties in Oregon - ranking #31 of 36.
Where Tillamook County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.60% Among the most affordable more affordable than 71% 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 Tillamook County moved from $1,887 in the 2020 release to $2,582 in 2024, a change of about 37%. 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.
Tillamook County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Tillamook County | Oregon Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.7% | - | - |
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.
Tillamook County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oregon counties.
Tillamook County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,582 +5.4% | 0.60% |
| 2023 | $2,449 +6.1% | 0.60% |
| 2022 | $2,308 +15.6% | 0.64% |
| 2021 | $1,996 +5.8% | 0.65% |
| 2020 | $1,887 | 0.68% |
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.
Tillamook County: tax-to-income at 3.7%
Counties near Tillamook County's effective rate
On effective rate, Tillamook County sits nearest Hughes County (OK), Delaware County (OK), Divide County (ND).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pawnee County (KS), Plumas County (CA), Pueblo County (CO).
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
Tillamook County: only 9% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,200 of 13,350 returns from Tillamook County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,208 - 34% 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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Tillamook County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Tillamook County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Tillamook County is $2,582, an effective rate of 0.60% on a $430,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Tillamook County?
- Tillamook County, Oregon scores D (43/100) 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+ (+$103). 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.
- How does Tillamook County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Tillamook County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.60% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Tillamook County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Tillamook County jumped 36.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,887 to $2,582, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Tillamook County?
- Property taxes in Tillamook County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $69,105 median household income.
What to do with Tillamook County's QUIET rate
Tillamook County's $2,582 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Tillamook County ranks #31 of 36 Oregon counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Oregon overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Tillamook 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: 0.60%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,582/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Tillamook County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Tillamook County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Kanabec County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Tillamook County at $2,582/yr; rate 1.13% vs Tillamook County 0.60%.
Lewis County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,581/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Tillamook County 0.60%.
Lee County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,584/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.96% vs Tillamook County 0.60%.
Cabarrus County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,586/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.73% vs Tillamook County 0.60%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Tillamook County stamps QUIET · 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 Tillamook County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.