Minnesota · County property tax · ACS 2024
Traverse County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Traverse County pays $1,126 a year, an effective rate of 0.99%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,126
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.99%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -44%
- vs U.S. average
- #44 of 87
- rank in MN
The verdict
Homeowners in Traverse County pay a median $1,126 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.99%, more affordable than 36% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,126
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.99%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -44%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($114,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Minnesota. Population: 3,243. Owner-occupied homes: 1,073.
The median annual property tax in Traverse County is $1,126, which is 66% lower than the Minnesota state average and 44% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.99% on a median home value of $114,100. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Traverse County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Traverse County's 0.99% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 36%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Traverse County pay a median annual property tax of $1,126, well below the national median and far below the Minnesota state median. On a $114,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.99% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Traverse County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $62,989 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 5.2%, from $1,070 to $1,126. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Minnesota counties by effective rate
Traverse County ranks #44 of 87 counties in Minnesota by effective rate (49% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Traverse 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 31% from $858 to $1,126. 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: 355 of 1,073 owner-occupied homes (33.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 1.8% 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 Traverse County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Traverse County homeowners, 355 of 1,073 owner-occupied homes (33.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 33.1% (355)
- $800 to $1,499 31.3% (336)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.4% (112)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.9% (128)
- $3,000 or more 10.3% (110)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
32 homes here (3.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Minnesota handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Traverse County pay a substantially higher bill, 41% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Traverse County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Traverse County's effective rate is higher than 49% of the 87 counties in Minnesota - ranking #44 of 87.
Where Traverse County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.99% more affordable than 36% 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 Traverse County moved from $858 in the 2020 release to $1,126 in 2024, a change of about 31%. 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.
Traverse County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Traverse County | Minnesota 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 | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Traverse County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Minnesota counties.
Traverse County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,126 +5.2% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | $1,070 +11.6% | 0.97% |
| 2022 | $959 +6.7% | 0.88% |
| 2021 | $899 +4.8% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | $858 | 1.00% |
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.
Traverse County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Traverse County's effective rate
On effective rate, Traverse County sits nearest Schoolcraft County (MI), Mecosta County (MI), Keweenaw County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Gloucester County (VA), Van Zandt County (TX), Snohomish County (WA).
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
Traverse County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 50 of 1,540 returns from Traverse County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,440 - 100% 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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Traverse County rate FAQs
- How does Traverse County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Traverse County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.99% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Traverse County, Minnesota?
- The median annual property tax in Traverse County is $1,126, an effective rate of 0.99% on a $114,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Traverse County?
- Traverse County, Minnesota scores C+ (60/100) 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+ (1.81×). 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 Traverse County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Traverse County is recorded at $1,126 in the 2024 5-year release against $858 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 1,073 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 Traverse County?
- Property taxes in Traverse County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $62,989 median household income.
What to do with Traverse County's UNDER rate
Traverse County's $1,126 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 1.8% of Traverse County's $62,989 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Traverse County's UNDER 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: 0.99%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,126/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Traverse County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Traverse County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Christian County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Traverse County at $1,126/yr; rate 0.65% vs Traverse County 0.99%.
Lincoln County, NV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Traverse County at $1,126/yr; rate 0.51% vs Traverse County 0.99%.
Craighead County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,125/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Traverse County 0.99%.
Echols County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,127/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.91% vs Traverse County 0.99%.
Minnesota county set
State ACS overview for every published Minnesota county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Traverse County stamps UNDER · 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 Traverse County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.