Michigan · County property tax · ACS 2024
Tuscola County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Tuscola County pays $1,812 a year, an effective rate of 1.21%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,812
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.21%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -9%
- vs U.S. average
- #25 of 83
- rank in MI
The verdict
Homeowners in Tuscola County pay a median $1,812 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.21%, more affordable than 23% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,812
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.21%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -9%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($149,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Michigan. Population: 52,980. Owner-occupied homes: 18,577.
The median annual property tax in Tuscola County is $1,812, which is 38% lower than the Michigan state average and 9% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.21% on a median home value of $149,500. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Tuscola County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Tuscola County's 1.21% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 23%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Michigan median
Homeowners in Tuscola County pay a median annual property tax of $1,812, modestly below the national median and well below the Michigan state median. On a $149,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.21% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Michigan counties by effective rate
Tuscola County ranks #25 of 83 counties in Michigan by effective rate (70% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Tuscola County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $63,811 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Tuscola 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Tuscola County's effective rate fell 14.6% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 38.2%, leaving the median bill 18.0% higher at $1,812. That rate move is larger than the one in 62% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,536 to $1,812, a gain of 18%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 4,875 of 18,577 owner-occupied homes (26.2%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.8% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned here.
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 Tuscola County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Tuscola County homeowners, 4,875 of 18,577 owner-occupied homes (26.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 7.5% (1,401)
- $800 to $1,499 26.2% (4,875)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.8% (3,687)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.4% (4,339)
- $3,000 or more 15.3% (2,850)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,425 homes here (7.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Michigan handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Tuscola County, mortgaged homeowners pay 11% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Tuscola County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Tuscola County's effective rate is higher than 70% of the 83 counties in Michigan - ranking #25 of 83.
Where Tuscola County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.21% more affordable than 23% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Michigan, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 3% of the Michigan median, yet the median bill runs 38% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $1,812 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Tuscola County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Tuscola County | Michigan Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Tuscola County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Michigan counties.
Tuscola County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,812 +3.4% | 1.21% |
| 2023 | $1,753 +5.0% | 1.28% |
| 2022 | $1,669 +4.6% | 1.31% |
| 2021 | $1,595 +3.8% | 1.42% |
| 2020 | $1,536 | 1.42% |
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.
Tuscola County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Tuscola County's effective rate
On effective rate, Tuscola County sits nearest Sedgwick County (KS), Leavenworth County (KS), Fremont County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Jones County (GA), Parmer County (TX), Lincoln County (ME).
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
Tuscola County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 480 of 25,510 returns from Tuscola County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,650 - 35% 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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Tuscola County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Tuscola County, Michigan?
- The median annual property tax in Tuscola County is $1,812, an effective rate of 1.21% on a $149,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Tuscola County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Tuscola County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.21% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Tuscola County?
- Tuscola County, Michigan 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 housing pressure at B+ (2.34×). 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 Tuscola County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Tuscola County climbed 18.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,536 to $1,812, 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 Tuscola County?
- Property taxes in Tuscola County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $63,811 median household income.
What to do with Tuscola County's PAR rate
Inside Michigan, Tuscola County's $1,812 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Michigan overview →
Tuscola County ranks #25 of 83 Michigan counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Michigan overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Tuscola 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: 1.21%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,812/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Tuscola County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Tuscola County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Goliad County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Tuscola County at $1,812/yr; rate 0.94% vs Tuscola County 1.21%.
Franklin County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,813/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.80% vs Tuscola County 1.21%.
Lincoln County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,811/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Tuscola County 1.21%.
Perry County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,813/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.95% vs Tuscola County 1.21%.
Michigan county set
State ACS overview for every published Michigan county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Tuscola 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 Tuscola County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.