Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Vigo County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Vigo County pays $1,313 a year, an effective rate of 0.88%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,313
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.88%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -34%
- vs U.S. average
- #4 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Vigo County pay a median $1,313 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.88%, more affordable than 44% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,313
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.88%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1749 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -34%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($148,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 106,109. Owner-occupied homes: 26,162.
The median annual property tax in Vigo County is $1,313, which is 19% lower than the Indiana state average and 34% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.88% on a median home value of $148,500. Property taxes represent 2.5% of the median household income in this county.
Vigo County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Vigo County's 0.88% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 44%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Indiana counties by effective rate
Vigo County ranks #4 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (96% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Vigo County pay a median annual property tax of $1,313, well below the national median and notably lower than the Indiana state median. On a $148,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.88% 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 Vigo County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $52,976 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Vigo 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 11.6% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 53% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 41.2%, the median bill rose 24.8% to $1,313: 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,052 to $1,313, a gain of 25%. 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 8,067 of 26,162 owner-occupied homes (30.8%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.5% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Vigo County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Vigo County homeowners, 8,067 of 26,162 owner-occupied homes (30.8%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.6% (6,426)
- $800 to $1,499 30.8% (8,067)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.7% (3,580)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.8% (4,129)
- $3,000 or more 10.5% (2,735)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,225 homes here (4.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Vigo County pay about the same bill, a 8% gap.
Vigo County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Vigo County's effective rate is higher than 96% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #4 of 92.
Where Vigo County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.88% more affordable than 44% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Vigo County taxes property at 0.88%, about 19% above the Indiana average, yet its median bill of $1,313 lands roughly 19% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Vigo County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Vigo County | Indiana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.5% | - | - |
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.
Vigo County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Vigo County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,313 +4.5% | 0.88% |
| 2023 | $1,256 +3.0% | 0.89% |
| 2022 | $1,219 +7.8% | 0.94% |
| 2021 | $1,131 +7.5% | 0.99% |
| 2020 | $1,052 | 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.
Vigo County: tax-to-income at 2.5%
Counties near Vigo County's effective rate
On effective rate, Vigo County sits nearest Fulton County (GA), Chattooga County (GA), Camden County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hidalgo County (TX), Comal County (TX), Blount County (AL).
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
Vigo County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,100 of 46,120 returns from Vigo County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,631 - 36% 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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Vigo County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Vigo County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Vigo County is $1,313, an effective rate of 0.88% on a $148,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Vigo County?
- Vigo County, Indiana 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 mortgage premium at B+ (+$96). 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 Vigo County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Vigo County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.88% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Vigo County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Vigo County jumped 24.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,052 to $1,313, 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 Vigo County?
- Property taxes in Vigo County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.5% of the $52,976 median household income.
What to do with Vigo County's UNDER rate
Vigo County's $1,313 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 →
Vigo County ranks #4 of 92 Indiana counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Indiana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Vigo 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: 0.88%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,313/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Vigo County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Vigo County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Edmunds County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vigo County at $1,313/yr; rate 0.80% vs Vigo County 0.88%.
Jones County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Vigo County at $1,313/yr; rate 0.94% vs Vigo County 0.88%.
Collingsworth County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,314/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.26% vs Vigo County 0.88%.
Jefferson Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,312/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Vigo County 0.88%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Vigo 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 Vigo County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.