Oregon · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wallowa County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wallowa County pays $2,270 a year, an effective rate of 0.57%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,270
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.57%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- +14%
- vs U.S. average
- #33 of 36
- rank in OR
The verdict
Homeowners in Wallowa County pay a median $2,270 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.57%, more affordable than 75% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,270
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.57%
- Effective rate on median home
- #782 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +14%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($394,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oregon. Population: 7,553. Owner-occupied homes: 2,454.
The median annual property tax in Wallowa County is $2,270, which is 41% lower than the Oregon state average and 14% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.57% on a median home value of $394,800. Property taxes represent 3.4% of the median household income in this county.
Wallowa County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wallowa County's 0.57% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 75%).
Decision signal 2
High among Oregon counties by effective rate
Wallowa County ranks #33 of 36 counties in Oregon by effective rate (8% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits below the Oregon median
Homeowners in Wallowa County pay a median annual property tax of $2,270, notably higher than the national median and well below the Oregon state median. On a $394,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.57% 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 Wallowa County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $67,112 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.5%, from $2,173 to $2,270. 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 Wallowa 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 34% from $1,697 to $2,270. 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: 717 of 2,454 owner-occupied homes (29.2%) 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.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 3.4% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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 Wallowa County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wallowa County homeowners, 717 of 2,454 owner-occupied homes (29.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 7.9% (193)
- $800 to $1,499 17.5% (429)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.1% (396)
- $2,000 to $2,999 26.7% (655)
- $3,000 or more 29.2% (717)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
64 homes here (2.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oregon handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Wallowa County, mortgaged homeowners actually pay 12% less than those without a mortgage, a mild inversion from the national norm worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Wallowa County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wallowa County's effective rate is higher than 8% of the 36 counties in Oregon - ranking #33 of 36.
Where Wallowa County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.57% Among the most affordable more affordable than 75% 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 Wallowa County moved from $1,697 in the 2020 release to $2,270 in 2024, a change of about 34%. 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.
Wallowa County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wallowa County | Oregon Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.4% | - | - |
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.
Wallowa County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oregon counties.
Wallowa County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,270 +4.5% | 0.57% |
| 2023 | $2,173 +2.0% | 0.58% |
| 2022 | $2,131 +19.4% | 0.63% |
| 2021 | $1,785 +5.2% | 0.63% |
| 2020 | $1,697 | 0.64% |
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.
Wallowa County: tax-to-income at 3.4%
Counties near Wallowa County's effective rate
On effective rate, Wallowa County sits nearest McIntosh County (OK), Union County (NC), Stanly County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Monroe County (WV), Miami-Dade County (FL), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (AK).
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
Wallowa County: only 7% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 260 of 3,730 returns from Wallowa County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,119 - 31% 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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Wallowa County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Wallowa County, Oregon?
- The median annual property tax in Wallowa County is $2,270, an effective rate of 0.57% on a $394,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Wallowa County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wallowa County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.57% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Wallowa County?
- Wallowa County, Oregon scores C- (50/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-279). 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 Wallowa County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wallowa County is recorded at $2,270 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,697 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 2,454 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 Wallowa County?
- Property taxes in Wallowa County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.4% of the $67,112 median household income.
What to do with Wallowa County's QUIET rate
Inside Oregon, Wallowa County's $2,270 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Oregon overview →
Wallowa County ranks #33 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 Wallowa 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: 0.57%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,270/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wallowa County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wallowa County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Bay County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,271/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.49% vs Wallowa County 0.57%.
Davis County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,269/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.40% vs Wallowa County 0.57%.
St. Louis County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,271/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.03% vs Wallowa County 0.57%.
Pima County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,272/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.71% vs Wallowa County 0.57%.
Oregon county set
State ACS overview for every published Oregon county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Wallowa 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 Wallowa County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.