Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Webster County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Webster County pays $993 a year, an effective rate of 0.88%, far below the U.S. average.
- $993
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.88%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -50%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Webster County pay a median $993 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.88%, more affordable than 44% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $993
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.88%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1749 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -50%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($112,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 12,842. Owner-occupied homes: 3,632.
The median annual property tax in Webster County is $993, which is 36% lower than the Kentucky state average and 50% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.88% on a median home value of $112,900. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Webster County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Webster County's 0.88% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 44%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Webster County pay a median annual property tax of $993, far below the national median and well below the Kentucky state median. On a $112,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.88% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Kentucky counties by effective rate
Webster County ranks #10 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (92% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Webster County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $59,628 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 3.3%, from $961 to $993. 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 Webster 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 38% from $718 to $993. 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: 1,417 of 3,632 owner-occupied homes (39.0%) 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 1.7% 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 Webster County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Webster County homeowners, 1,417 of 3,632 owner-occupied homes (39.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 39.0% (1,417)
- $800 to $1,499 22.2% (808)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.0% (401)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.0% (328)
- $3,000 or more 6.5% (235)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
443 homes here (12.2%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Webster County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+109%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Webster County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Webster County's effective rate is higher than 92% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #10 of 120.
Where Webster 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
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Webster County taxes property at 0.88%, about 17% above the Kentucky average, yet its median bill of $993 lands roughly 36% 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.
Webster County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Webster County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Webster County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Webster County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $993 +3.3% | 0.88% |
| 2023 | $961 +10.8% | 0.98% |
| 2022 | $867 +18.0% | 1.00% |
| 2021 | $735 +2.4% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | $718 | 0.94% |
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.
Webster County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Webster County's effective rate
On effective rate, Webster County sits nearest Vigo County (IN), Hamilton County (IN), Fulton County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lincoln County (NC), Shelby County (IN), Lake 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
Webster County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 5,270 returns from Webster County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,544 - 44% 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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Webster County rate FAQs
- How does Webster County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Webster County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.88% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Webster County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Webster County is $993, an effective rate of 0.88% on a $112,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Webster County?
- Webster County, Kentucky 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+ (1.89×). 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 Webster County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Webster County is recorded at $993 in the 2024 5-year release against $718 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 3,632 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 Webster County?
- Property taxes in Webster County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $59,628 median household income.
What to do with Webster County's UNDER rate
Webster County's $993 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 1.7% of Webster County's $59,628 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Webster 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: $993/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Webster County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Webster County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Cabell County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $992/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Webster County 0.88%.
Lowndes County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $992/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Webster County 0.88%.
McHenry County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $994/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.66% vs Webster County 0.88%.
Stewart County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $994/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.53% vs Webster County 0.88%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Webster 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 Webster County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.