Nebraska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Webster County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Webster County pays $1,707 a year, an effective rate of 1.45%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,707
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.45%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -14%
- vs U.S. average
- #16 of 93
- rank in NE
The verdict
Homeowners in Webster County pay a median $1,707 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.45%, more affordable than 13% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,707
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2737 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 ($117,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Nebraska. Population: 3,360. Owner-occupied homes: 1,203.
The median annual property tax in Webster County is $1,707, which is 52% lower than the Nebraska state average and 14% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.45% on a median home value of $117,600. Property taxes represent 2.7% 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 1.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 13%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Nebraska median
Homeowners in Webster County pay a median annual property tax of $1,707, notably lower than the national median and far below the Nebraska state median. On a $117,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Nebraska counties by effective rate
Webster County ranks #16 of 93 counties in Nebraska by effective rate (83% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 16.3%, from $1,468 to $1,707. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Webster County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $64,347 median household income.
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 39% from $1,229 to $1,707. 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: 327 of 1,203 owner-occupied homes (27.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.7% 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 Webster County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Webster County homeowners, 327 of 1,203 owner-occupied homes (27.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.2% (327)
- $800 to $1,499 15.4% (185)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.1% (134)
- $2,000 to $2,999 22.9% (276)
- $3,000 or more 17.7% (213)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
68 homes here (5.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Nebraska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Webster County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+63%), 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 83% of the 93 counties in Nebraska - ranking #16 of 93.
Where Webster County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.45% more affordable than 13% 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 Webster County moved from $1,229 in the 2020 release to $1,707 in 2024, a change of about 39%. 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.
Webster County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Webster County | Nebraska 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 | 2.7% | - | - |
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's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Webster County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $117,600 median home carries a $1,707 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $171 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Nebraska.
Webster County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,707 +16.3% | 1.45% |
| 2023 | $1,468 +10.5% | 1.44% |
| 2022 | $1,329 +3.7% | 1.43% |
| 2021 | $1,281 +4.2% | 1.59% |
| 2020 | $1,229 | 1.65% |
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-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Webster County's effective rate
On effective rate, Webster County sits nearest Kalamazoo County (MI), Calhoun County (MI), Trego County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Whatcom County (WA), Henry County (IA), Crow Wing County (MN).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Webster County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Webster County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Webster County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Webster County?
- Webster County, Nebraska scores F (36/100) 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+ (1.83×). 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 Webster County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Webster County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Webster County, Nebraska?
- The median annual property tax in Webster County is $1,707, an effective rate of 1.45% on a $117,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Webster County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Webster County is recorded at $1,707 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,229 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 1,203 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 within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $64,347 median household income.
What to do with Webster County's STEEP rate
Inside Nebraska, Webster County's $1,707 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Nebraska overview →
Webster County ranks #16 of 93 Nebraska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Nebraska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Webster County's STEEP 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: 1.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,707/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 (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Arenac County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Webster County at $1,707/yr; rate 1.13% vs Webster County 1.45%.
Bon Homme County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Webster County at $1,707/yr; rate 1.27% vs Webster County 1.45%.
Pecos County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Webster County at $1,707/yr; rate 1.03% vs Webster County 1.45%.
Glynn County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,708/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Webster County 1.45%.
Nebraska county set
State ACS overview for every published Nebraska county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Webster County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.