Wyoming · County property tax · ACS 2024
Weston County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Weston County pays $1,510 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,510
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -24%
- vs U.S. average
- #2 of 23
- rank in WY
The verdict
Homeowners in Weston County pay a median $1,510 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,510
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -24%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($221,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Wyoming. Population: 6,826. Owner-occupied homes: 2,473.
The median annual property tax in Weston County is $1,510, which is 15% lower than the Wyoming state average and 24% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $221,700. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Weston County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Weston County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Wyoming counties by effective rate
Weston County ranks #2 of 23 counties in Wyoming by effective rate (91% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Weston County pay a median annual property tax of $1,510, notably lower than the national median and notably lower than the Wyoming state median. On a $221,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Weston County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $89,509 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 3.4%, from $1,460 to $1,510. 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 Weston 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 31% from $1,157 to $1,510. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 766 of 2,473 owner-occupied homes (31.0%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 1.7% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Weston County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Weston County homeowners, 766 of 2,473 owner-occupied homes (31.0%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 15.8% (391)
- $800 to $1,499 31.0% (766)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.4% (381)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.0% (494)
- $3,000 or more 12.1% (298)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
143 homes here (5.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Wyoming handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Weston County pay a substantially higher bill, 35% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Weston County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Weston County's effective rate is higher than 91% of the 23 counties in Wyoming - ranking #2 of 23.
Where Weston County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.68% Among the most affordable more affordable than 62% 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
Weston County taxes property at 0.68%, about 19% above the Wyoming average, yet its median bill of $1,510 lands roughly 15% 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.
Weston County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Weston County | Wyoming Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-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.
Weston County is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Wyoming counties.
Weston County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,510 +3.4% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $1,460 +10.3% | 0.68% |
| 2022 | $1,324 +6.8% | 0.63% |
| 2021 | $1,240 +7.2% | 0.71% |
| 2020 | $1,157 | 0.69% |
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.
Weston County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Weston County's effective rate
On effective rate, Weston County sits nearest San Augustine County (TX), Kent County (TX), Coos County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Harrison County (OH), Ramsey County (MN), Duchesne County (UT).
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
Weston County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 3,130 returns from Weston County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,963 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Weston County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Weston County?
- Weston County, Wyoming scores C+ (62/100) 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 income room at B+ (1.7%). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Weston County, Wyoming?
- The median annual property tax in Weston County is $1,510, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $221,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Weston County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Weston County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Weston County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Weston County is recorded at $1,510 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,157 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 2,473 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 Weston County?
- Property taxes in Weston County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $89,509 median household income.
What to do with Weston County's QUIET rate
At Weston County's 0.68% effective rate, a $221,700 home implies about $1,510/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.7% of Weston County's $89,509 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Weston 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,510/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Weston County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Weston County (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Crisp County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Weston County at $1,510/yr; rate 1.08% vs Weston County 0.68%.
Mahnomen County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,509/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Weston County 0.68%.
Wayne County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,509/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.36% vs Weston County 0.68%.
Greenville County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,512/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.51% vs Weston County 0.68%.
Wyoming county set
State ACS overview for every published Wyoming county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Weston 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 Weston County (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.