Montana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wheatland County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wheatland County pays $1,013 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,013
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -49%
- vs U.S. average
- #43 of 56
- rank in MT
The verdict
Homeowners in Wheatland County pay a median $1,013 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,013
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -49%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($180,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Montana. Population: 2,056. Owner-occupied homes: 667.
The median annual property tax in Wheatland County is $1,013, which is 62% lower than the Montana state average and 49% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $180,800. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Wheatland County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wheatland County's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Wheatland County pay a median annual property tax of $1,013, well below the national median and far below the Montana state median. On a $180,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Montana counties by effective rate
Wheatland County ranks #43 of 56 counties in Montana by effective rate (23% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Wheatland County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $49,489 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wheatland 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Wheatland County rose 54.1%, from $117,300 to $180,800. The effective rate fell 26.6% over the same span, a steeper move than in 95% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 13.1%, to $1,013. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $896 to $1,013, a gain of 13%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 262 of 667 owner-occupied homes (39.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 2.0% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Wheatland County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wheatland County homeowners, 262 of 667 owner-occupied homes (39.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 39.3% (262)
- $800 to $1,499 35.7% (238)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.4% (63)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.8% (32)
- $3,000 or more 3.7% (25)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
47 homes here (7.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Montana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Wheatland County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+69%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Wheatland County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wheatland County's effective rate is higher than 23% of the 56 counties in Montana - ranking #43 of 56.
Where Wheatland County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Montana on both measures
Wheatland County's effective rate runs 22% under the Montana median and its bill 62% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,013 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Montana norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Wheatland County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wheatland County | Montana Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Wheatland County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Montana counties.
Wheatland County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,013 -9.7% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $1,122 +5.7% | 0.65% |
| 2022 | $1,061 +15.7% | 0.65% |
| 2021 | $917 +2.3% | 0.74% |
| 2020 | $896 | 0.76% |
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.
Wheatland County: tax-to-income at 2.0%
Counties near Wheatland County's effective rate
On effective rate, Wheatland County sits nearest Washington County (MO), Morgan County (MO), Crawford County (MO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Gibson County (TN), Meigs County (TN), Pierce County (WI).
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 Wheatland County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Wheatland 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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Wheatland County rate FAQs
- How does Wheatland County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wheatland County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Wheatland County, Montana?
- The median annual property tax in Wheatland County is $1,013, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $180,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Wheatland County?
- Wheatland County, Montana scores C+ (61/100) 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 bill size at B+ ($1,013/yr). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wheatland County?
- Property taxes in Wheatland County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $49,489 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Wheatland County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wheatland County climbed 13.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $896 to $1,013, 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 to do with Wheatland County's QUIET rate
Wheatland County's $1,013 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 →
Wheatland County ranks #43 of 56 Montana counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Montana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Wheatland 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,013/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wheatland County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wheatland County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Graham County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wheatland County at $1,013/yr; rate 0.48% vs Wheatland County 0.56%.
Kershaw County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wheatland County at $1,013/yr; rate 0.47% vs Wheatland County 0.56%.
Coahoma County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,012/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.12% vs Wheatland County 0.56%.
Colquitt County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,014/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.84% vs Wheatland County 0.56%.
Montana county set
State ACS overview for every published Montana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Wheatland County stamps QUIET · 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 Wheatland County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.