Property Tax & Income in Toole County, Montana
Toole County has an effective property tax rate of 0.87%. On the median home value of $218,400, that's roughly $1,908 per year. Median household income is $57,731.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Toole County | Montana (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.87% | 0.68% |
| Median home value1 | $218,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 5.65% | top rate 5.65% |
| State sales tax3 | 0.00% combined | 0.00% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Toole County, MT
Buying a home in Toole County means weighing a higher tax rate against a lower purchase price. The county's effective property tax rate of 0.874% sits above Montana's 0.677% median and the national 0.794% figure, ranking 13th of 56 Montana counties. On a median home value of $218,400, that rate yields an annual real-estate tax bill of about $1,908. Affordability here depends heavily on income: with a median household income of $57,731 and per-capita income of $36,252, the tax bill equals roughly 3.3% of typical household earnings. That balance may appeal to buyers seeking cheaper housing stock in communities like Ethridge, Kevin, or Oilmont, though the above-average rate trims some of the advantage of the lower home values.