Property Tax & Income in Cass County, Nebraska
Cass County has an effective property tax rate of 1.43%. On the median home value of $254,900, that's roughly $3,652 per year. Median household income is $91,836.
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 | Cass County | Nebraska (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.43% | 1.27% |
| Median home value1 | $254,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 4.55% | top rate 4.55% |
| State sales tax3 | 6.98% combined | 6.98% 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 Cass County, NE
In Cass County, Nebraska, the median home value sits at $254,900, and the annual property tax bill on that home comes to about $3,652. That works out to an effective rate of 1.433%, which is higher than Nebraska's statewide median of 1.267% and well above the national figure of 0.794%. Among the state's 93 counties, this one ranks 19th for property tax rate. Households here earn a median of $91,836, with per-capita income at $45,484, so the tax bill equals roughly 4% of median household earnings. Buyers looking at Plattsmouth, the county's largest city, or nearby Cedar Creek and Louisville will find home prices below many national markets, though the tax rate itself runs steeper than average.