Property Tax & Income in Frontier County, Nebraska
Frontier County has an effective property tax rate of 1.40%. On the median home value of $149,800, that's roughly $2,101 per year. Median household income is $70,132.
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 | Frontier County | Nebraska (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.40% | 1.27% |
| Median home value1 | $149,800 | — |
| 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 Frontier County, NE
Frontier County’s effective property tax rate of 1.403% sits above Nebraska’s statewide median of 1.267%, placing it 25th among the state’s 93 counties. That ranking puts it in the upper portion of Nebraska counties, though not at the extreme. Against the national median of 0.794%, the gap widens considerably — Frontier County property owners pay at a rate roughly three-quarters higher than the countrywide figure. On a median home value of $149,800, that rate yields an annual tax bill of about $2,101. With median household income at $70,132 and per-capita income at $32,801, the tax load is meaningful but not overwhelming relative to local earnings. Communities such as Curtis, Maywood, and Moorefield fall under this county’s tax structure, and the rate signals that local government services here are funded through property taxes at a level above both state and national norms.