Property Tax & Income in Mineral County, Nevada
Mineral County has an effective property tax rate of 0.74%. On the median home value of $156,200, that's roughly $1,157 per year. Median household income is $54,855.
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 | Mineral County | Nevada (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.74% | 0.49% |
| Median home value1 | $156,200 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 8.24% combined | 8.24% 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 Mineral County, NV
Buying in Mineral County means weighing a low median home value of $156,200 against a property tax rate that runs higher than much of Nevada. At 0.741%, the county's effective rate ranks first among the state's 17 counties and sits well above Nevada's 0.495% median, though it stays just under the national figure of 0.794%. That combination produces a median annual real-estate tax bill of $1,157 — a modest sum in dollar terms, helped by the inexpensive housing stock in and around Hawthorne, the county's largest town. Affordability here hinges on income as much as price: median household earnings of $54,855 and per-capita income of $30,770 mean the tax bill consumes a noticeable share of a household budget. For a buyer, the trade-off is clear — cheap homes and a comparatively steep rate, with the total outlay still low by national standards.