Property Tax & Income in Wasco County, Oregon
Wasco County has an effective property tax rate of 0.77%. On the median home value of $367,400, that's roughly $2,828 per year. Median household income is $64,175.
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 | Wasco County | Oregon (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.77% | 0.75% |
| Median home value1 | $367,400 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 9.90% | top rate 9.90% |
| 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 Wasco County, OR
In Wasco County, Oregon, the median home value of $367,400 carries an annual property tax bill of about $2,828, based on an effective rate of 0.770%. That rate edges past Oregon's statewide median of 0.746% and ranks 16th among the state's 36 counties, though it stays below the national figure of 0.794%. For buyers weighing a move to towns like The Dalles-area communities of Antelope, Dufur, or Maupin, the tax load is fairly consistent with what much of Oregon sees. Household income here runs a median of $64,175, with per-capita income at $38,408, so the yearly tax bill amounts to roughly 4.4% of a typical household's earnings. Home prices sit well below what many West Coast markets command, which may offset the slightly above-average rate for someone comparing affordability across the region.