Property Tax & Income in Adams County, Wisconsin
Adams County has an effective property tax rate of 1.20%. On the median home value of $200,800, that's roughly $2,407 per year. Median household income is $59,442.
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 | Adams County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.20% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $200,800 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 7.65% | top rate 7.65% |
| State sales tax3 | 5.72% combined | 5.72% 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 Adams County, WI
In Adams County, Wisconsin, the median home value sits at $200,800, and the annual property tax bill on such a home comes to about $2,407. That works out to an effective rate of 1.199%, which lands below Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362% and places the county 55th out of 72. Buyers weighing a move to Adams, Friendship, or Grand Marsh will find that lower rate helps offset the state's generally steep property taxes, though it still runs well above the national median of 0.794%. Household income here averages $59,442, with per-capita income at $35,863, so the tax bill amounts to roughly four percent of a typical household's earnings. For anyone comparing regions, the combination of a sub-$210,000 median home price and a rate beneath the state average makes this county a comparatively affordable entry point into Wisconsin homeownership.