Property Tax & Income in Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Buffalo County has an effective property tax rate of 1.32%. On the median home value of $213,300, that's roughly $2,808 per year. Median household income is $70,479.
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 | Buffalo County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.32% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $213,300 | — |
| 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 Buffalo County, WI
Buffalo County's effective property tax rate of 1.316% sits just under Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362%, placing it 46th among the state's 72 counties. That ranking means homeowners here pay slightly less than the middle of the pack by Wisconsin standards. The gap with the national median of 0.794% is far wider, though — a reminder that Midwest property taxes generally run higher than much of the country. On a median home value of $213,300, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to about $2,808. With median household income at $70,479 and per-capita income at $38,280, that bill equals roughly 4% of a household's yearly earnings. Communities like Alma, Cochrane, and Fountain City anchor the county, where the tax picture is best understood as close to the state norm rather than an outlier in either direction.