Property Tax & Income in Burnett County, Wisconsin
Burnett County has an effective property tax rate of 0.93%. On the median home value of $231,300, that's roughly $2,140 per year. Median household income is $62,819.
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 | Burnett County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.93% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $231,300 | — |
| 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 Burnett County, WI
In Burnett County, Wisconsin, homes sell for a median of $231,300, and the annual property tax bill on such a home comes to about $2,140. That works out to an effective rate of 0.925%, which sits well beneath Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362% and ranks the county 69th out of 72 on that measure. Buyers weighing a move to Grantsburg, Danbury, Hertel, or elsewhere in the county will find the tax side of ownership lighter than what most Wisconsin communities impose, though the national median of 0.794% is lower still. Households here earn a median of $62,819, with per-capita income at $39,111, so the tax bill amounts to roughly 3.4% of median household earnings. For anyone comparing affordability across the region, the combination of below-average home prices and a below-average tax rate shapes the overall cost of owning property here.