Property Tax & Income in Jackson County, Wisconsin
Jackson County has an effective property tax rate of 1.39%. On the median home value of $196,100, that's roughly $2,725 per year. Median household income is $68,110.
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 | Jackson County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.39% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $196,100 | — |
| 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 Jackson County, WI
In Jackson County, Wisconsin, homes carry a median value of $196,100, and the annual property tax bill on such a home comes to about $2,725. That works out to an effective rate of 1.390%, which edges past Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362% and ranks 30th among the state's 72 counties. Compared with the national median rate of 0.794%, buyers here pay noticeably more of their home's worth in taxes each year. Household income in the county sits at a median of $68,110, with per-capita income of $34,930, so the tax bill equals roughly four percent of a typical household's annual earnings. Communities like Black River Falls, Alma Center, and Hixton anchor the county. For anyone weighing a purchase, the appeal lies in home prices well below many national markets, though the tradeoff is a property tax rate that runs higher than both the state and national averages.