Property Tax & Income in Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Kenosha County has an effective property tax rate of 1.57%. On the median home value of $265,500, that's roughly $4,179 per year. Median household income is $81,239.
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 | Kenosha County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.57% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $265,500 | — |
| 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 Kenosha County, WI
Kenosha County's effective property tax rate of 1.574% sits noticeably above Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362%, and it ranks eighth among the state's 72 counties — placing it in the upper tier for property taxation within Wisconsin. The gap with the national median of 0.794% is wider still, roughly double. That difference shows up in actual bills: with a median home value of $265,500, the median annual real-estate tax comes to $4,179. Households earning the county median of $81,239 devote a meaningful share of income to that bill, though per-capita income of $42,757 suggests a broad economic base across communities like Kenosha, Bristol, and Pleasant Prairie. Buyers weighing a move here should expect property taxes to run higher than in much of the country, a factor that shapes both monthly carrying costs and long-term affordability.