Property Tax & Income in Oconto County, Wisconsin
Oconto County has an effective property tax rate of 1.18%. On the median home value of $231,400, that's roughly $2,727 per year. Median household income is $75,049.
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 | Oconto County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.18% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $231,400 | — |
| 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 Oconto County, WI
Oconto County's effective property tax rate of 1.178% sits below Wisconsin's statewide median of 1.362%, placing it 57th among the state's 72 counties. That ranking signals a lighter-than-average tax load within Wisconsin, though the picture shifts against national figures: the U.S. median effective rate is 0.794%, so Oconto County property owners still pay proportionally more than the country as a whole. On a median home value of $231,400, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to $2,727. With median household income at $75,049 and per-capita income at $40,358, that bill amounts to roughly 3.6% of a household's yearly earnings. Communities such as Abrams, Lakewood, and Little Suamico all fall under this county's tax structure, and the rate reflects a county that taxes below its state peers but above the national baseline.