Property Tax & Income in Pepin County, Wisconsin
Pepin County has an effective property tax rate of 1.36%. On the median home value of $214,800, that's roughly $2,922 per year. Median household income is $75,256.
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 | Pepin County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $214,800 | — |
| 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 Pepin County, WI
Pepin County’s effective property tax rate of 1.360% lands almost exactly on Wisconsin’s statewide median of 1.362%, a difference small enough that homeowners in Pepin and Stockholm pay about what the average Wisconsin property owner does. Among the state’s 72 counties, this one ranks 39th, placing it squarely in the middle of the pack rather than at either extreme. The picture shifts against national figures, since the U.S. median effective rate is 0.794% — well under half of what Pepin County levies. That gap reflects Wisconsin’s broader reliance on property taxes compared with much of the country. On a median home value of $214,800, the annual bill comes to roughly $2,922, set against a median household income of $75,256 and per-capita income of $39,335. The rate signals a fairly ordinary tax climate within Wisconsin, though a comparatively heavy one by national standards.