Property Tax & Income in Polk County, Wisconsin
Polk County has an effective property tax rate of 1.13%. On the median home value of $271,900, that's roughly $3,075 per year. Median household income is $77,219.
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 | Polk County | Wisconsin (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.13% | 1.36% |
| Median home value1 | $271,900 | — |
| 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 Polk County, WI
Polk County’s effective property tax rate of 1.131% sits below Wisconsin’s statewide median of 1.362%, placing it 60th among the state’s 72 counties — a position that signals lighter-than-average taxation by local standards. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the county’s rate runs noticeably higher, a pattern common across Wisconsin. The median home value of $271,900 generates an annual tax bill near $3,075, while household income averages $77,219 and per-capita income reaches $41,288. In Amery, the county’s largest principal city, and in smaller communities like Cushing and Dresser, that translates into property taxes that are comparatively restrained within Wisconsin yet steeper than what many homeowners elsewhere in the country pay.