Property Tax & Income in Platte County, Wyoming
Platte County has an effective property tax rate of 0.52%. On the median home value of $297,900, that's roughly $1,549 per year. Median household income is $67,718.
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 | Platte County | Wyoming (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.52% | 0.56% |
| Median home value1 | $297,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 5.39% combined | 5.39% 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 Platte County, WY
Platte County’s effective property tax rate of 0.520% sits below Wyoming’s statewide median of 0.563%, placing it 19th among the state’s 23 counties. That ranking signals a lighter-than-average tax load within Wyoming, though the gap with the state figure is fairly narrow. Against the national median of 0.794%, the county’s rate looks considerably lower. A median home value of $297,900 yields a median annual tax bill of $1,549. Households earning a median of $67,718, with per-capita income at $39,225, carry that bill against incomes that are moderate by national standards. Communities such as Glendo, Guernsey, and Hartville anchor the county’s residential base. Overall, the figures point to a county where property taxes take a smaller share of value than in most U.S. counties, even if the advantage over Wyoming as a whole is only slight.