Property tax in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota is $1,606 a year, which is about 1.04% of the county's median home value of $154,700. That effective rate is higher than the typical Minnesota county (0.99%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Yellow Medicine County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Yellow Medicine County's average effective rate of 1.04% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $1,609 / year

Property tax in Yellow Medicine County at a glance

Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$1,606
Median home value	$154,700
Effective tax rate	1.04%
Typical Minnesota county rate	0.99%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Yellow Medicine County compare in Minnesota?

Among Minnesota's 87 counties, Yellow Medicine County has the 27th highest effective property-tax rate: 26 rank higher and 60 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Minnesota. Nationally, it ranks 1024th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Minnesota county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Yellow Medicine County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Yellow Medicine County's 3,419 owner-occupied homes, 19.5% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 36.7% pay at least $2,000, and 16.4% pay under $800. Another 5.4% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Yellow Medicine County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	562	16.4%
$800 to $1,499	958	28%
$1,500 to $1,999	459	13.4%
$2,000 to $2,999	589	17.2%
$3,000 or more	666	19.5%
No property tax paid	185	5.4%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,607 and owners without one pay $1,605. That is within 10% either way, so in Yellow Medicine County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

How does the Yellow Medicine County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,606 is about 2% of the median income of Yellow Medicine County homeowner households, $81,639 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 84% of Yellow Medicine County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Yellow Medicine County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,244 in 2015-2019 to $1,606 in 2020-2024, a 29.1% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 40.6%, from $110,000 to $154,700. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Yellow Medicine County

Yellow Medicine County borders 7 counties, 1 of them across the state line.

Yellow Medicine County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Chippewa County, MN	1.1%	$1,711	$156,100
Lyon County, MN	1.06%	$2,126	$200,700
Renville County, MN	1.04%	$1,691	$163,200
Yellow Medicine County, MN (this county)	1.04%	$1,606	$154,700
Redwood County, MN	1%	$1,581	$158,200
Lincoln County, MN	0.96%	$1,574	$164,400
Lac qui Parle County, MN	0.9%	$1,422	$157,600
Deuel County, SD	0.82%	$1,694	$205,900

How is a home assessed in Yellow Medicine County?

Minnesota sets the assessment rules and Yellow Medicine County applies them. How Minnesota assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Yellow Medicine County?

Yes, on a sliding scale. Minnesota's Homestead Market Value Exclusion is worth up to $38,000 on homes worth $95,000 or less and shrinks to nothing at $517,200. That is the Minnesota rule, and it applies in Yellow Medicine County. Minnesota's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Yellow Medicine County?

Two installments, the first due May 15 and the second October 15, with agricultural property getting until November 15 on the second half. If your total tax is $100 or less the whole amount is due in May. Late penalties start at 2% on homestead property and climb monthly.

Minnesota splits the bill into 2 installments. That is the Minnesota rule. Yellow Medicine County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Yellow Medicine County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization, then the County Board, then Minnesota Tax Court. The filing deadline is typically April 30 of the year the tax is payable (Tax Court). That is the Minnesota rule; Yellow Medicine County sets the exact dates and forms. The Minnesota appeal process step by step.

Minnesota rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Minnesota page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.