Property tax in Cherry County, Nebraska

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Cherry County, Nebraska is $1,505 a year, which is about 0.99% of the county's median home value of $152,200. That effective rate is lower than the typical Nebraska county (1.27%) 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 Cherry County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Cherry County's average effective rate of 0.99% (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: $1,507 / year

Property tax in Cherry County at a glance

Cherry County, Nebraska property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$1,505
Median home value	$152,200
Effective tax rate	0.99%
Typical Nebraska county rate	1.27%
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 Cherry County compare in Nebraska?

Among Nebraska's 93 counties, Cherry County has the 84th highest effective property-tax rate: 83 rank higher and 9 rank lower. That places it among the least taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 1149th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Nebraska county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Cherry County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Cherry County's 1,370 owner-occupied homes, 16% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 28.8% pay at least $2,000, and 18.3% pay under $800. Another 6.8% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Cherry County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	251	18.3%
$800 to $1,499	385	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	246	18%
$2,000 to $2,999	176	12.8%
$3,000 or more	219	16%
No property tax paid	93	6.8%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,408 and owners without one pay $1,596. Here the owners without a mortgage pay more, which can happen where long-held homes sit in the higher-value parts of the county. Census table B25103.

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

The median property tax bill of $1,505 is about 2% of the median income of Cherry County homeowner households, $74,973 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 61.4% of Cherry 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 Cherry County?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $1,440 in 2015-2019 and $1,505 in 2020-2024, but that $65 difference is inside the Census's own margin of error for a county this size, so it could be sampling noise rather than a real change.

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 Cherry County

Cherry County borders 11 counties, 4 of them across the state line.

Cherry County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Todd County, SD	1.81%	$975	$53,900
Sheridan County, NE	1.37%	$1,556	$113,400
Keya Paha County, NE	1.29%	$1,404	$108,800
Thomas County, NE	1.25%	$1,364	$109,200
Blaine County, NE	1.14%	$1,333	$116,900
Brown County, NE	1.1%	$1,250	$113,900
Hooker County, NE	1.04%	$979	$93,800
Cherry County, NE (this county)	0.99%	$1,505	$152,200
Bennett County, SD	0.98%	$1,535	$156,400
Tripp County, SD	0.95%	$1,262	$132,900
Grant County, NE	0.68%	$929	$136,700
Oglala Lakota County, SD	at most 0.38%	under $200	$52,900

How is a home assessed in Cherry County?

Nebraska assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Cherry County included. How Nebraska assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Cherry County?

Only for some owners. Nebraska's homestead exemption is limited to owners 65 and older, disabled owners and veterans; every owner gets two credits printed on the county statement. That is the Nebraska rule, and it applies in Cherry County. Nebraska's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Cherry County?

Nebraska levies a year in arrears, and tax becomes due December 31 following the levy, at which point it also becomes a first lien on the property. You can pay in two halves. In most counties the first half becomes delinquent May 1 and the second September 1; in Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy counties the dates move up to April 1 and August 1.

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

How to appeal your Cherry County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the County Board of Equalization, then the Tax Equalization and Review Commission. The filing deadline is typically June 30. That is the Nebraska rule; Cherry County sets the exact dates and forms. The Nebraska appeal process step by step.

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

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Cherry County, Nebraska: 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.