Property tax in Keya Paha County, Nebraska

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Keya Paha County, Nebraska is $1,404 a year, which is about 1.29% of the county's median home value of $108,800. That effective rate is higher 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 Keya Paha County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Keya Paha County's average effective rate of 1.29% (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: $1,404 / year

Property tax in Keya Paha County at a glance

Keya Paha County, Nebraska property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$1,404
Median home value	$108,800
Effective tax rate	1.29%
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 Keya Paha County compare in Nebraska?

Among Nebraska's 93 counties, Keya Paha County has the 43rd highest effective property-tax rate: 42 rank higher and 50 rank lower. That is near the middle for Nebraska. Nationally, it ranks 609th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Nebraska county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Keya Paha County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Keya Paha County's 244 owner-occupied homes, 14.8% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 30.8% pay at least $2,000, and 30.3% pay under $800. Another 13.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Keya Paha County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	74	30.3%
$800 to $1,499	34	13.9%
$1,500 to $1,999	28	11.5%
$2,000 to $2,999	39	16%
$3,000 or more	36	14.8%
No property tax paid	33	13.5%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,000 and owners without one pay $929. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

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

The median property tax bill of $1,404 is about 2.2% of the median income of Keya Paha County homeowner households, $63,000 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 80.8% of Keya Paha 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 Keya Paha County?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $1,134 in 2015-2019 and $1,404 in 2020-2024, but that $270 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 Keya Paha County

Keya Paha County borders 8 counties, 3 of them across the state line.

Keya Paha 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
Keya Paha County, NE (this county)	1.29%	$1,404	$108,800
Holt County, NE	1.11%	$1,828	$165,100
Boyd County, NE	1.1%	$1,142	$104,000
Brown County, NE	1.1%	$1,250	$113,900
Rock County, NE	1.07%	$1,262	$117,500
Gregory County, SD	1.02%	$1,428	$139,900
Cherry County, NE	0.99%	$1,505	$152,200
Tripp County, SD	0.95%	$1,262	$132,900

How is a home assessed in Keya Paha County?

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

Is there a homestead exemption in Keya Paha 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 Keya Paha County. Nebraska's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Keya Paha 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. Keya Paha County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Keya Paha 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; Keya Paha 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 Keya Paha 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.