Property tax in Lander County, Nevada

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The median property tax bill in Lander County, Nevada is $1,366 a year, which is about 0.64% of the county's median home value of $213,800. That effective rate is higher than the typical Nevada county (0.5%) and lower 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 Lander County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Lander County's average effective rate of 0.64% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.


Estimated property tax: $1,368 / year

Property tax in Lander County at a glance

Lander County, Nevada property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
MeasureValue
Median annual property tax$1,366
Median home value$213,800
Effective tax rate0.64%
Typical Nevada county rate0.5%
National median county rate0.81%

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 Lander County compare in Nevada?

Among Nevada's 17 counties, Lander County has the 2nd highest effective property-tax rate: 1 rank higher and 15 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 2117th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Nevada county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Lander County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Lander County's 1,648 owner-occupied homes, 16.1% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 32% pay at least $2,000, and 10.4% pay under $800. Another 8.1% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Lander County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual billHomesShare
Under $80017110.4%
$800 to $1,49970642.8%
$1,500 to $1,9991106.7%
$2,000 to $2,99926215.9%
$3,000 or more26516.1%
No property tax paid1348.1%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,436 and owners without one pay $990. 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 Lander County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,366 is about 1.4% of the median income of Lander County homeowner households, $98,266 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 77.4% of Lander 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 Lander County?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $1,238 in 2015-2019 and $1,366 in 2020-2024, but that $128 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 Lander County

Lander County borders 6 counties.

Lander County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
CountyEffective rateMedian billMedian home value
Lander County, NV (this county)0.64%$1,366$213,800
Eureka County, NV0.62%$511$82,600
Pershing County, NV0.62%$1,109$179,500
Churchill County, NV0.53%$1,758$329,900
Elko County, NV0.5%$1,492$301,400
Humboldt County, NV0.49%$1,372$278,300
Nye County, NV0.45%$1,316$290,900

How is a home assessed in Lander County?

Nevada assesses homes at 35% of market value in every county, Lander County included. How Nevada assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Lander County?

Not as an exemption. Nevada's residential partial abatement limits the yearly increase in the bill on an owner-occupied single-family home to 3%. That is the Nevada rule, and it applies in Lander County. Nevada's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Lander County?

The full year's tax is due on the third Monday of August. If the tax on the parcel is more than $100 you may instead pay in four roughly equal installments, due the third Monday of August, the first Monday of October, the first Monday of January and the first Monday of March. Each has a 10 day grace period, after which penalties start at 4% of the late installment and rise to 7% of the whole year once all four have been missed.

Nevada splits the bill into 4 installments. That is the Nevada rule. Lander County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Lander County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the County Board of Equalization, then the State Board of Equalization. The filing deadline is typically January 15 of the fiscal year in which the assessment was made. That is the Nevada rule; Lander County sets the exact dates and forms. The Nevada appeal process step by step.

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

Work out your own numbers

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