Property tax in Lincoln County, Nevada

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Lincoln County, Nevada is $1,126 a year, which is about 0.51% of the county's median home value of $219,500. 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 Lincoln County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Lincoln County's average effective rate of 0.51% (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: $1,119 / year

Property tax in Lincoln County at a glance

Lincoln County, Nevada property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$1,126
Median home value	$219,500
Effective tax rate	0.51%
Typical Nevada county rate	0.5%
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 Lincoln County compare in Nevada?

Among Nevada's 17 counties, Lincoln County has the 7th highest effective property-tax rate: 6 rank higher and 10 rank lower. That is near the middle for Nevada. Nationally, it ranks 2611th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Nevada county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Lincoln County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Lincoln County's 1,287 owner-occupied homes, 0.4% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 19.8% pay at least $2,000, and 32.4% pay under $800. Another 2.9% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Lincoln County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	417	32.4%
$800 to $1,499	421	32.7%
$1,500 to $1,999	157	12.2%
$2,000 to $2,999	250	19.4%
$3,000 or more	5	0.4%
No property tax paid	37	2.9%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,273 and owners without one pay $1,002. 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 Lincoln County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,126 is about 1.3% of the median income of Lincoln County homeowner households, $88,470 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 75% of Lincoln 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 Lincoln County?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $1,046 in 2015-2019 and $1,126 in 2020-2024, but that $80 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 Lincoln County

Lincoln County borders 8 counties, 5 of them across the state line.

Lincoln County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
White Pine County, NV	0.51%	$1,111	$220,000
Millard County, UT	0.51%	$1,454	$284,700
Lincoln County, NV (this county)	0.51%	$1,126	$219,500
Clark County, NV	0.48%	$2,057	$431,000
Nye County, NV	0.45%	$1,316	$290,900
Mohave County, AZ	0.44%	$1,238	$281,000
Washington County, UT	0.42%	$2,158	$510,700
Iron County, UT	0.41%	$1,558	$379,000
Beaver County, UT	0.4%	$1,142	$283,700

How is a home assessed in Lincoln County?

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

Is there a homestead exemption in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County. Nevada's exemptions and relief programs in full.

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

How to appeal your Lincoln 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; Lincoln 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

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Lincoln County, Nevada: 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.