IDAHO PROPERTY TAX · 2026
Idaho property tax calculator
Idaho's effective property tax rate is 0.495%: owner-occupiers paid a median $2,038 a year on homes with a median value of $418,600. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $1,485.00 a year.
Property tax estimate
- Property tax a year
- $1,485.00
- A month
- $123.75
- Rate
- 0.495%, statewide
Idaho property tax by county
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ada County | 0.53% | $2,655 | $512,300 |
| Adams County | 0.34% | $1,359 | $376,500 |
| Bannock County | 0.666% | $1,920 | $300,700 |
| Bear Lake County | 0.412% | $1,116 | $275,000 |
| Benewah County | 0.432% | $1,443 | $293,500 |
| Bingham County | 0.499% | $1,477 | $293,300 |
| Blaine County | 0.384% | $2,778 | $735,300 |
| Boise County | 0.384% | $1,611 | $476,100 |
| Bonner County | 0.395% | $1,847 | $487,900 |
| Bonneville County | 0.53% | $1,858 | $368,800 |
| Boundary County | 0.328% | $1,595 | $410,500 |
| Butte County | 0.525% | $1,061 | $217,600 |
| Camas County | 0.352% | $1,132 | $304,000 |
| Canyon County | 0.502% | $2,011 | $390,000 |
| Caribou County | 0.534% | $1,341 | $241,500 |
| Cassia County | 0.405% | $1,166 | $284,600 |
| Clark County | 0.312% | $713 | $216,900 |
| Clearwater County | 0.515% | $1,443 | $268,200 |
| Custer County | 0.421% | $1,112 | $381,700 |
| Elmore County | 0.601% | $1,701 | $316,500 |
| Franklin County | 0.38% | $1,482 | $372,600 |
| Fremont County | 0.393% | $1,398 | $314,200 |
| Gem County | 0.324% | $1,418 | $428,700 |
| Gooding County | 0.428% | $1,279 | $250,900 |
| Idaho County | 0.319% | $995 | $310,200 |
| Jefferson County | 0.466% | $1,824 | $408,400 |
| Jerome County | 0.619% | $1,725 | $271,800 |
| Kootenai County | 0.408% | $2,267 | $518,700 |
| Latah County | 0.595% | $2,368 | $368,600 |
| Lemhi County | 0.319% | $1,156 | $326,100 |
| Lewis County | 0.554% | $1,341 | $225,300 |
| Lincoln County | 0.424% | $1,092 | $255,600 |
| Madison County | 0.543% | $2,001 | $414,800 |
| Minidoka County | 0.506% | $1,261 | $262,600 |
| Nez Perce County | 0.749% | $2,609 | $334,700 |
| Oneida County | 0.463% | $1,207 | $272,000 |
| Owyhee County | 0.392% | $1,432 | $359,800 |
| Payette County | 0.452% | $1,357 | $341,800 |
| Power County | 0.623% | $1,496 | $212,900 |
| Shoshone County | 0.541% | $1,334 | $267,400 |
| Teton County | 0.352% | $2,143 | $690,500 |
| Twin Falls County | 0.61% | $2,066 | $337,900 |
| Valley County | 0.337% | $1,964 | $657,000 |
| Washington County | 0.465% | $1,371 | $278,100 |
Idaho homestead exemption
- Idaho's homeowner's exemption takes the lesser of $125,000 or 50% of market value off an owner-occupied primary home.
This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.
Idaho property tax questions
How much is property tax in Idaho?
Idaho's effective property tax rate is 0.495%: owner-occupiers paid a median $2,038 a year on homes with a median value of $418,600. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $1,485.00 a year.
Which county in Idaho has the highest property tax?
Nez Perce County, with an effective rate of 0.749%; Clark County has the lowest, at 0.312%. On a $300,000 home that is $2,247.00 a year in Nez Perce County and $936.00 in Clark County.
Does Idaho have a homestead exemption?
Idaho's homeowner's exemption takes the lesser of $125,000 or 50% of market value off an owner-occupied primary home. The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.
Why might a Idaho tax bill differ from this estimate?
The rate is what owner-occupiers in Idaho paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
What the calculator leaves out
- The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
- The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
- An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
- Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.
Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.
Sources
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25090: aggregate real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25082: aggregate value of owner-occupied homes
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25103: median real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25077: median home value
- Idaho Code 63-602G