Maps: Average property taxes in dollars and as % of home value

[Protocol417 161]

As a resident of New Jersey, I am a bit obsessed with the topic of property taxes.

Put another way, I posted it because property taxes.

Ah.

Though I could understand it a bit better if you were in that one county in South Dakota. ####### happened there?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Ah.

Though I could understand it a bit better if you were in that one county in South Dakota. ####### happened there?

Did you see the average home value in that county? $16.8K. Folks don't pay much for property taxes there (avg ~ $700.00). But relative to such a low property value, even the few hundred dollars worth of property taxes (most of which I'd suspect might be non-ad valorem) would put your property tax to property value ratio through the roof. That's where that dark blue spot comes from.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Some Shannon County, SD facts from quickfacts.census.gov:

Population 14,059

American Indian 92.3%

Foreign born persons 0.0%

Language other than English spoken at home 23.1%

Per capita money income $9,136

Persons below poverty level, percent 49.5%

Persons per square mile 6.5

Persons per square mile 6.5 - that number where I live is 2,621.

Edited December 30, 2013 by mota bhai

[Protocol417 161]

Did you see the average home value in that county? $16.8K. Folks don't pay much for property taxes there (avg ~ $700.00). But relative to such a low property value, even the few hundred dollars worth of property taxes (most of which I'd suspect might be non-ad valorem) would put your property tax to property value ratio through the roof. That's where that dark blue spot comes from.

I was more commenting on how it went from near white to darkest blue. That's a helluva change.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I was more commenting on how it went from near white to darkest blue. That's a helluva change.

It is indeed. The demographics that AJ posted explain it.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Here's a bit more info, from Wiki. I haven't looked at the sources so I can't vouch for accuracy.

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is an Oglala Lakota Native American reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota ... Pine Ridge was established in 1889 in the southwest corner of South Dakota on the Nebraska border. Today it ... is the eighth-largest reservation in the United States, larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined.

The reservation encompasses the entirety of Shannon County, the southern half of Jackson County and the northwest portion of Bennett County. Of the 3,143 counties in the United States, these are among the poorest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Ridge_Indian_Reservation

Edited December 30, 2013 by mota bhai