Property Tax Information for Pierce County, Wisconsin
- In 2009, residents in Pierce County's two cities, Prescott and River Falls, were assigned a respective assessment rate of 0.92 and 1.06 percent of the value of their properties. For example, a property in Prescott worth $200,000 would have 0.92 percent of its total value assessed in annual property taxes, or $1,840 per year. Tax levies in the two cities ranged from $2.2 million to $5.5 million in 2009.
- The villages of Pierce County, which include Bay City, Ellsworth, Elmwood, Maiden Rock, Plum City and Spring Valley, were issued property tax assessments in 2009 that ranged from 0.8 percent of a property's value in Maidenrock, to 1.08 percent of a property's assessed value in Ellsworth, with tax revenues ranging from $87,000 to $1 million for the two villages.
- Pierce County's three towns, Ellsworth, Maiden Rock and River Falls, may share the same names as other cities, townships and villages of the county, but they have different property tax assessments. Property tax assessments in the three towns range from 0.93 percent of a property's value in River Falls, which has tax revenues of $300,000, to 1.01 percent of a property's value in Ellsworth, which reported $329,000 in tax revenues in 2009.
- Townships hold the majority of municipalities in Pierce County, with a total of 14 across the county. Tax revenues in each township range from $45,000 in Diamond Bluff to $334,000 in Trimbelle. Property taxes in all 14 counties range from 0.74 percent of a property's value in Diamond Bluff to 1.02 percent of a property's value in Trenton.
- According to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue's website, the Lottery and Gaming Credit Program applies to homeowners in Pierce County who lived in the taxed property as a primary residence from Jan. 1 of the qualifying year. Computed in November, the Lottery and Gaming Credit applies gaming and lottery revenue from the city, township, town or village to the overall property tax percentage.
- In Pierce County, all taxable properties qualify for the first-dollar credit if they are on "real" property, which includes private properties, businesses and commercial property. Homes that qualify for first dollar credits, which reduce the amount of property tax percentage, include any parcels that have had improvements made in the current property tax year.
