Taxes in Buffalo
Buffalo's tax picture combines Wyoming's genuinely rare no-income-tax structure with a Johnson County property tax rate that, while modestly above the statewide anchor, still runs well below the national median.
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Learn moreNo state income tax, at all
Wyoming's Constitution forbids a state individual income tax outright -- a real, current, unambiguous status applying in Buffalo as statewide.
A property tax rate below the national median
Ownwell cited Johnson County's own median effective property tax rate at approximately 0.65% -- modestly above Wyoming's own statewide anchor (0.53%) but still well below the 1.02% national median.
A real, low combined sales tax
Wyoming's combined state-plus-local sales tax runs a real, current 4.00%-6.00% depending on local option adoption -- this pass's research did not locate a Johnson-County-specific combined figure distinct from that statewide range.
Key takeaways
- Wyoming's real, current no-state-income-tax status applies in Buffalo as statewide.
- Johnson County's own effective property tax rate (0.65%) runs below the national median.
- Buffalo's combined sales tax runs a real, low 4.00%-6.00% depending on local option adoption.
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