Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Adams County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Adams County pays $974 a year, an effective rate of 0.90%, far below the U.S. average.
- $974
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.90%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -51%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Adams County pay a median $974 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.90%, more affordable than 43% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $974
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.90%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1794 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -51%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($108,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 28,803. Owner-occupied homes: 7,811.
The median annual property tax in Adams County is $974, which is 20% lower than the Mississippi state average and 51% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.90% on a median home value of $108,700. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Adams County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Adams County's 0.90% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 43%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Adams County pay a median annual property tax of $974, far below the national median and notably lower than the Mississippi state median. On a $108,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.90% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Mississippi counties by effective rate
Adams County ranks #11 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (86% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Adams County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $43,644 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Adams County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate held while the market moved
Adams County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 10.9% up, against a median home value that rose 15.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 28.2%, from $760 to $974.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 28% from $760 to $974. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 2,939 of 7,811 homes (37.6%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.2% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Adams County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Adams County homeowners are not billed at all: 2,939 of 7,811 owner-occupied homes (37.6%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 25.2% (1,971)
- $800 to $1,499 18.1% (1,412)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.7% (449)
- $2,000 to $2,999 6.1% (478)
- $3,000 or more 7.2% (562)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,939 homes here (37.6%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Adams County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Adams County pay a substantially higher bill, 46% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Adams County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Adams County's effective rate is higher than 86% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #11 of 81.
Where Adams County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.90% more affordable than 43% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Adams County taxes property at 0.90%, about 25% above the Mississippi average, yet its median bill of $974 lands roughly 20% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Adams County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Adams County | Mississippi Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.2% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Adams County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Adams County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $974 +3.5% | 0.90% |
| 2023 | $941 +7.9% | 0.89% |
| 2022 | $872 +14.4% | 0.88% |
| 2021 | $762 +0.3% | 0.82% |
| 2020 | $760 | 0.81% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Adams County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Adams County's effective rate
On effective rate, Adams County sits nearest Meeker County (MN), Lac qui Parle County (MN), Sanilac County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Kings County (NY), Williamsburg city (VA), Dent County (MO).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Adams County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 440 of 11,150 returns from Adams County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,443 - 27% of those reporters sat in the $200k+ AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Adams County rate FAQs
- How does Adams County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Adams County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.90% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Adams County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Adams County is $974, an effective rate of 0.90% on a $108,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Adams County?
- Adams County, Mississippi scores C (56/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is bill size at B+ ($974/yr). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- Are property taxes increasing in Adams County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Adams County jumped 28.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $760 to $974, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Adams County?
- Property taxes in Adams County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $43,644 median household income.
What to do with Adams County's UNDER rate
Adams County's $974 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Adams County ranks #11 of 81 Mississippi counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Mississippi overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Adams County's UNDER effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.90%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $974/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Adams County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Adams County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Amherst County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $975/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Adams County 0.90%.
Harrison County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $973/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.89% vs Adams County 0.90%.
Hyde County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $975/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Adams County 0.90%.
Pike County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $975/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.88% vs Adams County 0.90%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Adams County stamps UNDER · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Adams County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.