Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Alcorn County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Alcorn County pays $831 a year, an effective rate of 0.58%, far below the U.S. average.
- $831
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.58%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -58%
- vs U.S. average
- #70 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Alcorn County pay a median $831 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.58%, more affordable than 74% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $831
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.58%
- Effective rate on median home
- #816 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -58%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($142,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 34,289. Owner-occupied homes: 9,799.
The median annual property tax in Alcorn County is $831, which is 32% lower than the Mississippi state average and 58% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.58% on a median home value of $142,100. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Alcorn County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Alcorn County's 0.58% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 74%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Alcorn County pay a median annual property tax of $831, far below the national median and well below the Mississippi state median. On a $142,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.58% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Mississippi counties by effective rate
Alcorn County ranks #70 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (14% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Alcorn County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $51,260 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Alcorn 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Alcorn County's effective rate fell 16.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 30.8%, leaving the median bill 9.3% higher at $831. That rate move is larger than the one in 70% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $760 to $831, a change of 9%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 3,269 of 9,799 owner-occupied homes (33.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.6% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
40.3% of Alcorn County homes owned free and clear (2,178 of 5,406) report no property tax at all, against 19.9% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Alcorn County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Alcorn County homeowners, 3,269 of 9,799 owner-occupied homes (33.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 33.4% (3,269)
- $800 to $1,499 16.1% (1,582)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.9% (679)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.3% (521)
- $3,000 or more 7.1% (697)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,051 homes here (31.1%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Alcorn County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Alcorn County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+69%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Alcorn County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Alcorn County's effective rate is higher than 14% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #70 of 81.
Where Alcorn County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.58% Among the most affordable more affordable than 74% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Mississippi on both measures
Alcorn County's effective rate runs 19% under the Mississippi median and its bill 32% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $831 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Mississippi norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Alcorn County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Alcorn County | Mississippi Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Alcorn County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Alcorn County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $831 +5.5% | 0.58% |
| 2023 | $788 -2.0% | 0.60% |
| 2022 | $804 +2.3% | 0.64% |
| 2021 | $786 +3.4% | 0.69% |
| 2020 | $760 | 0.70% |
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.
Alcorn County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Alcorn County's effective rate
On effective rate, Alcorn County sits nearest Butler County (KY), Breckinridge County (KY), Orange County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pawnee County (NE), Norton County (KS), Clay County (AR).
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
Alcorn County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 450 of 13,590 returns from Alcorn County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,482 - 38% 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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Alcorn County rate FAQs
- How does Alcorn County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Alcorn County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.58% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Alcorn County?
- Alcorn County, Mississippi scores B (71/100) 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 A- ($831/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.
- What is the average property tax in Alcorn County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Alcorn County is $831, an effective rate of 0.58% on a $142,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Alcorn County?
- Property taxes in Alcorn County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $51,260 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Alcorn County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Alcorn County climbed 9.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $760 to $831, 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 to do with Alcorn County's QUIET rate
Alcorn County's $831 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 1.6% of Alcorn County's $51,260 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Alcorn County's QUIET 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: 0.58%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $831/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Alcorn County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Alcorn County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
McIntosh County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $832/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Alcorn County 0.58%.
Marion County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $833/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.43% vs Alcorn County 0.58%.
Carroll County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $834/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.53% vs Alcorn County 0.58%.
Jackson County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $834/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.53% vs Alcorn County 0.58%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Alcorn County stamps QUIET · 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 Alcorn County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.