Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Ashley County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Ashley County pays $554 a year, an effective rate of 0.60%, far below the U.S. average.
- $554
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.60%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -72%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Ashley County pay a median $554 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.60%, more affordable than 71% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $554
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.60%
- Effective rate on median home
- #895 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -72%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($91,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 18,429. Owner-occupied homes: 5,210.
The median annual property tax in Ashley County is $554, which is 47% lower than the Arkansas state average and 72% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.60% on a median home value of $91,900. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Ashley County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Ashley County pay a median annual property tax of $554, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $91,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.60% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Ashley County ranks #11 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (85% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Ashley County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $44,266 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Ashley County's 0.60% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 71%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Ashley 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
Ashley County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 3.3% down, against a median home value that rose 20.6%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 16.6%, from $475 to $554.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $475 to $554, a gain of 17%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 3,153 of 5,210 owner-occupied homes (60.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.3% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Ashley County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Ashley County homeowners, 3,153 of 5,210 owner-occupied homes (60.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 60.5% (3,153)
- $800 to $1,499 17.5% (911)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.6% (190)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.0% (209)
- $3,000 or more 0.7% (36)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
711 homes here (13.6%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Ashley County pay a substantially higher bill, 54% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Ashley County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Ashley County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Ashley County's median bill is 47% below the Arkansas median and 72% below the U.S. median.
Same rate as Arkansas, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 9% of the Arkansas median, yet the median bill runs 47% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $554 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Ashley County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Ashley County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Ashley County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Ashley County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $554 +2.2% | 0.60% |
| 2023 | $542 -0.9% | 0.61% |
| 2022 | $547 +11.2% | 0.63% |
| 2021 | $492 +3.6% | 0.63% |
| 2020 | $475 | 0.62% |
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.
Ashley County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Ashley County's median bill
On effective rate, Ashley County sits nearest Cochise County (AZ), Petersburg Borough (AK), Broomfield County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Madison County (TN), Onondaga County (NY), Idaho County (ID).
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
Ashley County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 190 of 7,360 returns from Ashley County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,837 - 26% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Ashley County bill FAQs
- How does Ashley County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Ashley County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.60% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Ashley County?
- Property taxes in Ashley County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $44,266 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Ashley County?
- Ashley County, Arkansas scores A- (81/100) 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+ ($554/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 Ashley County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Ashley County is $554, an effective rate of 0.60% on a $91,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Ashley County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Ashley County climbed 16.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $475 to $554, 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 Ashley County's LIGHT bill
Ashley County's $554 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 1.3% of Ashley County's $44,266 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Ashley County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.60%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $554/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Ashley County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Ashley County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
McCreary County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ashley County at $554/yr; rate 0.65% vs Ashley County 0.60%.
Nicholas County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ashley County at $554/yr; rate 0.46% vs Ashley County 0.60%.
Wheeler County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ashley County at $554/yr; rate 0.63% vs Ashley County 0.60%.
Henry County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $553/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.34% vs Ashley County 0.60%.
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Ashley 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 Ashley County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.