Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Beckham County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Beckham County pays $1,207 a year, an effective rate of 0.84%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,207
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.84%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -39%
- vs U.S. average
- #9 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Beckham County pay a median $1,207 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.84%, more affordable than 47% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,207
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.84%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1663 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($143,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 22,148. Owner-occupied homes: 5,554.
The median annual property tax in Beckham County is $1,207, which is 25% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 39% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.84% on a median home value of $143,500. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Beckham County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Beckham County's 0.84% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 47%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Beckham County ranks #9 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (88% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Beckham County pay a median annual property tax of $1,207, well below the national median and well below the Oklahoma state median. On a $143,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.84% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Beckham County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $53,328 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Beckham 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
Beckham County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 3.1% up, against a median home value that rose 12.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 16.1%, from $1,040 to $1,207.
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 $1,040 to $1,207, a gain of 16%. 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: 1,857 of 5,554 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.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.3% 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 Beckham County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Beckham County homeowners, 1,857 of 5,554 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% (1,857)
- $800 to $1,499 23.8% (1,324)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.8% (546)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.2% (1,013)
- $3,000 or more 11.0% (609)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
205 homes here (3.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oklahoma handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Beckham County pay a substantially higher bill, 42% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Beckham County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Beckham County's effective rate is higher than 88% of the 77 counties in Oklahoma - ranking #9 of 77.
Where Beckham County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.84% more affordable than 47% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Oklahoma, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 5% of the Oklahoma median, yet the median bill runs 25% 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 $1,207 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Beckham County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Beckham County | Oklahoma Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Beckham County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Beckham County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,207 -0.7% | 0.84% |
| 2023 | $1,215 +3.1% | 0.79% |
| 2022 | $1,178 +8.9% | 0.79% |
| 2021 | $1,082 +4.0% | 0.78% |
| 2020 | $1,040 | 0.82% |
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.
Beckham County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Beckham County's effective rate
On effective rate, Beckham County sits nearest Morgan County (OH), Lawrence County (OH), Lenoir County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Greene County (IN), Warren County (IA), Charles City County (VA).
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
Beckham County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 310 of 8,180 returns from Beckham County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,513 - 32% 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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Beckham County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Beckham County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Beckham County is $1,207, an effective rate of 0.84% on a $143,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Beckham County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Beckham County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.84% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Beckham County?
- Beckham County, Oklahoma scores C- (54/100) 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- ($1,207/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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Beckham County?
- Property taxes in Beckham County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $53,328 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Beckham County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Beckham County climbed 16.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,040 to $1,207, 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 Beckham County's UNDER rate
Beckham County's $1,207 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 →
Beckham County ranks #9 of 77 Oklahoma counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Oklahoma overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Beckham 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: 0.84%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,207/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Beckham County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Beckham County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Newton County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Beckham County at $1,207/yr; rate 0.63% vs Beckham County 0.84%.
Oneida County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Beckham County at $1,207/yr; rate 0.44% vs Beckham County 0.84%.
Real County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Beckham County at $1,207/yr; rate 1.07% vs Beckham County 0.84%.
Pawnee County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,206/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.52% vs Beckham County 0.84%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Beckham 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 Beckham County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.