Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Benton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Benton County pays $720 a year, an effective rate of 0.69%, far below the U.S. average.
- $720
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.69%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -64%
- vs U.S. average
- #43 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Benton County pay a median $720 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.69%, more affordable than 61% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $720
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.69%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1228 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -64%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($105,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 7,589. Owner-occupied homes: 2,643.
The median annual property tax in Benton County is $720, which is 41% lower than the Mississippi state average and 64% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.69% on a median home value of $105,100. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Why Benton County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Benton County pay a median annual property tax of $720, far below the national median and well below the Mississippi state median. On a $105,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.69% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Benton County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $46,016 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Benton County's 0.69% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 61%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Mississippi counties by effective rate
Benton County ranks #43 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 0.6%, from $716 to $720. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Benton 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 29% from $558 to $720. 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: 971 of 2,643 homes (36.7%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.6% 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 Benton County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Benton County homeowners are not billed at all: 971 of 2,643 owner-occupied homes (36.7%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 35.8% (945)
- $800 to $1,499 20.8% (551)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.6% (96)
- $2,000 to $2,999 2.3% (61)
- $3,000 or more 0.7% (19)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
971 homes here (36.7%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Benton County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Benton County, mortgaged homeowners actually pay 12% less than those without a mortgage, a mild inversion from the national norm worth cross-checking against the historical table above.
Benton County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Benton County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Benton County's median bill is 41% below the Mississippi median and 64% below the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Benton County moved from $558 in the 2020 release to $720 in 2024, a change of about 29%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Benton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Benton 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.
Benton County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Benton County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $720 +0.6% | 0.69% |
| 2023 | $716 +4.1% | 0.66% |
| 2022 | $688 +3.0% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $668 +19.7% | 0.81% |
| 2020 | $558 | 0.67% |
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.
Benton County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Benton County's median bill
On effective rate, Benton County sits nearest Cook County (MN), Becker County (MN), Taylor County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Costilla County (CO), Okeechobee County (FL), Ada 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
Benton County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 3,370 returns from Benton County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,033 - 67% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Benton County bill FAQs
- How does Benton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Benton County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.69% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Benton County?
- Property taxes in Benton County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $46,016 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Benton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Benton County is recorded at $720 in the 2024 5-year release against $558 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 2,643 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Benton County?
- Benton County, Mississippi scores A- (80/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-99). 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 Benton County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Benton County is $720, an effective rate of 0.69% on a $105,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
What to do with Benton County's LIGHT bill
Benton County's $720 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 Benton County's $46,016 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Benton 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: 0.69%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $720/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Benton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Benton County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Roger Mills County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Benton County at $720/yr; rate 0.46% vs Benton County 0.69%.
Appling County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $721/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.94% vs Benton County 0.69%.
Halifax County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $721/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Benton County 0.69%.
Torrance County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $719/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs Benton County 0.69%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Benton 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 Benton County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.