Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bradley County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bradley County pays $545 a year, an effective rate of 0.57%, far below the U.S. average.
- $545
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.57%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -73%
- vs U.S. average
- #17 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Bradley County pay a median $545 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.57%, more affordable than 75% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $545
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.57%
- Effective rate on median home
- #782 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -73%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($94,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Bradley County, AR
85/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Bradley County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median tax as a share of Bradley County's median household income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Bradley County
Median home value relative to Bradley County's median income
Bradley County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Bradley County affordability profile (scored ACS dimensions)
Read the chart values
- Bill size: 97/100 (A+) · $545/yr
- Income room: 90/100 (A+) · 1.3%
- Mortgage premium: 84/100 (A-) · +$47
- Housing pressure: 79/100 (B+) · 2.29×
- Rate relief: 75/100 (B+) · 0.57%
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 10,208. Owner-occupied homes: 2,475.
The median annual property tax in Bradley County is $545, which is 48% lower than the Arkansas state average and 73% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.57% on a median home value of $94,800. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Bradley County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Bradley County pay a median annual property tax of $545, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $94,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.57% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Bradley County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $41,476 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Low among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Bradley County ranks #17 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (77% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bradley County's 0.57% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 75%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bradley County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.2% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 59% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 8.2%, the median bill fell 2.9% to $545: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $561 in 2020 to $545 in 2024, a fall of 3%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,369 of 2,475 owner-occupied homes (55.3%) 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 1.3% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Bradley County fell from $561 to $545, a change of -2.9%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Bradley County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bradley County homeowners, 1,369 of 2,475 owner-occupied homes (55.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 55.3% (1,369)
- $800 to $1,499 15.9% (394)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.8% (94)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.0% (198)
- $3,000 or more 2.0% (49)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
371 homes here (15.0%) 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 and non-mortgaged homeowners in Bradley County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
How Bradley County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bradley County's effective rate is higher than 77% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #17 of 75 for property tax burden.
Where Bradley County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.57% Among the most affordable more affordable than 75% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Arkansas, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 4% of the Arkansas median, yet the median bill runs 48% 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 $545 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Bradley County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bradley County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low 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.
Think your Bradley County property tax bill is too high?
On Bradley County's published figures, a $94,800 median home carries a $545 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $55 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Arkansas.
Property Tax History
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $545 +0.2% | 0.57% |
| 2023 | $544 +4.6% | 0.56% |
| 2022 | $520 -1.9% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | $530 -5.5% | 0.67% |
| 2020 | $561 | 0.64% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate well below the national average of 0.92% puts Bradley County in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Bradley County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Bradley County sits nearest Okaloosa County (FL), Santa Rosa County (FL), Dade County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bailey County (TX), Gilmer County (WV), Wolfe County (KY).
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
What tax filers report in Bradley County
Of the 4,090 federal returns filed from Bradley County in 2022, 90 (2.2% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $1,589 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 56% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Bradley County's numbers
- Bradley County's $545 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 Bradley County's $41,476 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Bradley County ranks #17 of 75 Arkansas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state board. Arkansas overview →
- If Bradley County's assessment looks high versus the $94,800 typical home, check Arkansas's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($94,800); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Bradley County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.