Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Caldwell County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Caldwell County pays $1,338 a year, an effective rate of 0.80%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,338
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.80%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -33%
- vs U.S. average
- #29 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Caldwell County pay a median $1,338 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.80%, more affordable than 50% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,338
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.80%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1567 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -33%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($166,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 8,927. Owner-occupied homes: 2,946.
The median annual property tax in Caldwell County is $1,338, which is 31% lower than the Missouri state average and 33% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.80% on a median home value of $166,500. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Caldwell County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Caldwell County's 0.80% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 50%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Caldwell County pay a median annual property tax of $1,338, well below the national median and well below the Missouri state median. On a $166,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.80% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Missouri counties by effective rate
Caldwell County ranks #29 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (75% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Caldwell County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $64,806 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 8.8%, from $1,230 to $1,338. 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 Caldwell 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 42% from $943 to $1,338. 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 reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 869 of 2,946 owner-occupied homes (29.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.1% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Caldwell County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Caldwell County homeowners, 869 of 2,946 owner-occupied homes (29.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 29.5% (869)
- $800 to $1,499 26.3% (775)
- $1,500 to $1,999 15.2% (449)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.0% (470)
- $3,000 or more 11.9% (352)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
31 homes here (1.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Caldwell County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+67%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Caldwell County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Caldwell County's effective rate is higher than 75% of the 115 counties in Missouri - ranking #29 of 115.
Where Caldwell County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.80% more affordable than 50% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Caldwell County moved from $943 in the 2020 release to $1,338 in 2024, a change of about 42%. 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.
Caldwell County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Caldwell County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Caldwell County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.
Caldwell County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,338 +8.8% | 0.80% |
| 2023 | $1,230 +12.3% | 0.78% |
| 2022 | $1,095 +8.4% | 0.76% |
| 2021 | $1,010 +7.1% | 0.88% |
| 2020 | $943 | 0.86% |
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.
Caldwell County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Caldwell County's effective rate
On effective rate, Caldwell County sits nearest Warren County (MS), Marshall County (MN), Otsego County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Sumter County (AL), Gulf County (FL), Walton County (GA).
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
Caldwell County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 3,990 returns from Caldwell County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,580 - 60% 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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Caldwell County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Caldwell County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Caldwell County is $1,338, an effective rate of 0.80% on a $166,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Caldwell County?
- Caldwell County, Missouri scores C- (53/100) 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 housing pressure at B- (2.57×). 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.
- How does Caldwell County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Caldwell County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.80% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Caldwell County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Caldwell County is recorded at $1,338 in the 2024 5-year release against $943 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 2,946 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Caldwell County?
- Property taxes in Caldwell County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $64,806 median household income.
What to do with Caldwell County's UNDER rate
Caldwell County's $1,338 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 →
Caldwell County ranks #29 of 115 Missouri counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Missouri overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Caldwell 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: 0.80%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,338/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Caldwell County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Caldwell County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Alcona County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,341/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.82% vs Caldwell County 0.80%.
Caribou County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,341/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.56% vs Caldwell County 0.80%.
Lewis County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,341/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.60% vs Caldwell County 0.80%.
Marion County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,335/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.82% vs Caldwell County 0.80%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Caldwell 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 Caldwell County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.