Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Calhoun County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Calhoun County pays $515 a year, an effective rate of 0.47%, far below the U.S. average.
- $515
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.47%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -74%
- vs U.S. average
- #59 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Calhoun County pay a median $515 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.47%, more affordable than 87% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $515
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.47%
- Effective rate on median home
- #418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -74%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($110,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 4,704. Owner-occupied homes: 1,484.
The median annual property tax in Calhoun County is $515, which is 50% lower than the Arkansas state average and 74% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.47% on a median home value of $110,700. Property taxes represent 0.8% of the median household income in this county.
Calhoun County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Calhoun County's 0.47% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 87%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Calhoun County pay a median annual property tax of $515, far below the national median and far below the Arkansas state median. On a $110,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.47% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Calhoun County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.8% of the $66,809 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Calhoun County ranks #59 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (21% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 6.2%, from $485 to $515. 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 Calhoun 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 33% from $386 to $515. 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: 965 of 1,484 owner-occupied homes (65.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 0.8% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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 Calhoun County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Calhoun County homeowners, 965 of 1,484 owner-occupied homes (65.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 65.0% (965)
- $800 to $1,499 21.0% (312)
- $1,500 to $1,999 1.5% (23)
- $2,000 to $2,999 2.6% (39)
- $3,000 or more 1.1% (17)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
128 homes here (8.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Calhoun County pay about the same bill, within a 7% gap either way.
Calhoun County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Calhoun County's effective rate is higher than 21% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #59 of 75.
Where Calhoun County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.47% Among the most affordable more affordable than 87% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Calhoun County moved from $386 in the 2020 release to $515 in 2024, a change of about 33%. 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.
Calhoun County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Calhoun 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 | 0.8% | - | - |
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.
Calhoun County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Calhoun County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $515 +6.2% | 0.47% |
| 2023 | $485 +17.7% | 0.50% |
| 2022 | $412 -4.4% | 0.50% |
| 2021 | $431 +11.7% | 0.57% |
| 2020 | $386 | 0.53% |
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.
Calhoun County: tax takes only 0.8% of income
Counties near Calhoun County's effective rate
On effective rate, Calhoun County sits nearest Pinal County (AZ), Mobile County (AL), Cheyenne County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bexar County (TX), Walla Walla County (WA), Leake County (MS).
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
Calhoun County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 1,870 returns from Calhoun County reported real estate taxes, averaging $925 - 100% 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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Calhoun County rate FAQs
- How does Calhoun County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Calhoun County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.47% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Calhoun County?
- Calhoun County, Arkansas scores A+ (95/100) 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 income room at A+ (0.8%). 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 Calhoun County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Calhoun County is $515, an effective rate of 0.47% on a $110,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Calhoun County?
- Property taxes in Calhoun County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.8% of the $66,809 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Calhoun County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Calhoun County is recorded at $515 in the 2024 5-year release against $386 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 1,484 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 to do with Calhoun County's QUIET rate
Calhoun County's $515 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 0.8% of Calhoun County's $66,809 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Calhoun County's QUIET 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: 0.47%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $515/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Calhoun County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Calhoun County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Cullman County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $516/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.26% vs Calhoun County 0.47%.
Sevier County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $514/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.44% vs Calhoun County 0.47%.
Bent County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $517/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.35% vs Calhoun County 0.47%.
Grant County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $513/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.49% vs Calhoun County 0.47%.
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Calhoun 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 Calhoun County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.