Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Carroll County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Carroll County pays $924 a year, an effective rate of 0.79%, far below the U.S. average.
- $924
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.79%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -54%
- vs U.S. average
- #33 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Carroll County pay a median $924 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.79%, more affordable than 51% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $924
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.79%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1538 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -54%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($117,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 8,411. Owner-occupied homes: 2,533.
The median annual property tax in Carroll County is $924, which is 53% lower than the Missouri state average and 54% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.79% on a median home value of $117,500. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Carroll County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Carroll County pay a median annual property tax of $924, far below the national median and far below the Missouri state median. On a $117,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.79% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Carroll County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $62,154 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Missouri counties by effective rate
Carroll County ranks #33 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (71% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Carroll County's 0.79% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 51%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Carroll 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Carroll County rose 25.8%, from $93,400 to $117,500. The effective rate fell 23.3% over the same span, a steeper move than in 90% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 3.5%, to $924. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $958 in 2020 to $924 in 2024, a fall of 4%. 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: 1,055 of 2,533 owner-occupied homes (41.7%) 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 1.5% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Carroll County fell from $958 to $924, a change of -3.5%. 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 Carroll County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Carroll County homeowners, 1,055 of 2,533 owner-occupied homes (41.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 41.7% (1,055)
- $800 to $1,499 31.0% (786)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.5% (291)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.9% (250)
- $3,000 or more 4.0% (101)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
50 homes here (2.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Carroll County pay about the same bill, a 5% gap.
Carroll County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Carroll County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Carroll County's median bill is 53% below the Missouri median and 54% below the U.S. median.
Same rate as Missouri, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 7% of the Missouri median, yet the median bill runs 53% 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 $924 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Carroll County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Carroll County | Missouri 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 | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Carroll County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.
Carroll County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $924 -1.0% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | $933 +0.2% | 0.84% |
| 2022 | $931 +2.0% | 0.88% |
| 2021 | $913 -4.7% | 0.98% |
| 2020 | $958 | 1.03% |
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.
Carroll County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Carroll County's median bill
On effective rate, Carroll County sits nearest Wilkin County (MN), Murray County (MN), Benzie County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Essex County (VA), Franklin Parish (LA), Greer County (OK).
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
Carroll County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 4,030 returns from Carroll County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,850 - 38% 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.
Other Counties in Missouri
Carroll County bill FAQs
- How does Carroll County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Carroll County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.79% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Carroll County?
- Property taxes in Carroll County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $62,154 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Carroll County?
- Carroll County, Missouri scores B+ (75/100) 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 A+ (1.89×). 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 Carroll County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Carroll County is $924, an effective rate of 0.79% on a $117,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Carroll County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Carroll County eased 3.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $958 to $924, 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 Carroll County's LIGHT bill
Carroll County's $924 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 1.5% of Carroll County's $62,154 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Carroll 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: 0.79%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $924/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Carroll County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Carroll County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Pemiscot County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $925/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.95% vs Carroll County 0.79%.
Rio Grande County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $925/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.39% vs Carroll County 0.79%.
Webster County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $925/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.12% vs Carroll County 0.79%.
Marion County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $922/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.75% vs Carroll County 0.79%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Carroll 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 Carroll County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.