Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Carter County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Carter County pays $1,244 a year, an effective rate of 0.74%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,244
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.74%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -38%
- vs U.S. average
- #18 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Carter County pay a median $1,244 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.74%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,244
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.74%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1390 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -38%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($168,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 48,555. Owner-occupied homes: 12,731.
The median annual property tax in Carter County is $1,244, which is 22% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 38% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.74% on a median home value of $168,500. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Carter County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Carter County's 0.74% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Carter County pay a median annual property tax of $1,244, well below the national median and notably lower than the Oklahoma state median. On a $168,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.74% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Carter County ranks #18 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (77% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Carter County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $60,723 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Carter 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 8.6% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 66% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 43.5%, the median bill rose 31.2% to $1,244: 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 31% from $948 to $1,244. 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: 3,962 of 12,731 owner-occupied homes (31.1%) 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 2.0% 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 Carter County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Carter County homeowners, 3,962 of 12,731 owner-occupied homes (31.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 31.1% (3,962)
- $800 to $1,499 24.6% (3,135)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.9% (1,392)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.1% (2,049)
- $3,000 or more 11.6% (1,472)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
721 homes here (5.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oklahoma handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Carter County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+91%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Carter County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Carter County's effective rate is higher than 77% of the 77 counties in Oklahoma - ranking #18 of 77.
Where Carter County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.74% more affordable than 56% 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 Carter County moved from $948 in the 2020 release to $1,244 in 2024, a change of about 31%. 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.
Carter County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Carter County | Oklahoma 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 | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Carter County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Carter County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,244 +5.0% | 0.74% |
| 2023 | $1,185 +3.7% | 0.77% |
| 2022 | $1,143 +12.4% | 0.79% |
| 2021 | $1,017 +7.3% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | $948 | 0.81% |
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.
Carter County: tax-to-income at 2.0%
Counties near Carter County's effective rate
On effective rate, Carter County sits nearest Lee County (NC), Jones County (NC), Mineral County (NV).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Union County (OH), Traverse County (MN), Wright County (MN).
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
Carter County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 880 of 21,150 returns from Carter County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,709 - 33% 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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Carter County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Carter County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Carter County is $1,244, an effective rate of 0.74% on a $168,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Carter County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Carter County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.74% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Carter County?
- Carter County, Oklahoma scores C (55/100) 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 bill size at B- ($1,244/yr). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Carter County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Carter County jumped 31.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $948 to $1,244, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Carter County?
- Property taxes in Carter County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $60,723 median household income.
What to do with Carter County's UNDER rate
Carter County's $1,244 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 →
Carter County ranks #18 of 77 Oklahoma counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Oklahoma overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Carter 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: 0.74%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,244/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Carter County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Carter County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Warren County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Carter County at $1,244/yr; rate 0.80% vs Carter County 0.74%.
Floyd County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,245/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Carter County 0.74%.
Moniteau County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,245/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Carter County 0.74%.
Franklin County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,246/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.53% vs Carter County 0.74%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Carter 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 Carter County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.