Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Christian County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Christian County pays $1,938 a year, an effective rate of 0.70%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,938
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.70%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -3%
- vs U.S. average
- #61 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Christian County pay a median $1,938 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.70%, more affordable than 60% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,938
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.70%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1260 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -3%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($274,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 92,915. Owner-occupied homes: 26,676.
The median annual property tax in Christian County is $1,938, which is 1% lower than the Missouri state average and 3% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.70% on a median home value of $274,900. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Christian County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Christian County's 0.70% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 60%).
Decision signal 2
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Christian County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $83,437 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Christian County pay a median annual property tax of $1,938, modestly below the national median and roughly in line with the Missouri state median. On a $274,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.70% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Missouri counties by effective rate
Christian County ranks #61 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Christian 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 12.2% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 50% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 50.4%, the median bill rose 32.1% to $1,938: 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 32% from $1,467 to $1,938. 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 plurality of owner-occupied homes here falls in the $2,000 to $2,999 band, at 6,942 of 26,676 (26.0%). This shows the reported distribution around the county median, while individual assessments can vary.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 2.3% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Christian County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Christian County homeowners, 6,942 of 26,676 owner-occupied homes (26.0%), pays $2,000 to $2,999 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.9% (2,385)
- $800 to $1,499 22.8% (6,084)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.7% (5,260)
- $2,000 to $2,999 26.0% (6,942)
- $3,000 or more 20.5% (5,473)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
532 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 Christian County pay about the same bill, a 6% gap.
Christian County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Christian County's effective rate is higher than 47% of the 115 counties in Missouri - ranking #61 of 115.
Where Christian County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.70% Among the most affordable more affordable than 60% 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 Christian County moved from $1,467 in the 2020 release to $1,938 in 2024, a change of about 32%. 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.
Christian County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Christian County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Christian County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.
Christian County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,938 +3.2% | 0.70% |
| 2023 | $1,878 +9.0% | 0.75% |
| 2022 | $1,723 +11.3% | 0.75% |
| 2021 | $1,548 +5.5% | 0.79% |
| 2020 | $1,467 | 0.80% |
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.
Christian County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Christian County's effective rate
On effective rate, Christian County sits nearest Stone County (MS), Monroe County (MS), Lincoln County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lake County (CA), Skagit County (WA), Lincoln County (TN).
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
Christian County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,430 of 42,030 returns from Christian County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,921 - 38% 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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Christian County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Christian County?
- Christian County, Missouri scores C (56/100) 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 mortgage premium at B+ (+$104). 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 Christian County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Christian County is $1,938, an effective rate of 0.70% on a $274,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Christian County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Christian County jumped 32.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,467 to $1,938, 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 Christian County?
- Property taxes in Christian County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $83,437 median household income.
- How does Christian County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Christian County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.70% versus 0.92% nationally.
What to do with Christian County's UNDER rate
At Christian County's 0.70% effective rate, a $274,900 home implies about $1,938/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Christian County ranks #61 of 115 Missouri counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Missouri overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Christian 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: 0.70%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,938/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Christian County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Christian County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Burt County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,937/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.32% vs Christian County 0.70%.
Madison County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,937/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Christian County 0.70%.
Williams County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,939/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Christian County 0.70%.
Dickinson County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,940/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.27% vs Christian County 0.70%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Christian County stamps UNDER · MID - 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 Christian County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.