Indiana · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clark County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clark County pays $1,716 a year, an effective rate of 0.77%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,716
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.77%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -14%
- vs U.S. average
- #20 of 92
- rank in IN
The verdict
Homeowners in Clark County pay a median $1,716 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.77%, more affordable than 53% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,716
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.77%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1476 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -14%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($222,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Indiana. Population: 124,354. Owner-occupied homes: 38,300.
The median annual property tax in Clark County is $1,716, which is 6% higher than the Indiana state average and 14% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.77% on a median home value of $222,900. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Clark County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Clark County's 0.77% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 53%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Indiana counties by effective rate
Clark County ranks #20 of 92 counties in Indiana by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Clark County pay a median annual property tax of $1,716, notably lower than the national median and modestly above the Indiana state median. On a $222,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.77% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Clark County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $74,214 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clark 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 7.8% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 68% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 46.6%, the median bill rose 35.2% to $1,716: 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 35% from $1,269 to $1,716. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 9,269 of 38,300 owner-occupied homes (24.2%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.3% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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 Clark County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clark County homeowners, 9,269 of 38,300 owner-occupied homes (24.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.8% (6,439)
- $800 to $1,499 24.2% (9,269)
- $1,500 to $1,999 18.0% (6,887)
- $2,000 to $2,999 24.2% (9,261)
- $3,000 or more 14.4% (5,504)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
940 homes here (2.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Indiana handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Clark County pay about the same bill, a 6% gap.
Clark County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clark County's effective rate is higher than 78% of the 92 counties in Indiana - ranking #20 of 92.
Where Clark County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.77% more affordable than 53% 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 Clark County moved from $1,269 in the 2020 release to $1,716 in 2024, a change of about 35%. 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.
Clark County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clark County | Indiana 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.
Clark County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Indiana counties.
Clark County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,716 +9.6% | 0.77% |
| 2023 | $1,566 +7.2% | 0.74% |
| 2022 | $1,461 +10.3% | 0.75% |
| 2021 | $1,325 +4.4% | 0.81% |
| 2020 | $1,269 | 0.83% |
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.
Clark County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Clark County's effective rate
On effective rate, Clark County sits nearest Volusia County (FL), Martin County (FL), Yolo County (CA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Ouray County (CO), Goliad County (TX), Clarendon County (SC).
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
Clark County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,610 of 61,150 returns from Clark County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,931 - 36% 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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Clark County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Clark County?
- Clark County, Indiana 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 mortgage premium at B+ (+$97). 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 Clark County, Indiana?
- The median annual property tax in Clark County is $1,716, an effective rate of 0.77% on a $222,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Clark County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Clark County jumped 35.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,269 to $1,716, 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.
- How does Clark County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Clark County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.77% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Clark County?
- Property taxes in Clark County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $74,214 median household income.
What to do with Clark County's UNDER rate
At Clark County's 0.77% effective rate, a $222,900 home implies about $1,716/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
Clark County ranks #20 of 92 Indiana counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Indiana overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Clark 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: 0.77%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,716/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clark County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clark County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Franklin County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Clark County at $1,716/yr; rate 0.79% vs Clark County 0.77%.
Coffey County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,717/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.09% vs Clark County 0.77%.
Elkhart County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,717/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.82% vs Clark County 0.77%.
Potter County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,717/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.42% vs Clark County 0.77%.
Indiana county set
State ACS overview for every published Indiana county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Clark 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 Clark County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.