Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Clinton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Clinton County pays $1,845 a year, an effective rate of 0.81%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,845
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.81%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -7%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Clinton County pay a median $1,845 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.81%, more affordable than 49% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,845
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.81%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1591 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -7%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($226,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Clinton County, MO
51/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Clinton County
Clinton County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median tax as a share of Clinton County's median household income
Clinton County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median home value relative to Clinton County's median income
Read the chart values
- Mortgage premium: 82/100 (A-) · +$64
- Rate relief: 49/100 (D) · 0.81%
- Income room: 46/100 (D) · 2.6%
- Bill size: 43/100 (D) · $1,845/yr
- Housing pressure: 40/100 (D) · 3.21×
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 21,414. Owner-occupied homes: 6,309.
The median annual property tax in Clinton County is $1,845, which is 5% lower than the Missouri state average and 7% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.81% on a median home value of $226,800. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Clinton County
Primary signal
Low among Missouri counties by effective rate
Clinton County ranks #24 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (79% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 2
The bill is near the usual comparison points
Homeowners in Clinton County pay a median annual property tax of $1,845, modestly below the national median and modestly below the Missouri state median. On a $226,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.81% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Clinton County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $70,627 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Clinton County's 0.81% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 49%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Clinton County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
A falling rate took the edge off
Clinton County's effective rate fell 16.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 41.0%, leaving the median bill 18.3% higher at $1,845. That rate move is larger than the one in 69% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,559 to $1,845, a gain of 18%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 1,853 of 6,309 owner-occupied homes (29.4%). 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 2.6% 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 Clinton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Clinton County homeowners, 1,853 of 6,309 owner-occupied homes (29.4%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 7.8% (494)
- $800 to $1,499 29.4% (1,853)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.4% (1,035)
- $2,000 to $2,999 28.2% (1,779)
- $3,000 or more 15.2% (960)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
188 homes here (3.0%) 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 Clinton County pay about the same bill, a 4% gap.
How Clinton County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Clinton County's effective rate is higher than 79% of the 115 counties in Missouri - ranking #24 of 115 for property tax burden.
Where Clinton County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.81% more affordable than 49% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Close to the Missouri median on both measures
Rate and bill both land within 10% of the Missouri medians here, which makes Clinton County a reasonable stand-in for the state when comparing against counties elsewhere. It also means the county-level figure adds little beyond the state figure for this particular comparison; the $1,845 median bill and the state median tell substantially the same story.
Clinton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Clinton County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Clinton County stamps UNDER · MID - still check the parcel card
On Clinton County's published figures (UNDER · MID), a $226,800 median home carries a $1,845 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $185 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Missouri.
Property Tax History · UNDER · MID
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,845 +4.9% | 0.81% |
| 2023 | $1,758 +2.1% | 0.86% |
| 2022 | $1,722 +7.4% | 0.92% |
| 2021 | $1,603 +2.8% | 0.98% |
| 2020 | $1,559 | 0.97% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate notably lower than the national average of 0.92% puts Clinton County in the "Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Clinton County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Clinton County sits nearest Forrest County (MS), Stevens County (MN), Henry County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Rock County (WI), Refugio County (TX), Sweetwater County (WY).
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
What tax filers report in Clinton County
Of the 10,040 federal returns filed from Clinton County in 2022, 380 (3.8% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $2,850 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 42% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Clinton County's numbers
- At Clinton County's 0.81% effective rate, a $226,800 home implies about $1,845/yr - plug in your own assessed value rather than quoting the county median. Estimate your bill →
- Clinton County ranks #24 of 115 Missouri counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Missouri overview →
- If Clinton County's assessment looks high versus the $226,800 typical home, check Missouri's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($226,800); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Clinton County, both outside Missouri so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.81%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,845/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Clinton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Clinton County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Frederick County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,846/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Clinton County 0.81%.
Allen County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,847/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.12% vs Clinton County 0.81%.
Bonner County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,847/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.38% vs Clinton County 0.81%.
Floyd County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,847/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.85% vs Clinton County 0.81%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Clinton 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Clinton County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.