Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Conway County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Conway County pays $862 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, far below the U.S. average.
- $862
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -57%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Conway County pay a median $862 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $862
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -57%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($154,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 21,054. Owner-occupied homes: 6,133.
The median annual property tax in Conway County is $862, which is 17% lower than the Arkansas state average and 57% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $154,100. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Conway County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Conway County's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Conway County pay a median annual property tax of $862, far below the national median and notably lower than the Arkansas state median. On a $154,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Conway County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $54,187 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Arkansas counties by effective rate
Conway County ranks #24 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (68% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Conway 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 held while the market moved
Conway County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 7.4% up, against a median home value that rose 35.8%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 45.9%, from $591 to $862.
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 46% from $591 to $862. 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: 2,576 of 6,133 owner-occupied homes (42.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.6% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Conway County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Conway County homeowners, 2,576 of 6,133 owner-occupied homes (42.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 42.0% (2,576)
- $800 to $1,499 27.1% (1,660)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.2% (565)
- $2,000 to $2,999 6.8% (414)
- $3,000 or more 4.6% (284)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
634 homes here (10.3%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Conway County, mortgaged homeowners pay 14% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Conway County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Conway County's effective rate is higher than 68% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #24 of 75.
Where Conway County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% 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 Conway County moved from $591 in the 2020 release to $862 in 2024, a change of about 46%. 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.
Conway County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Conway County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.6% | - | - |
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.
Conway County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Conway County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $862 +20.1% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $718 +20.3% | 0.52% |
| 2022 | $597 +1.9% | 0.46% |
| 2021 | $586 -0.8% | 0.50% |
| 2020 | $591 | 0.52% |
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.
Conway County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Conway County's effective rate
On effective rate, Conway County sits nearest Wrangell City and Borough (AK), Phillips County (CO), Hart County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Knox County (TX), Robertson County (TX), Upson County (GA).
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
Conway County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 280 of 8,570 returns from Conway County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,868 - 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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Conway County rate FAQs
- How does Conway County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Conway County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Conway County?
- Conway County, Arkansas scores B+ (76/100) 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 A- ($862/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.
- What is the average property tax in Conway County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Conway County is $862, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $154,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Conway County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Conway County jumped 45.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $591 to $862, 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 Conway County?
- Property taxes in Conway County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $54,187 median household income.
What to do with Conway County's QUIET rate
Conway County's $862 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 1.6% of Conway County's $54,187 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Conway County's QUIET 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $862/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Conway County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Conway County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Grant Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Conway County at $862/yr; rate 0.60% vs Conway County 0.56%.
Hamblen County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Conway County at $862/yr; rate 0.41% vs Conway County 0.56%.
Humphreys County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $861/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.98% vs Conway County 0.56%.
Lafayette County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $863/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Conway County 0.56%.
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Conway County stamps QUIET · 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 Conway County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.