Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Creek County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Creek County pays $1,298 a year, an effective rate of 0.71%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,298
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.71%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -35%
- vs U.S. average
- #19 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Creek County pay a median $1,298 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.71%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,298
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.71%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1302 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -35%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($182,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 72,830. Owner-occupied homes: 21,016.
The median annual property tax in Creek County is $1,298, which is 19% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 35% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.71% on a median home value of $182,100. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Creek County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Creek County's 0.71% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Creek County pay a median annual property tax of $1,298, well below the national median and notably lower than the Oklahoma state median. On a $182,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.71% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Creek County ranks #19 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (75% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Creek County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $62,338 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Creek 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 11.3% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 54% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 39.8%, the median bill rose 24.0% to $1,298: 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,047 to $1,298, a gain of 24%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 6,324 of 21,016 owner-occupied homes (30.1%) 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 2.1% 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 Creek County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Creek County homeowners, 6,324 of 21,016 owner-occupied homes (30.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 30.1% (6,324)
- $800 to $1,499 25.0% (5,251)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.3% (2,804)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.2% (2,988)
- $3,000 or more 12.0% (2,531)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,118 homes here (5.3%) 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 Creek County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+83%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Creek County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Creek County's effective rate is higher than 75% of the 77 counties in Oklahoma - ranking #19 of 77.
Where Creek County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.71% more affordable than 58% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Creek County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Creek 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 | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Creek County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Creek County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,298 +2.9% | 0.71% |
| 2023 | $1,261 +4.0% | 0.74% |
| 2022 | $1,212 +8.1% | 0.76% |
| 2021 | $1,121 +7.1% | 0.80% |
| 2020 | $1,047 | 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.
Creek County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Creek County's effective rate
On effective rate, Creek County sits nearest Warren County (NC), Wake County (NC), Nash County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Missaukee County (MI), Lassen County (CA), Jones County (TX).
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
Creek County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,410 of 30,420 returns from Creek County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,899 - 35% 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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Creek County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Creek County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Creek County is $1,298, an effective rate of 0.71% on a $182,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Creek County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Creek County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.71% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Creek County?
- Creek County, Oklahoma scores C- (54/100) 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 income room at C+ (2.1%). 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 Creek County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Creek County jumped 24.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,047 to $1,298, 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 Creek County?
- Property taxes in Creek County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $62,338 median household income.
What to do with Creek County's UNDER rate
Creek County's $1,298 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 →
Creek County ranks #19 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 Creek 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: 0.71%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,298/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Creek County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Creek County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Elbert County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Creek County at $1,298/yr; rate 0.91% vs Creek County 0.71%.
Beaufort County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,300/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.67% vs Creek County 0.71%.
Gates County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,296/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.76% vs Creek County 0.71%.
Henry County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,296/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.81% vs Creek County 0.71%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Creek 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 Creek County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.