Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Daviess County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Daviess County pays $1,067 a year, an effective rate of 0.66%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,067
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.66%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -46%
- vs U.S. average
- #73 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Daviess County pay a median $1,067 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.66%, more affordable than 64% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,067
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.66%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1116 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -46%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($161,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 8,477. Owner-occupied homes: 2,390.
The median annual property tax in Daviess County is $1,067, which is 45% lower than the Missouri state average and 46% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.66% on a median home value of $161,800. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Daviess County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Daviess County's 0.66% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 64%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Daviess County pay a median annual property tax of $1,067, well below the national median and well below the Missouri state median. On a $161,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.66% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Daviess County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $63,984 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Missouri counties by effective rate
Daviess County ranks #73 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (37% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Daviess 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Daviess County rose 41.2%, from $114,600 to $161,800. The effective rate fell 20.6% over the same span, a steeper move than in 85% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 12.1%, to $1,067. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $952 to $1,067, a gain of 12%. 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: 824 of 2,390 owner-occupied homes (34.5%) 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 1.7% 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 Daviess County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Daviess County homeowners, 824 of 2,390 owner-occupied homes (34.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 34.5% (824)
- $800 to $1,499 28.4% (678)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.3% (294)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.6% (325)
- $3,000 or more 7.8% (186)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
83 homes here (3.5%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Daviess County, mortgaged homeowners pay 21% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Daviess County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Daviess County's effective rate is higher than 37% of the 115 counties in Missouri - ranking #73 of 115.
Where Daviess County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.66% Among the most affordable more affordable than 64% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Missouri on both measures
Daviess County's effective rate runs 22% under the Missouri median and its bill 45% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,067 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Missouri norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Daviess County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Daviess County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Daviess County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.
Daviess County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,067 +0.9% | 0.66% |
| 2023 | $1,057 -2.7% | 0.71% |
| 2022 | $1,086 +4.7% | 0.81% |
| 2021 | $1,037 +8.9% | 0.92% |
| 2020 | $952 | 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.
Daviess County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Daviess County's effective rate
On effective rate, Daviess County sits nearest Yalobusha County (MS), Lamar County (MS), Calhoun County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Green Lake County (WI), Mineral County (WV), Racine County (WI).
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
Daviess County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 3,640 returns from Daviess County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,389 - 44% 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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Daviess County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Daviess County?
- Daviess County, Missouri scores B (71/100) 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 B+ (1.7%). 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.
- How does Daviess County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Daviess County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.66% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Daviess County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Daviess County is $1,067, an effective rate of 0.66% on a $161,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Daviess County?
- Property taxes in Daviess County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $63,984 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Daviess County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Daviess County climbed 12.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $952 to $1,067, 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 to do with Daviess County's QUIET rate
Daviess County's $1,067 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 1.7% of Daviess County's $63,984 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Daviess 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: 0.66%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,067/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Daviess County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Daviess County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Vernon County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Daviess County at $1,067/yr; rate 0.67% vs Daviess County 0.66%.
Delta County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,068/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.31% vs Daviess County 0.66%.
Judith Basin County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,066/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs Daviess County 0.66%.
Lincoln County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,066/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.72% vs Daviess County 0.66%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Daviess 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 Daviess County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.