Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Drew County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Drew County pays $664 a year, an effective rate of 0.47%, far below the U.S. average.
- $664
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.47%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -67%
- vs U.S. average
- #59 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Drew County pay a median $664 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.47%, more affordable than 87% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $664
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.47%
- Effective rate on median home
- #418 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -67%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($140,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 17,046. Owner-occupied homes: 4,585.
The median annual property tax in Drew County is $664, which is 36% lower than the Arkansas state average and 67% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.47% on a median home value of $140,800. Property taxes represent 1.6% of the median household income in this county.
Drew County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Drew County's 0.47% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 87%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Drew County pay a median annual property tax of $664, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $140,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.47% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Drew County ranks #59 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (21% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Drew County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $42,824 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Drew 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Drew County's effective rate fell 13.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 37.6%, leaving the median bill 19.6% higher at $664. That rate move is larger than the one in 54% 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 $555 to $664, a gain of 20%. 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: 2,399 of 4,585 owner-occupied homes (52.3%) 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 Drew County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Drew County homeowners, 2,399 of 4,585 owner-occupied homes (52.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 52.3% (2,399)
- $800 to $1,499 17.7% (811)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.3% (472)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.9% (360)
- $3,000 or more 2.2% (100)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
443 homes here (9.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Drew County, mortgaged homeowners pay 16% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Drew County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Drew County's effective rate is higher than 21% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #59 of 75.
Where Drew County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.47% Among the most affordable more affordable than 87% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Arkansas on both measures
Drew County's effective rate runs 15% under the Arkansas median and its bill 36% 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 $664 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Arkansas norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Drew County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Drew County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very 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.
Drew County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Drew County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $664 +16.1% | 0.47% |
| 2023 | $572 -1.0% | 0.45% |
| 2022 | $578 -0.2% | 0.47% |
| 2021 | $579 +4.3% | 0.56% |
| 2020 | $555 | 0.54% |
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.
Drew County: tax takes only 1.6% of income
Counties near Drew County's effective rate
On effective rate, Drew County sits nearest Pinal County (AZ), Mobile County (AL), Cheyenne County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Carbon County (WY), Alcona County (MI), Anderson County (KS).
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
Drew County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 240 of 7,120 returns from Drew County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,779 - 38% 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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Drew County rate FAQs
- How does Drew County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Drew County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.47% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Drew County?
- Drew County, Arkansas scores A- (81/100) 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+ ($664/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 Drew County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Drew County is $664, an effective rate of 0.47% on a $140,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Drew County?
- Property taxes in Drew County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.6% of the $42,824 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Drew County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Drew County climbed 19.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $555 to $664, 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 Drew County's QUIET rate
Drew County's $664 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 Drew County's $42,824 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Drew 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: 0.47%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $664/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Drew County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Drew County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Sedgwick County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Drew County at $664/yr; rate 0.45% vs Drew County 0.47%.
Greenbrier County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $663/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.44% vs Drew County 0.47%.
Murray County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $665/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.42% vs Drew County 0.47%.
Clarke County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $666/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.56% vs Drew County 0.47%.
Allendale County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Drew County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.88% vs 0.47%).
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Drew 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 Drew County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.