Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Dunklin County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Dunklin County pays $688 a year, an effective rate of 0.70%, far below the U.S. average.
- $688
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.70%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -65%
- vs U.S. average
- #61 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Dunklin County pay a median $688 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.70%, more affordable than 60% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $688
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.70%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1260 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -65%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($97,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 27,493. Owner-occupied homes: 7,011.
The median annual property tax in Dunklin County is $688, which is 65% lower than the Missouri state average and 65% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.70% on a median home value of $97,600. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Why Dunklin County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Dunklin County pay a median annual property tax of $688, far below the national median and far below the Missouri state median. On a $97,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.70% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Dunklin County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $47,849 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Dunklin County's 0.70% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 60%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Missouri counties by effective rate
Dunklin County ranks #61 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (47% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Dunklin 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
Dunklin County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.4% down, against a median home value that rose 24.3%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 18.8%, from $579 to $688.
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 $579 to $688, a gain of 19%. 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: 3,886 of 7,011 owner-occupied homes (55.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.4% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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 Dunklin County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Dunklin County homeowners, 3,886 of 7,011 owner-occupied homes (55.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 55.4% (3,886)
- $800 to $1,499 25.7% (1,804)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.2% (647)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.0% (349)
- $3,000 or more 3.0% (213)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
112 homes here (1.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Dunklin County pay a substantially higher bill, 30% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Dunklin County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Dunklin County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Dunklin County's median bill is 65% below the Missouri median and 65% below the U.S. median.
Below Missouri on both measures
Dunklin County's effective rate runs 18% under the Missouri median and its bill 65% 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 $688 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.
Dunklin County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Dunklin County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Dunklin County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.
Dunklin County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $688 +5.7% | 0.70% |
| 2023 | $651 -3.6% | 0.69% |
| 2022 | $675 +10.3% | 0.72% |
| 2021 | $612 +5.7% | 0.75% |
| 2020 | $579 | 0.74% |
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.
Dunklin County: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Dunklin County's median bill
On effective rate, Dunklin County sits nearest Stone County (MS), Monroe County (MS), Lincoln County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Poinsett County (AR), Jefferson County (TN), Brazos 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
Dunklin County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 230 of 10,630 returns from Dunklin County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,135 - 30% 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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Dunklin County bill FAQs
- How does Dunklin County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Dunklin County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.70% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Dunklin County?
- Property taxes in Dunklin County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $47,849 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Dunklin County?
- Dunklin County, Missouri scores B+ (77/100) 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+ ($688/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 Dunklin County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Dunklin County is $688, an effective rate of 0.70% on a $97,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Dunklin County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Dunklin County climbed 18.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $579 to $688, 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 Dunklin County's LIGHT bill
Dunklin County's $688 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 1.4% of Dunklin County's $47,849 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Dunklin County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.70%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $688/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Dunklin County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Dunklin County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Bledsoe County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dunklin County at $688/yr; rate 0.36% vs Dunklin County 0.70%.
Cherokee County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Dunklin County at $688/yr; rate 0.38% vs Dunklin County 0.70%.
Dewey County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $689/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Dunklin County 0.70%.
Jackson County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $687/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Dunklin County 0.70%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Dunklin 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 Dunklin County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.