Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Ellis County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Ellis County pays $877 a year, an effective rate of 0.74%, far below the U.S. average.
- $877
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.74%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -56%
- vs U.S. average
- #18 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Ellis County pay a median $877 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.74%, more affordable than 56% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $877
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.74%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1390 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -56%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($119,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 3,683. Owner-occupied homes: 1,213.
The median annual property tax in Ellis County is $877, which is 45% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 56% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.74% on a median home value of $119,100. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Why Ellis County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Ellis County pay a median annual property tax of $877, far below the national median and well below the Oklahoma state median. On a $119,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.74% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Ellis County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $61,016 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Low among Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Ellis County ranks #18 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (77% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Ellis County's 0.74% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 56%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 4.3%, from $916 to $877. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Ellis 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 26% from $694 to $877. 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: 536 of 1,213 owner-occupied homes (44.2%) 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 1.4% 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 Ellis County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Ellis County homeowners, 536 of 1,213 owner-occupied homes (44.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 44.2% (536)
- $800 to $1,499 26.1% (317)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.4% (126)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.8% (58)
- $3,000 or more 7.8% (95)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
81 homes here (6.7%) 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 Ellis County pay a substantially higher bill, 36% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Ellis County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Ellis County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Ellis County's median bill is 45% below the Oklahoma median and 56% below the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Ellis County moved from $694 in the 2020 release to $877 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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.
Ellis County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Ellis County | Oklahoma Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax 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.
Ellis County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Ellis County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $877 -4.3% | 0.74% |
| 2023 | $916 +23.6% | 0.75% |
| 2022 | $741 +11.8% | 0.69% |
| 2021 | $663 -4.5% | 0.70% |
| 2020 | $694 | 0.72% |
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.
Ellis County: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Ellis County's median bill
On effective rate, Ellis County sits nearest Lee County (NC), Jones County (NC), Mineral County (NV).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lowndes County (MS), Mason County (MI), Galveston 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
Ellis County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 1,570 returns from Ellis County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,750 - 100% 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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Ellis County bill FAQs
- How does Ellis County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Ellis County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.74% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Ellis County?
- Property taxes in Ellis County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $61,016 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Ellis County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Ellis County is recorded at $877 in the 2024 5-year release against $694 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,213 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Ellis County?
- Ellis County, Oklahoma scores B (72/100) 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 housing pressure at A (1.95×). 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 Ellis County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Ellis County is $877, an effective rate of 0.74% on a $119,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
What to do with Ellis County's LIGHT bill
Ellis County's $877 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 Ellis County's $61,016 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Ellis 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: 0.74%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $877/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Ellis County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Ellis County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ellis County at $877/yr; rate 0.45% vs Ellis County 0.74%.
Castro County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $876/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Ellis County 0.74%.
Dent County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $878/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Ellis County 0.74%.
Pawnee County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $876/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Ellis County 0.74%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Ellis 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 Ellis County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.