Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Garvin County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Garvin County pays $818 a year, an effective rate of 0.55%, far below the U.S. average.
- $818
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.55%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -59%
- vs U.S. average
- #59 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Garvin County pay a median $818 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.55%, more affordable than 78% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $818
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.55%
- Effective rate on median home
- #694 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -59%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($147,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 25,860. Owner-occupied homes: 6,845.
The median annual property tax in Garvin County is $818, which is 49% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 59% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.55% on a median home value of $147,800. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Garvin County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Garvin County's 0.55% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 78%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Garvin County pay a median annual property tax of $818, far below the national median and well below the Oklahoma state median. On a $147,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.55% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Garvin County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $58,556 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Garvin County ranks #59 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (23% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Garvin 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
Garvin County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 1.4% down, against a median home value that rose 42.3%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 40.3%, from $583 to $818.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 40% from $583 to $818. 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: 3,217 of 6,845 owner-occupied homes (47.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.4% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Garvin County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Garvin County homeowners, 3,217 of 6,845 owner-occupied homes (47.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 47.0% (3,217)
- $800 to $1,499 23.9% (1,639)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.1% (689)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.2% (632)
- $3,000 or more 5.2% (353)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
315 homes here (4.6%) 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 Garvin County pay a substantially higher bill, 57% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Garvin County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Garvin County's effective rate is higher than 23% of the 77 counties in Oklahoma - ranking #59 of 77.
Where Garvin County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.55% Among the most affordable more affordable than 78% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Garvin County moved from $583 in the 2020 release to $818 in 2024, a change of about 40%. 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.
Garvin County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Garvin County | Oklahoma Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low 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.
Garvin County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Garvin County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $818 +9.1% | 0.55% |
| 2023 | $750 +4.6% | 0.57% |
| 2022 | $717 +12.2% | 0.58% |
| 2021 | $639 +9.6% | 0.59% |
| 2020 | $583 | 0.56% |
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.
Garvin County: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Garvin County's effective rate
On effective rate, Garvin County sits nearest Otero County (NM), Los Alamos County (NM), Musselshell County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Volusia County (FL), Cabarrus County (NC), Pottawatomie 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
Garvin County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 320 of 11,070 returns from Garvin County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,084 - 34% 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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Garvin County rate FAQs
- How does Garvin County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Garvin County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.55% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Garvin County?
- Garvin County, Oklahoma scores B+ (75/100) 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 A (1.4%). 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 Garvin County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Garvin County is $818, an effective rate of 0.55% on a $147,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Garvin County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Garvin County jumped 40.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $583 to $818, 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 Garvin County?
- Property taxes in Garvin County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $58,556 median household income.
What to do with Garvin County's QUIET rate
Garvin County's $818 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 Garvin County's $58,556 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Garvin 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: 0.55%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $818/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Garvin County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Garvin County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Mineral County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Garvin County at $818/yr; rate 0.45% vs Garvin County 0.55%.
Benson County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $817/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.91% vs Garvin County 0.55%.
Green County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $817/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.65% vs Garvin County 0.55%.
Greene County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $819/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Garvin County 0.55%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Garvin 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 Garvin County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.