Kentucky · County property tax · ACS 2024
Hickman County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Hickman County pays $779 a year, an effective rate of 0.67%, far below the U.S. average.
- $779
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.67%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -61%
- vs U.S. average
- #63 of 120
- rank in KY
The verdict
Homeowners in Hickman County pay a median $779 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.67%, more affordable than 63% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $779
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.67%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1158 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -61%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($115,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Kentucky. Population: 4,439. Owner-occupied homes: 1,226.
The median annual property tax in Hickman County is $779, which is 50% lower than the Kentucky state average and 61% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.67% on a median home value of $115,700. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Hickman County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Hickman County's 0.67% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 63%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Hickman County pay a median annual property tax of $779, far below the national median and far below the Kentucky state median. On a $115,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.67% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Hickman County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $60,867 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Kentucky counties by effective rate
Hickman County ranks #63 of 120 counties in Kentucky by effective rate (48% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Hickman 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 Hickman County rose 36.1%, from $85,000 to $115,700. The effective rate fell 29.9% over the same span, a steeper move than in 97% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 4.5%, to $779. 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $816 in 2020 to $779 in 2024, a fall of 5%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 525 of 1,226 owner-occupied homes (42.8%) 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 1.3% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Hickman County fell from $816 to $779, a change of -4.5%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
20.8% of Hickman County homes owned free and clear (140 of 673) report no property tax at all, against 9.6% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Hickman County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Hickman County homeowners, 525 of 1,226 owner-occupied homes (42.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 42.8% (525)
- $800 to $1,499 15.8% (194)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.1% (62)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.7% (143)
- $3,000 or more 8.9% (109)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
193 homes here (15.7%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Kentucky handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Hickman County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+211%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Hickman County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Hickman County's effective rate is higher than 48% of the 120 counties in Kentucky - ranking #63 of 120.
Where Hickman County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.67% Among the most affordable more affordable than 63% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Hickman County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Hickman County | Kentucky Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Hickman County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Kentucky counties.
Hickman County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $779 +3.0% | 0.67% |
| 2023 | $756 -20.5% | 0.82% |
| 2022 | $951 +11.2% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $855 +4.8% | 1.00% |
| 2020 | $816 | 0.96% |
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.
Hickman County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Hickman County's effective rate
On effective rate, Hickman County sits nearest Warrick County (IN), Noble County (IN), Cobb County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Mathews County (VA), Wayne County (MS), Thomas County (NE).
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
Hickman County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 1,840 returns from Hickman County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,850 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Hickman County rate FAQs
- How does Hickman County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Hickman County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.67% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Hickman County?
- Hickman County, Kentucky 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 housing pressure at A+ (1.90×). 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 Hickman County, Kentucky?
- The median annual property tax in Hickman County is $779, an effective rate of 0.67% on a $115,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Hickman County?
- Property taxes in Hickman County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $60,867 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Hickman County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Hickman County eased 4.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $816 to $779, 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 Hickman County's QUIET rate
Hickman County's $779 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 1.3% of Hickman County's $60,867 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Hickman 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: 0.67%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $779/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Hickman County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Hickman County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Knox County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Hickman County at $779/yr; rate 0.66% vs Hickman County 0.67%.
Bertie County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $778/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Hickman County 0.67%.
Conejos County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $780/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.40% vs Hickman County 0.67%.
Leake County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $778/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Hickman County 0.67%.
Kentucky county set
State ACS overview for every published Kentucky county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Hickman 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 Hickman County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.