Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Itawamba County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Itawamba County pays $835 a year, an effective rate of 0.59%, far below the U.S. average.
- $835
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.59%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -58%
- vs U.S. average
- #68 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Itawamba County pay a median $835 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.59%, more affordable than 73% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $835
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.59%
- Effective rate on median home
- #846 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -58%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($142,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Itawamba County, MS
73/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median tax as a share of Itawamba County's median household income
Itawamba County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Itawamba County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median home value relative to Itawamba County's median income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Itawamba County
Read the chart values
- Income room: 84/100 (A-) · 1.5%
- Bill size: 84/100 (A-) · $835/yr
- Rate relief: 73/100 (B) · 0.59%
- Housing pressure: 67/100 (B-) · 2.56×
- Mortgage premium: 47/100 (D) · +$330
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 24,036. Owner-occupied homes: 7,595.
The median annual property tax in Itawamba County is $835, which is 31% lower than the Mississippi state average and 58% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.59% on a median home value of $142,400. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Itawamba County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Itawamba County pay a median annual property tax of $835, far below the national median and well below the Mississippi state median. On a $142,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.59% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Mississippi counties by effective rate
Itawamba County ranks #68 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (16% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Itawamba County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $55,546 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Itawamba County's 0.59% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 73%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Itawamba County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making 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 Itawamba County rose 57.0%, from $90,700 to $142,400. The effective rate fell 20.7% over the same span, a steeper move than in 85% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 24.4%, to $835. 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $671 to $835, a gain of 24%. 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: 2,685 of 7,595 owner-occupied homes (35.4%) 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 1.5% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
37.3% of Itawamba County homes owned free and clear (1,559 of 4,180) report no property tax at all, against 16.1% 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 Itawamba County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Itawamba County homeowners, 2,685 of 7,595 owner-occupied homes (35.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 35.4% (2,685)
- $800 to $1,499 17.1% (1,296)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.3% (630)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.0% (532)
- $3,000 or more 4.5% (342)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,110 homes here (27.8%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Itawamba County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Itawamba County pay a substantially higher bill, 48% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
How Itawamba County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Itawamba County's effective rate is higher than 16% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #68 of 81 for property tax burden.
Where Itawamba County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.59% Among the most affordable more affordable than 73% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Mississippi on both measures
Itawamba County's effective rate runs 18% under the Mississippi median and its bill 31% 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 $835 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Mississippi norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Itawamba County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Itawamba County | Mississippi 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 | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Itawamba County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - still check the parcel card
On Itawamba County's published figures (QUIET · LIGHT), a $142,400 median home carries a $835 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $84 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Mississippi.
Property Tax History · QUIET · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $835 +7.2% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | $779 +7.3% | 0.64% |
| 2022 | $726 +13.6% | 0.64% |
| 2021 | $639 -4.8% | 0.64% |
| 2020 | $671 | 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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate well below the national average of 0.92% puts Itawamba County in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Itawamba County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Itawamba County sits nearest St. Charles Parish (LA), Nicholas County (KY), Franklin County (IN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Riverside County (CA), Haywood County (TN), Brown County (MN).
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
What tax filers report in Itawamba County
Of the 9,650 federal returns filed from Itawamba County in 2022, 180 (1.9% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $3,111 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 44% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Itawamba County's numbers
- Itawamba County's $835 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 1.5% of Itawamba County's $55,546 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Itawamba County ranks #68 of 81 Mississippi counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Mississippi overview →
- If Itawamba County's assessment looks high versus the $142,400 typical home, check Mississippi's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($142,400); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Itawamba County, both outside Mississippi so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.59%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $835/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Itawamba County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Itawamba County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Kent County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Itawamba County at $835/yr; rate 0.68% vs Itawamba County 0.59%.
Carroll County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $834/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Itawamba County 0.59%.
Hampshire County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $836/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.38% vs Itawamba County 0.59%.
Jackson County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $834/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Itawamba County 0.59%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Itawamba 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Itawamba County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.