Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Jackson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Jackson County pays $1,366 a year, an effective rate of 0.71%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,366
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.71%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -31%
- vs U.S. average
- #37 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Jackson County pay a median $1,366 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.71%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,366
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.71%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1302 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -31%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($193,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 145,249. Owner-occupied homes: 41,889.
The median annual property tax in Jackson County is $1,366, which is 12% higher than the Mississippi state average and 31% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.71% on a median home value of $193,100. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
Jackson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Jackson County's 0.71% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Jackson County pay a median annual property tax of $1,366, well below the national median and notably higher than the Mississippi state median. On a $193,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.71% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Jackson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $66,201 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Mississippi counties by effective rate
Jackson County ranks #37 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (54% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Jackson 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Jackson County's effective rate fell 14.2% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 35.0%, leaving the median bill 15.9% higher at $1,366. That rate move is larger than the one in 60% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $1,179 to $1,366, a gain of 16%. 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: 10,044 of 41,889 owner-occupied homes (24.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 2.1% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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
23.2% of Jackson County homes owned free and clear (4,415 of 19,008) 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 Jackson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Jackson County homeowners, 10,044 of 41,889 owner-occupied homes (24.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.0% (10,044)
- $800 to $1,499 22.4% (9,373)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.9% (3,742)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.8% (6,631)
- $3,000 or more 13.1% (5,479)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
6,620 homes here (15.8%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Jackson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+64%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Jackson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Jackson County's effective rate is higher than 54% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #37 of 81.
Where Jackson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.71% more affordable than 58% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Jackson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Jackson County | Mississippi Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Jackson County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Jackson County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,366 +2.6% | 0.71% |
| 2023 | $1,332 +4.2% | 0.73% |
| 2022 | $1,278 +5.4% | 0.79% |
| 2021 | $1,212 +2.8% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | $1,179 | 0.82% |
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.
Jackson County: tax-to-income at 2.1%
Counties near Jackson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Jackson County sits nearest Rock County (MN), St. Tammany Parish (LA), Owsley County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Langlade County (WI), Loudoun County (VA), Carroll County (AR).
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
Jackson County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,700 of 63,680 returns from Jackson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,676 - 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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Jackson County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Jackson County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Jackson County is $1,366, an effective rate of 0.71% on a $193,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Jackson County?
- Jackson County, Mississippi scores C (55/100) 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 C+ (2.1%). 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.
- How does Jackson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Jackson County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.71% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Jackson County?
- Property taxes in Jackson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $66,201 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Jackson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Jackson County climbed 15.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,179 to $1,366, 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 Jackson County's UNDER rate
Jackson County's $1,366 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 →
Jackson County ranks #37 of 81 Mississippi counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Mississippi overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Jackson County's UNDER 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: 0.71%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,366/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Jackson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Jackson County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Lander County, NV
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jackson County at $1,366/yr; rate 0.64% vs Jackson County 0.71%.
Jeff Davis County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,365/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Jackson County 0.71%.
Knox County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,367/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Jackson County 0.71%.
Saline County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,367/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Jackson County 0.71%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Jackson 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 Jackson County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.