Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Jefferson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Jefferson County pays $517 a year, an effective rate of 0.63%, far below the U.S. average.
- $517
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.63%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -74%
- vs U.S. average
- #39 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Jefferson County pay a median $517 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.63%, more affordable than 68% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $517
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.63%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -74%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($82,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 5,380. Owner-occupied homes: 1,533.
The median annual property tax in Jefferson County is $517, which is 68% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 74% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.63% on a median home value of $82,500. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Why Jefferson County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Jefferson County pay a median annual property tax of $517, far below the national median and far below the Oklahoma state median. On a $82,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.63% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Jefferson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $48,668 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Jefferson County's 0.63% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 68%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Jefferson County ranks #39 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (49% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Jefferson 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 9.0% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 64% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 27.3%, the median bill rose 15.9% to $517: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 $446 to $517, 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: 979 of 1,533 owner-occupied homes (63.9%) 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 1.1% 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.
What Jefferson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Jefferson County homeowners, 979 of 1,533 owner-occupied homes (63.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 63.9% (979)
- $800 to $1,499 13.1% (201)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.9% (137)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.7% (72)
- $3,000 or more 1.9% (29)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
115 homes here (7.5%) 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 Jefferson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+81%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Jefferson County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Jefferson County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Jefferson County's median bill is 68% below the Oklahoma median and 74% below the U.S. median.
Below Oklahoma on both measures
Jefferson County's effective rate runs 21% under the Oklahoma median and its bill 68% 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 $517 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Oklahoma norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Jefferson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Jefferson County | Oklahoma Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.1% | - | - |
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.
Jefferson County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Jefferson County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $517 +1.0% | 0.63% |
| 2023 | $512 +3.4% | 0.66% |
| 2022 | $495 +15.1% | 0.69% |
| 2021 | $430 -3.6% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | $446 | 0.69% |
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.
Jefferson County: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near Jefferson County's median bill
On effective rate, Jefferson County sits nearest Pender County (NC), Davie County (NC), Craven County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Trempealeau County (WI), Kane County (IL), Cumberland County (PA).
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
Jefferson County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 2,210 returns from Jefferson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,375 - 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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Jefferson County bill FAQs
- How does Jefferson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Jefferson County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.63% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Jefferson County?
- Property taxes in Jefferson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $48,668 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Jefferson County?
- Jefferson County, Oklahoma scores A- (82/100) 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+ (1.1%). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Jefferson County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Jefferson County is $517, an effective rate of 0.63% on a $82,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Jefferson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Jefferson County climbed 15.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $446 to $517, 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 Jefferson County's LIGHT bill
Jefferson County's $517 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 1.1% of Jefferson County's $48,668 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Jefferson 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: 0.63%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $517/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Jefferson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Jefferson County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Bent County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Jefferson County at $517/yr; rate 0.35% vs Jefferson County 0.63%.
Cullman County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $516/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.26% vs Jefferson County 0.63%.
Greenlee County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $518/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.33% vs Jefferson County 0.63%.
Pushmataha County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $518/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.39% vs Jefferson County 0.63%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Jefferson 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 Jefferson County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.