Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Johnston County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Johnston County pays $650 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, far below the U.S. average.
- $650
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -67%
- vs U.S. average
- #54 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Johnston County pay a median $650 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $650
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -67%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($116,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 10,278. Owner-occupied homes: 2,810.
The median annual property tax in Johnston County is $650, which is 59% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 67% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $116,500. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Johnston County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Johnston County's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Johnston County pay a median annual property tax of $650, far below the national median and far below the Oklahoma state median. On a $116,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Johnston County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $52,688 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Johnston County ranks #54 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (30% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 5.9%, from $614 to $650. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Johnston 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 37% from $473 to $650. 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: 1,529 of 2,810 owner-occupied homes (54.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.2% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Johnston County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Johnston County homeowners, 1,529 of 2,810 owner-occupied homes (54.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 54.4% (1,529)
- $800 to $1,499 22.0% (617)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.8% (191)
- $2,000 to $2,999 6.0% (168)
- $3,000 or more 2.0% (55)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
250 homes here (8.9%) 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 Johnston County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+81%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Johnston County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Johnston County's effective rate is higher than 30% of the 77 counties in Oklahoma - ranking #54 of 77.
Where Johnston County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% 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 Johnston County moved from $473 in the 2020 release to $650 in 2024, a change of about 37%. 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.
Johnston County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Johnston County | Oklahoma Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
Johnston County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Johnston County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $650 +5.9% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $614 +7.3% | 0.55% |
| 2022 | $572 +11.1% | 0.58% |
| 2021 | $515 +8.9% | 0.59% |
| 2020 | $473 | 0.55% |
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.
Johnston County: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Johnston County's effective rate
On effective rate, Johnston County sits nearest Pamlico County (NC), Wheatland County (MT), Park County (MT).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Kearney County (NE), Jackson County (KY), Kandiyohi 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
Johnston County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 4,170 returns from Johnston County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,978 - 33% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Johnston County rate FAQs
- How does Johnston County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Johnston County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Johnston County?
- Johnston County, Oklahoma scores B+ (78/100) 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+ (1.2%). 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 Johnston County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Johnston County is $650, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $116,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Johnston County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Johnston County is recorded at $650 in the 2024 5-year release against $473 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 2,810 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Johnston County?
- Property taxes in Johnston County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $52,688 median household income.
What to do with Johnston County's QUIET rate
Johnston County's $650 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 1.2% of Johnston County's $52,688 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Johnston 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $650/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Johnston County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Johnston County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Carter County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $649/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.49% vs Johnston County 0.56%.
Newton County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $649/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.38% vs Johnston County 0.56%.
Darlington County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $652/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.41% vs Johnston County 0.56%.
Letcher County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $648/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.96% vs Johnston County 0.56%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Johnston 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 Johnston County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.