Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kiowa County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kiowa County pays $560 a year, an effective rate of 0.58%, far below the U.S. average.
- $560
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.58%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -72%
- vs U.S. average
- #51 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Kiowa County pay a median $560 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.58%, more affordable than 74% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $560
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.58%
- Effective rate on median home
- #816 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -72%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($96,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 8,383. Owner-occupied homes: 2,396.
The median annual property tax in Kiowa County is $560, which is 65% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 72% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.58% on a median home value of $96,100. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Kiowa County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Kiowa County's 0.58% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 74%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Kiowa County pay a median annual property tax of $560, far below the national median and far below the Oklahoma state median. On a $96,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.58% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Kiowa County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $44,962 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Kiowa County ranks #51 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (34% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Kiowa 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
Kiowa County's effective rate fell 16.7% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 45.2%, leaving the median bill 21.0% higher at $560. That rate move is larger than the one in 71% 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 $463 to $560, a gain of 21%. 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: 1,541 of 2,396 owner-occupied homes (64.3%) 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 Kiowa County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Kiowa County homeowners, 1,541 of 2,396 owner-occupied homes (64.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 64.3% (1,541)
- $800 to $1,499 15.7% (377)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.4% (153)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.3% (126)
- $3,000 or more 3.9% (94)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
105 homes here (4.4%) 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 Kiowa County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+64%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Kiowa County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Kiowa County's effective rate is higher than 34% of the 77 counties in Oklahoma - ranking #51 of 77.
Where Kiowa County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.58% Among the most affordable more affordable than 74% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Oklahoma on both measures
Kiowa County's effective rate runs 28% under the Oklahoma median and its bill 65% 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 $560 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.
Kiowa County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kiowa 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 | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
Kiowa County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Kiowa County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $560 +8.3% | 0.58% |
| 2023 | $517 +7.0% | 0.57% |
| 2022 | $483 +11.5% | 0.60% |
| 2021 | $433 -6.5% | 0.66% |
| 2020 | $463 | 0.70% |
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.
Kiowa County: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Kiowa County's effective rate
On effective rate, Kiowa County sits nearest Kidder County (ND), Rutherford County (NC), Lincoln County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Nye County (NV), Plymouth County (MA), Hampden County (MA).
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
Kiowa County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 3,200 returns from Kiowa County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,733 - 67% 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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Kiowa County rate FAQs
- How does Kiowa County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Kiowa County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.58% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Kiowa County?
- Kiowa County, Oklahoma scores A- (80/100) 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 bill size at A+ ($560/yr). 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 Kiowa County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Kiowa County is $560, an effective rate of 0.58% on a $96,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Kiowa County?
- Property taxes in Kiowa County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $44,962 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Kiowa County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Kiowa County jumped 21.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $463 to $560, 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 Kiowa County's QUIET rate
Kiowa County's $560 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 Kiowa County's $44,962 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Kiowa 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: 0.58%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $560/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kiowa County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kiowa County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Okfuskee County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kiowa County at $560/yr; rate 0.48% vs Kiowa County 0.58%.
Reynolds County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kiowa County at $560/yr; rate 0.37% vs Kiowa County 0.58%.
Jackson County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $559/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Kiowa County 0.58%.
Randolph County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $559/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.39% vs Kiowa County 0.58%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Kiowa 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 Kiowa County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.