Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lauderdale County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lauderdale County pays $1,228 a year, an effective rate of 0.92%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,228
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.92%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -38%
- vs U.S. average
- #10 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Lauderdale County pay a median $1,228 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.92%, more affordable than 41% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,228
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.92%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1839 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -38%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($133,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 71,504. Owner-occupied homes: 18,689.
The median annual property tax in Lauderdale County is $1,228, which is 1% higher than the Mississippi state average and 38% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.92% on a median home value of $133,300. Property taxes represent 2.4% of the median household income in this county.
Lauderdale County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lauderdale County's 0.92% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 41%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Mississippi counties by effective rate
Lauderdale County ranks #10 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (88% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Lauderdale County pay a median annual property tax of $1,228, well below the national median and roughly in line with the Mississippi state median. On a $133,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.92% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Lauderdale County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $50,817 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lauderdale 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Lauderdale County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 1.0% down, against a median home value that rose 28.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 27.4%, from $964 to $1,228.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 27% from $964 to $1,228. 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: 5,008 of 18,689 owner-occupied homes (26.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.4% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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
28.8% of Lauderdale County homes owned free and clear (2,792 of 9,704) report no property tax at all, against 11.0% 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 Lauderdale County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lauderdale County homeowners, 5,008 of 18,689 owner-occupied homes (26.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.8% (5,008)
- $800 to $1,499 22.3% (4,172)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.1% (1,692)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.6% (2,176)
- $3,000 or more 9.9% (1,858)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,783 homes here (20.2%) 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 Lauderdale County pay a substantially higher bill, 35% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Lauderdale County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lauderdale County's effective rate is higher than 88% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #10 of 81.
Where Lauderdale County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.92% more affordable than 41% 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 Lauderdale County moved from $964 in the 2020 release to $1,228 in 2024, a change of about 27%. 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.
Lauderdale County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lauderdale County | Mississippi Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.4% | - | - |
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.
Lauderdale County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Lauderdale County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,228 +0.4% | 0.92% |
| 2023 | $1,223 +10.1% | 0.98% |
| 2022 | $1,111 +6.8% | 0.91% |
| 2021 | $1,040 +7.9% | 0.94% |
| 2020 | $964 | 0.93% |
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.
Lauderdale County: tax-to-income at 2.4%
Counties near Lauderdale County's effective rate
On effective rate, Lauderdale County sits nearest Kittson County (MN), Lapeer County (MI), Somerset County (MD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Foster County (ND), Otter Tail County (MN), Multnomah County (OR).
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
Lauderdale County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,310 of 29,810 returns from Lauderdale County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,033 - 32% of those reporters sat in the $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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Lauderdale County rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Lauderdale County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Lauderdale County is $1,228, an effective rate of 0.92% on a $133,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Lauderdale County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lauderdale County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.92% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Lauderdale County?
- Lauderdale County, Mississippi scores C- (52/100) 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 B- ($1,228/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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Lauderdale County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lauderdale County jumped 27.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $964 to $1,228, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lauderdale County?
- Property taxes in Lauderdale County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.4% of the $50,817 median household income.
What to do with Lauderdale County's UNDER rate
Lauderdale County's $1,228 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 →
Lauderdale County ranks #10 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 Lauderdale 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: 0.92%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,228/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lauderdale County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lauderdale County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Bladen County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,227/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.91% vs Lauderdale County 0.92%.
Howard County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,227/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.77% vs Lauderdale County 0.92%.
Ralls County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,229/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.73% vs Lauderdale County 0.92%.
Terrell County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,227/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.04% vs Lauderdale County 0.92%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.