Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lee County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lee County pays $349 a year, an effective rate of 0.46%, far below the U.S. average.
- $349
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.46%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -82%
- vs U.S. average
- #62 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Lee County pay a median $349 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.46%, more affordable than 88% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $349
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.46%
- Effective rate on median home
- #389 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -82%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($75,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 8,359. Owner-occupied homes: 1,586.
The median annual property tax in Lee County is $349, which is 66% lower than the Arkansas state average and 82% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.46% on a median home value of $75,300. Property taxes represent 1.0% of the median household income in this county.
Lee County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Lee County's 0.46% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 88%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Lee County pay a median annual property tax of $349, far below the national median and far below the Arkansas state median. On a $75,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.46% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Lee County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $34,375 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Lee County ranks #62 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (17% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lee 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 10.1% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 60% of U.S. counties. With the median home value fell 1.4%, the median bill fell 11.4% to $349: 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $394 in 2020 to $349 in 2024, a fall of 11%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 921 of 1,586 owner-occupied homes (58.1%) 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 1.0% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Lee County fell from $394 to $349, a change of -11.4%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
24.5% of Lee County homes owned free and clear (295 of 1,205) report no property tax at all, against 10.2% 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 Lee County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lee County homeowners, 921 of 1,586 owner-occupied homes (58.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 58.1% (921)
- $800 to $1,499 13.6% (216)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.1% (65)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.2% (50)
- $3,000 or more 0.0% (0)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
334 homes here (21.1%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Lee County pay about the same bill, a 9% gap.
Lee County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lee County's effective rate is higher than 17% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #62 of 75.
Where Lee County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.46% Among the most affordable more affordable than 88% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Arkansas on both measures
Lee County's effective rate runs 16% under the Arkansas median and its bill 66% 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 $349 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Arkansas norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Lee County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lee County | Arkansas 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 | 1.0% | - | - |
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.
Lee County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Lee County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $349 -14.7% | 0.46% |
| 2023 | $409 -7.5% | 0.53% |
| 2022 | $442 +7.5% | 0.55% |
| 2021 | $411 +4.3% | 0.55% |
| 2020 | $394 | 0.52% |
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.
Lee County: tax takes only 1.0% of income
Counties near Lee County's effective rate
On effective rate, Lee County sits nearest Coconino County (AZ), Sitka City and Borough (AK), Logan County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Griggs County (ND), Chautauqua County (KS), Carter County (MO).
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
Lee County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 50 of 2,660 returns from Lee County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,200 - 60% 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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Lee County rate FAQs
- How does Lee County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lee County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.46% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Lee County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Lee County is $349, an effective rate of 0.46% on a $75,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Lee County?
- Lee County, Arkansas scores A+ (93/100) 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+ (1.0%). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lee County?
- Property taxes in Lee County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $34,375 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Lee County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lee County declined 11.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $394 to $349, 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 Lee County's QUIET rate
Lee County's $349 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 1.0% of Lee County's $34,375 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Lee 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: 0.46%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $349/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lee County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lee County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Franklin Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $351/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.31% vs Lee County 0.46%.
Jackson Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $352/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.30% vs Lee County 0.46%.
Fayette County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $355/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 0.28% vs Lee County 0.46%.
Claiborne Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $356/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 0.43% vs Lee County 0.46%.
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Lee 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 Lee County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.