Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Little River County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Little River County pays $566 a year, an effective rate of 0.50%, far below the U.S. average.
- $566
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.50%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -72%
- vs U.S. average
- #44 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Little River County pay a median $566 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.50%, more affordable than 84% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $566
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.50%
- Effective rate on median home
- #514 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 ($113,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 11,821. Owner-occupied homes: 3,859.
The median annual property tax in Little River County is $566, which is 46% lower than the Arkansas state average and 72% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.50% on a median home value of $113,500. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Little River County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Little River County's 0.50% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 84%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Little River County pay a median annual property tax of $566, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $113,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.50% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Little River County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $53,344 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Arkansas counties by effective rate
Little River County ranks #44 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (41% 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 3.1%, from $549 to $566. 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 Little River 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 50% from $377 to $566. 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: 2,322 of 3,859 owner-occupied homes (60.2%) 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 1.1% 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 Little River County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Little River County homeowners, 2,322 of 3,859 owner-occupied homes (60.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 60.2% (2,322)
- $800 to $1,499 13.3% (512)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.7% (296)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.4% (169)
- $3,000 or more 1.6% (60)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
500 homes here (13.0%) 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 homeowners in Little River County pay a substantially higher bill, 30% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Little River County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Little River County's effective rate is higher than 41% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #44 of 75.
Where Little River County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.50% Among the most affordable more affordable than 84% 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 Little River County moved from $377 in the 2020 release to $566 in 2024, a change of about 50%. 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.
Little River County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Little River 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 | 1.1% | - | - |
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.
Little River County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Little River County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $566 +3.1% | 0.50% |
| 2023 | $549 +3.8% | 0.48% |
| 2022 | $529 +12.8% | 0.49% |
| 2021 | $469 +24.4% | 0.54% |
| 2020 | $377 | 0.49% |
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.
Little River County: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near Little River County's effective rate
On effective rate, Little River County sits nearest Macon County (AL), Larimer County (CO), Pueblo County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Antelope County (NE), Routt County (CO), Alexander County (IL).
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
Little River County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 4,840 returns from Little River County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,411 - 56% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Little River County rate FAQs
- How does Little River County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Little River County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.50% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Little River County?
- Little River County, Arkansas scores A (88/100) 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 Little River County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Little River County is $566, an effective rate of 0.50% on a $113,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Little River County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Little River County is recorded at $566 in the 2024 5-year release against $377 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 3,859 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 Little River County?
- Property taxes in Little River County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $53,344 median household income.
What to do with Little River County's QUIET rate
Little River County's $566 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 Little River County's $53,344 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Little River 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: 0.50%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $566/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Little River County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Little River County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Lincoln County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Little River County at $566/yr; rate 0.52% vs Little River County 0.50%.
Latimer County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $567/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Little River County 0.50%.
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $565/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.32% vs Little River County 0.50%.
Polk County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $565/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Little River County 0.50%.
King County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Little River County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (1.08% vs 0.50%).
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Little River 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 Little River County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.