Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Montgomery County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Montgomery County pays $1,269 a year, an effective rate of 1.00%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,269
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.00%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -36%
- vs U.S. average
- #5 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Montgomery County pay a median $1,269 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.00%, more affordable than 35% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,269
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.00%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2029 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -36%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($126,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 9,602. Owner-occupied homes: 3,135.
The median annual property tax in Montgomery County is $1,269, which is 4% higher than the Mississippi state average and 36% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.00% on a median home value of $126,800. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Montgomery County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Montgomery County's 1.00% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 35%).
Decision signal 2
Low among Mississippi counties by effective rate
Montgomery County ranks #5 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (94% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Montgomery County pay a median annual property tax of $1,269, well below the national median and modestly above the Mississippi state median. On a $126,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.00% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 27.9%, from $992 to $1,269. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Montgomery County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $41,748 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Montgomery 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 72% from $737 to $1,269. 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 single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 1,048 of 3,135 homes (33.4%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 3.0% 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.
What Montgomery County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Montgomery County homeowners are not billed at all: 1,048 of 3,135 owner-occupied homes (33.4%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 24.0% (753)
- $800 to $1,499 14.4% (453)
- $1,500 to $1,999 14.6% (458)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.3% (259)
- $3,000 or more 5.2% (164)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,048 homes here (33.4%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Montgomery County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Montgomery County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+67%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Montgomery County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Montgomery County's effective rate is higher than 94% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #5 of 81.
Where Montgomery County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.00% more affordable than 35% 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 Montgomery County moved from $737 in the 2020 release to $1,269 in 2024, a change of about 72%. 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.
Montgomery County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Montgomery 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 Above-median income burden | 3.0% | - | - |
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.
Montgomery County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Montgomery County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,269 +27.9% | 1.00% |
| 2023 | $992 +21.4% | 0.90% |
| 2022 | $817 +9.1% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $749 +1.6% | 0.83% |
| 2020 | $737 | 0.84% |
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.
Montgomery County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Montgomery County's effective rate
On effective rate, Montgomery County sits nearest Stearns County (MN), Redwood County (MN), Red Lake County (MN).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Garfield County (NE), Mora County (NM), Allendale County (SC).
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
Montgomery County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 90 of 4,100 returns from Montgomery County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,778 - 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.
Other Counties in Mississippi
Montgomery County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Montgomery County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Montgomery County is recorded at $1,269 in the 2024 5-year release against $737 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 3,135 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 is the tax affordability score for Montgomery County?
- Montgomery County, Mississippi scores D (40/100) 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- ($1,269/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 Montgomery County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Montgomery County is $1,269, an effective rate of 1.00% on a $126,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Montgomery County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Montgomery County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.00% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Montgomery County?
- Property taxes in Montgomery County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $41,748 median household income.
What to do with Montgomery County's PAR rate
Montgomery County's $1,269 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 →
Montgomery County ranks #5 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 Montgomery County's PAR 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: 1.00%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,269/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Montgomery County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Montgomery County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Alexander County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Montgomery County at $1,269/yr; rate 0.60% vs Montgomery County 1.00%.
Telfair County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Montgomery County at $1,269/yr; rate 1.12% vs Montgomery County 1.00%.
Morgan County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,268/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.84% vs Montgomery County 1.00%.
Reeves County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,271/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.08% vs Montgomery County 1.00%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Montgomery County stamps PAR · 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 Montgomery County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.