Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Murray County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Murray County pays $665 a year, an effective rate of 0.42%, far below the U.S. average.
- $665
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.42%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -67%
- vs U.S. average
- #73 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Murray County pay a median $665 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.42%, more affordable than 92% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $665
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.42%
- Effective rate on median home
- #265 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -67%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($159,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 13,753. Owner-occupied homes: 3,573.
The median annual property tax in Murray County is $665, which is 58% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 67% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.42% on a median home value of $159,800. Property taxes represent 1.0% of the median household income in this county.
Murray County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Murray County's 0.42% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 92% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Murray County pay a median annual property tax of $665, far below the national median and far below the Oklahoma state median. On a $159,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.42% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Murray County ranks #73 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (5% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Murray County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $66,322 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Murray 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
Murray County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 0.8% down, against a median home value that rose 22.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 21.6%, from $547 to $665.
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 $547 to $665, a gain of 22%. 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: 1,944 of 3,573 owner-occupied homes (54.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes run above the national midpoint and the rate is in the lowest quarter, leaving the median bill at 1.0% of median household income. Both figures move in the same direction here, so the ratio above is not pulled in two directions the way it is in most counties.
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 Murray County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Murray County homeowners, 1,944 of 3,573 owner-occupied homes (54.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 54.4% (1,944)
- $800 to $1,499 18.4% (659)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.0% (322)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.8% (315)
- $3,000 or more 3.4% (123)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
210 homes here (5.9%) 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 Murray County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+125%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Murray County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Murray County's effective rate is higher than 5% of the 77 counties in Oklahoma - ranking #73 of 77.
Where Murray County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.42% Among the most affordable more affordable than 92% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.42%, Murray County sits in the lowest 8% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $665, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Murray County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Murray County | Oklahoma Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very 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.
Murray County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Murray County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $665 +0.0% | 0.42% |
| 2023 | $665 +12.9% | 0.43% |
| 2022 | $589 -2.3% | 0.40% |
| 2021 | $603 +10.2% | 0.46% |
| 2020 | $547 | 0.42% |
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.
Murray County: tax takes only 1.0% of income
Counties near Murray County's effective rate
On effective rate, Murray County sits nearest Rio Arriba County (NM), Carter County (MO), Smith County (MS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Suffolk city (VA), Johnson County (TN), Newton County (MS).
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
Murray County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 210 of 5,870 returns from Murray County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,367 - 33% 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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Murray County rate FAQs
- How does Murray County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Murray County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.42% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Murray County?
- Murray County, Oklahoma scores A- (82/100) 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 is the average property tax in Murray County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Murray County is $665, an effective rate of 0.42% on a $159,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Murray County?
- Property taxes in Murray County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $66,322 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Murray County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Murray County jumped 21.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $547 to $665, 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 Murray County's QUIET rate
Murray County's $665 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 Murray County's $66,322 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Murray 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: 0.42%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $665/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Murray County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Murray County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Clarke County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $666/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.56% vs Murray County 0.42%.
Drew County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $664/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.47% vs Murray County 0.42%.
Sedgwick County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $664/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs Murray County 0.42%.
Cleveland County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $667/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.48% vs Murray County 0.42%.
Allendale County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Murray County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.88% vs 0.42%).
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Murray 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 Murray County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.