Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Ozark County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Ozark County pays $737 a year, an effective rate of 0.44%, far below the U.S. average.
- $737
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.44%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -63%
- vs U.S. average
- #109 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Ozark County pay a median $737 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.44%, more affordable than 90% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $737
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.44%
- Effective rate on median home
- #318 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -63%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($168,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 8,873. Owner-occupied homes: 3,045.
The median annual property tax in Ozark County is $737, which is 62% lower than the Missouri state average and 63% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.44% on a median home value of $168,600. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Ozark County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Ozark County's 0.44% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 90% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Ozark County pay a median annual property tax of $737, far below the national median and far below the Missouri state median. On a $168,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.44% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Missouri counties by effective rate
Ozark County ranks #109 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (5% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Ozark County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $44,163 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, up 1.2%, from $728 to $737. 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 Ozark 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 30% from $568 to $737. 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: 1,649 of 3,045 owner-occupied homes (54.2%) 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 1.7% 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 Ozark County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Ozark County homeowners, 1,649 of 3,045 owner-occupied homes (54.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 54.2% (1,649)
- $800 to $1,499 29.3% (891)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.5% (228)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.3% (132)
- $3,000 or more 2.5% (77)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
68 homes here (2.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Ozark County, mortgaged homeowners pay 11% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Ozark County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Ozark County's effective rate is higher than 5% of the 115 counties in Missouri - ranking #109 of 115.
Where Ozark County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.44% Among the most affordable more affordable than 90% 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 0.44%, Ozark County sits in the lowest 10% 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 $737, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Ozark County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Ozark County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Ozark County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.
Ozark County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $737 +1.2% | 0.44% |
| 2023 | $728 +3.6% | 0.47% |
| 2022 | $703 +10.0% | 0.49% |
| 2021 | $639 +12.5% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | $568 | 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.
Ozark County: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Ozark County's effective rate
On effective rate, Ozark County sits nearest St. Martin Parish (LA), Natchitoches Parish (LA), Caldwell Parish (LA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Iberia Parish (LA), Roanoke city (VA), Dare County (NC).
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
Ozark County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 3,930 returns from Ozark County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,443 - 57% 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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Ozark County rate FAQs
- How does Ozark County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Ozark County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.44% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Ozark County?
- Ozark County, Missouri scores B+ (79/100) 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 rate relief at A+ (0.44%). 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 Ozark County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Ozark County is $737, an effective rate of 0.44% on a $168,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Ozark County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Ozark County is recorded at $737 in the 2024 5-year release against $568 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 3,045 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 Ozark County?
- Property taxes in Ozark County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $44,163 median household income.
What to do with Ozark County's QUIET rate
Ozark County's $737 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 1.7% of Ozark County's $44,163 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Ozark 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: 0.44%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $737/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Ozark County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Ozark County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Jasper County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ozark County at $737/yr; rate 0.69% vs Ozark County 0.44%.
Benton County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $738/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Ozark County 0.44%.
Madison County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $736/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Ozark County 0.44%.
Franklin County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $739/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.73% vs Ozark County 0.44%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Ozark 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 Ozark County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.