Missouri · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pemiscot County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pemiscot County pays $925 a year, an effective rate of 0.95%, far below the U.S. average.
- $925
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.95%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -54%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 115
- rank in MO
The verdict
Homeowners in Pemiscot County pay a median $925 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.95%, more affordable than 39% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $925
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.95%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1904 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -54%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($97,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Missouri. Population: 14,958. Owner-occupied homes: 3,520.
The median annual property tax in Pemiscot County is $925, which is 53% lower than the Missouri state average and 54% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.95% on a median home value of $97,000. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Pemiscot County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Pemiscot County's 0.95% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 39%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Pemiscot County pay a median annual property tax of $925, far below the national median and far below the Missouri state median. On a $97,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.95% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Missouri counties by effective rate
Pemiscot County ranks #11 of 115 counties in Missouri by effective rate (90% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Pemiscot County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $40,089 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Pemiscot 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 12.1% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 51% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 10.0%, the median bill fell 3.3% to $925: 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 $957 in 2020 to $925 in 2024, a fall of 3%. 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: 1,508 of 3,520 owner-occupied homes (42.8%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.3% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Pemiscot County fell from $957 to $925, a change of -3.3%. 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.
What Pemiscot County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Pemiscot County homeowners, 1,508 of 3,520 owner-occupied homes (42.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 42.8% (1,508)
- $800 to $1,499 24.9% (878)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.4% (473)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.5% (368)
- $3,000 or more 7.1% (249)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
44 homes here (1.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Missouri handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Pemiscot County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+97%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Pemiscot County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Pemiscot County's effective rate is higher than 90% of the 115 counties in Missouri - ranking #11 of 115.
Where Pemiscot County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.95% more affordable than 39% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Pemiscot County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pemiscot County | Missouri Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Pemiscot County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Missouri counties.
Pemiscot County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $925 -4.6% | 0.95% |
| 2023 | $970 +3.1% | 1.01% |
| 2022 | $941 +9.7% | 0.99% |
| 2021 | $858 -10.3% | 1.02% |
| 2020 | $957 | 1.09% |
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.
Pemiscot County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Pemiscot County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pemiscot County sits nearest Todd County (MN), Presque Isle County (MI), Ogemaw County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Franklin Parish (LA), Greer County (OK), Essex County (VA).
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
Pemiscot County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 140 of 5,690 returns from Pemiscot County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,157 - 50% 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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Pemiscot County rate FAQs
- How does Pemiscot County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Pemiscot County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.95% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Pemiscot County, Missouri?
- The median annual property tax in Pemiscot County is $925, an effective rate of 0.95% on a $97,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Pemiscot County?
- Pemiscot County, Missouri scores C- (52/100) 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 A- ($925/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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Pemiscot County?
- Property taxes in Pemiscot County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $40,089 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Pemiscot County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pemiscot County eased 3.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $957 to $925, 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 Pemiscot County's UNDER rate
Pemiscot County's $925 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 →
Pemiscot County ranks #11 of 115 Missouri counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Missouri overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Pemiscot County's UNDER 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: 0.95%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $925/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Pemiscot County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Pemiscot County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Rio Grande County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pemiscot County at $925/yr; rate 0.39% vs Pemiscot County 0.95%.
Webster County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pemiscot County at $925/yr; rate 1.12% vs Pemiscot County 0.95%.
Carroll County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $924/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.79% vs Pemiscot County 0.95%.
Boone County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $927/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.49% vs Pemiscot County 0.95%.
Missouri county set
State ACS overview for every published Missouri county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Pemiscot County stamps UNDER · 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 Pemiscot County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.