Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pike County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pike County pays $713 a year, an effective rate of 0.59%, far below the U.S. average.
- $713
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.59%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -64%
- vs U.S. average
- #12 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Pike County pay a median $713 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.59%, more affordable than 73% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $713
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.59%
- Effective rate on median home
- #846 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -64%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($121,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 10,115. Owner-occupied homes: 3,061.
The median annual property tax in Pike County is $713, which is 31% lower than the Arkansas state average and 64% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.59% on a median home value of $121,600. Property taxes represent 1.4% of the median household income in this county.
Pike County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Pike County's 0.59% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 73%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Pike County pay a median annual property tax of $713, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $121,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.59% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Pike County ranks #12 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (84% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Pike County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $49,269 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 10.5%, from $645 to $713. 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 Pike 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 43% from $500 to $713. 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: 1,451 of 3,061 owner-occupied homes (47.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Incomes here are in the lowest quarter nationally while the rate sits just below the middle, and the median bill lands at 1.4% of median household income. The rate reads as unremarkable in a national ranking; the earnings behind it are not, and the ratio above is where the two meet.
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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
20.6% of Pike County homes owned free and clear (390 of 1,892) report no property tax at all, against 6.4% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Pike County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Pike County homeowners, 1,451 of 3,061 owner-occupied homes (47.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 47.4% (1,451)
- $800 to $1,499 26.2% (801)
- $1,500 to $1,999 3.8% (116)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.2% (130)
- $3,000 or more 3.2% (98)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
465 homes here (15.2%) 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 Pike County pay a substantially higher bill, 36% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Pike County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Pike County's effective rate is higher than 84% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #12 of 75.
Where Pike County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.59% Among the most affordable more affordable than 73% 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 Pike County moved from $500 in the 2020 release to $713 in 2024, a change of about 43%. 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.
Pike County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pike County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.4% | - | - |
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.
Pike County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Pike County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $713 +10.5% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | $645 +8.8% | 0.56% |
| 2022 | $593 +10.4% | 0.60% |
| 2021 | $537 +7.4% | 0.62% |
| 2020 | $500 | 0.58% |
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.
Pike County: tax takes only 1.4% of income
Counties near Pike County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pike County sits nearest Navajo County (AZ), Jefferson County (AL), Habersham County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Levy County (FL), Kimble County (TX), White County (TN).
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
Pike County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 80 of 4,140 returns from Pike County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,763 - 63% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k 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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Pike County rate FAQs
- How does Pike County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Pike County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.59% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Pike County?
- Pike County, Arkansas scores B+ (78/100) 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 ($713/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 Pike County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Pike County is $713, an effective rate of 0.59% on a $121,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Pike County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pike County is recorded at $713 in the 2024 5-year release against $500 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 3,061 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 Pike County?
- Property taxes in Pike County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.4% of the $49,269 median household income.
What to do with Pike County's QUIET rate
Pike County's $713 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 1.4% of Pike County's $49,269 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Pike 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: 0.59%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $713/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Pike County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Pike County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Clark County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pike County at $713/yr; rate 0.33% vs Pike County 0.59%.
Texas County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pike County at $713/yr; rate 0.49% vs Pike County 0.59%.
McDonald County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $712/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.46% vs Pike County 0.59%.
Jackson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $710/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.46% vs Pike County 0.59%.
Martin County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Pike County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.82% vs 0.59%).
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Pike 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 Pike County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.