Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Pike County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Pike County pays $975 a year, an effective rate of 0.88%, far below the U.S. average.
- $975
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.88%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -51%
- vs U.S. average
- #16 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Pike County pay a median $975 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.88%, more affordable than 44% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $975
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.88%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1749 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -51%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($110,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 39,602. Owner-occupied homes: 10,023.
The median annual property tax in Pike County is $975, which is 20% lower than the Mississippi state average and 51% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.88% on a median home value of $110,800. Property taxes represent 2.2% 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 0.88% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 44%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Pike County pay a median annual property tax of $975, far below the national median and notably lower than the Mississippi state median. On a $110,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.88% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Mississippi counties by effective rate
Pike County ranks #16 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (80% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Pike County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $43,814 median household income.
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.
The rate held while the market moved
Pike County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 0.7% down, against a median home value that rose 15.7%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 14.8%, from $849 to $975.
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 $849 to $975, a gain of 15%. 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: 3,058 of 10,023 owner-occupied homes (30.5%) 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 2.2% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
36.0% of Pike County homes owned free and clear (2,254 of 6,260) report no property tax at all, against 19.7% 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, 3,058 of 10,023 owner-occupied homes (30.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 30.5% (3,058)
- $800 to $1,499 16.5% (1,655)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.2% (920)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.8% (779)
- $3,000 or more 6.2% (617)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,994 homes here (29.9%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Pike County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Pike County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+73%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
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 80% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #16 of 81.
Where Pike County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.88% more affordable than 44% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Pike County taxes property at 0.88%, about 22% above the Mississippi average, yet its median bill of $975 lands roughly 20% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Pike County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Pike County | Mississippi 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 | 2.2% | - | - |
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 UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Pike County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $975 -5.1% | 0.88% |
| 2023 | $1,027 +1.5% | 0.93% |
| 2022 | $1,012 +7.0% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | $946 +11.4% | 0.96% |
| 2020 | $849 | 0.89% |
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-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Pike County's effective rate
On effective rate, Pike County sits nearest Morrison County (MN), Webster County (KY), Boyd County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Monroe County (IL), Oregon County (MO), Newport County (RI).
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 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 550 of 15,920 returns from Pike County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,000 - 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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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 0.88% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Pike County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Pike County is $975, an effective rate of 0.88% on a $110,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Pike County?
- Pike County, Mississippi scores C- (54/100) 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+ ($975/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 Pike County?
- Property taxes in Pike County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $43,814 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Pike County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Pike County climbed 14.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $849 to $975, 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 Pike County's UNDER rate
Pike County's $975 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 →
Pike County ranks #16 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 Pike 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: 0.88%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $975/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 (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Amherst County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pike County at $975/yr; rate 0.46% vs Pike County 0.88%.
Hyde County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pike County at $975/yr; rate 0.79% vs Pike County 0.88%.
Todd County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Pike County at $975/yr; rate 1.81% vs Pike County 0.88%.
Adams County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $974/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.90% vs Pike County 0.88%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Pike 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 Pike County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.