Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Prairie County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Prairie County pays $696 a year, an effective rate of 0.72%, far below the U.S. average.
- $696
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.72%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -65%
- vs U.S. average
- #3 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Prairie County pay a median $696 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.72%, more affordable than 58% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $696
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.72%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1325 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -65%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($96,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 8,064. Owner-occupied homes: 2,467.
The median annual property tax in Prairie County is $696, which is 33% lower than the Arkansas state average and 65% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.72% on a median home value of $96,400. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Why Prairie County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Prairie County pay a median annual property tax of $696, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $96,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.72% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Prairie County ranks #3 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (96% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Prairie County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $51,646 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 29.1%, from $539 to $696. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Prairie County's 0.72% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 58%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Prairie 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 57% from $443 to $696. 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: 1,229 of 2,467 owner-occupied homes (49.8%) 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 1.3% 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.
Prairie County is an outlier inside Arkansas
Across the 75 Arkansas counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 0.52%. Prairie County is at 0.72%, which sits 2.4 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Prairie County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Prairie County homeowners, 1,229 of 2,467 owner-occupied homes (49.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 49.8% (1,229)
- $800 to $1,499 27.8% (687)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.6% (113)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.6% (138)
- $3,000 or more 0.1% (2)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
298 homes here (12.1%) 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
In Prairie County, mortgaged homeowners pay 22% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Prairie County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Prairie County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Prairie County's median bill is 33% below the Arkansas median and 65% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Prairie County taxes property at 0.72%, about 31% above the Arkansas average, yet its median bill of $696 lands roughly 33% 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.
Prairie County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Prairie County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Prairie County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Prairie County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $696 +29.1% | 0.72% |
| 2023 | $539 +12.3% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | $480 +4.8% | 0.55% |
| 2021 | $458 +3.4% | 0.57% |
| 2020 | $443 | 0.62% |
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.
Prairie County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Prairie County's median bill
On effective rate, Prairie County sits nearest Lassen County (CA), Clay County (FL), Highlands County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Menard County (TX), Mono County (CA), Madison Parish (LA).
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
Prairie County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 3,220 returns from Prairie County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,450 - 67% 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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Prairie County bill FAQs
- How does Prairie County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Prairie County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.72% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Prairie County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Prairie County is recorded at $696 in the 2024 5-year release against $443 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 2,467 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 Prairie County?
- Property taxes in Prairie County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $51,646 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Prairie County?
- Prairie 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 housing pressure at A+ (1.87×). 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 Prairie County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Prairie County is $696, an effective rate of 0.72% on a $96,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
What to do with Prairie County's LIGHT bill
Prairie County's $696 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 1.3% of Prairie County's $51,646 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Prairie County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.72%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $696/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Prairie County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Prairie County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Jefferson County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $698/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.86% vs Prairie County 0.72%.
Laurens County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $698/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.41% vs Prairie County 0.72%.
Magoffin County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $694/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.78% vs Prairie County 0.72%.
Huerfano County, CO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $699/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.28% vs Prairie County 0.72%.
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Prairie 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 Prairie County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.