Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Saline County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Saline County pays $1,367 a year, an effective rate of 0.62%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,367
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.62%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -31%
- vs U.S. average
- #8 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Saline County pay a median $1,367 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.62%, more affordable than 69% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,367
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.62%
- Effective rate on median home
- #974 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -31%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($221,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Saline County, AR
64/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median tax as a share of Saline County's median household income
Saline County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Saline County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median home value relative to Saline County's median income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Saline County
Saline County affordability profile (scored ACS dimensions)
Read the chart values
- Income room: 77/100 (B+) · 1.7%
- Rate relief: 70/100 (B-) · 0.62%
- Bill size: 61/100 (C+) · $1,367/yr
- Housing pressure: 56/100 (C) · 2.80×
- Mortgage premium: 42/100 (D) · +$379
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 127,479. Owner-occupied homes: 39,268.
The median annual property tax in Saline County is $1,367, which is 31% higher than the Arkansas state average and 31% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.62% on a median home value of $221,200. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Saline County
Primary signal
Low among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Saline County ranks #8 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (89% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Saline County pay a median annual property tax of $1,367, well below the national median and well above the Arkansas state median. On a $221,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.62% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Saline County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $79,046 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Saline County's 0.62% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 69%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Saline County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
A falling rate took the edge off
Saline County's effective rate fell 15.1% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 38.9%, leaving the median bill 17.8% higher at $1,367. That rate move is larger than the one in 64% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $1,160 to $1,367, a gain of 18%. 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: 10,850 of 39,268 owner-occupied homes (27.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 1.7% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Saline County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Saline County homeowners, 10,850 of 39,268 owner-occupied homes (27.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.6% (10,850)
- $800 to $1,499 23.9% (9,373)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.9% (5,469)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.5% (5,677)
- $3,000 or more 13.9% (5,467)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,432 homes here (6.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Saline County pay a substantially higher bill, 34% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
How Saline County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Saline County's effective rate is higher than 89% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #8 of 75 for property tax burden.
Where Saline County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.62% Among the most affordable more affordable than 69% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Saline County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Saline County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median 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.
Think your Saline County property tax bill is too high?
On Saline County's published figures, a $221,200 median home carries a $1,367 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $137 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Arkansas.
Property Tax History
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,367 +2.4% | 0.62% |
| 2023 | $1,335 +4.1% | 0.63% |
| 2022 | $1,282 +6.5% | 0.66% |
| 2021 | $1,204 +3.8% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | $1,160 | 0.73% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate well below the national average of 0.92% puts Saline County in the "Very Affordable" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Saline County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Saline County sits nearest Colusa County (CA), Tehama County (CA), Dixie County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Johnson County (MO), Anderson County (KY), Elko County (NV).
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
What tax filers report in Saline County
Of the 56,220 federal returns filed from Saline County in 2022, 3,250 (5.8% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $2,834 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 41% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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What to do with Saline County's numbers
- Saline County's $1,367 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 Saline County's $79,046 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Saline County ranks #8 of 75 Arkansas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state board. Arkansas overview →
- If Saline County's assessment looks high versus the $221,200 typical home, check Arkansas's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($221,200); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Saline County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.