Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Scott County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Scott County pays $710 a year, an effective rate of 0.67%, far below the U.S. average.
- $710
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.67%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -64%
- vs U.S. average
- #49 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Scott County pay a median $710 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.67%, more affordable than 63% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $710
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.67%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1158 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 ($106,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 27,718. Owner-occupied homes: 6,909.
The median annual property tax in Scott County is $710, which is 42% lower than the Mississippi state average and 64% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.67% on a median home value of $106,700. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Why Scott County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Scott County pay a median annual property tax of $710, far below the national median and well below the Mississippi state median. On a $106,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.67% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Scott County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $48,786 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Scott County's 0.67% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 63%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Mississippi counties by effective rate
Scott County ranks #49 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (40% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Scott 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Scott County rose 35.9%, from $78,500 to $106,700. The effective rate fell 23.2% over the same span, a steeper move than in 90% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 4.4%, to $710. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $680 to $710, a change of 4%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 2,555 of 6,909 owner-occupied homes (37.0%) 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 1.5% 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
37.9% of Scott County homes owned free and clear (1,527 of 4,028) report no property tax at all, against 22.0% 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 Scott County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Scott County homeowners, 2,555 of 6,909 owner-occupied homes (37.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 37.0% (2,555)
- $800 to $1,499 15.7% (1,085)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.8% (333)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.7% (396)
- $3,000 or more 5.5% (378)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,162 homes here (31.3%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Scott County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Scott County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+102%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Scott County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Scott County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Scott County's median bill is 42% below the Mississippi median and 64% below the U.S. median.
Same rate as Mississippi, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 7% of the Mississippi median, yet the median bill runs 42% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $710 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Scott County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Scott County | Mississippi 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 | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Scott County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Scott County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $710 -1.1% | 0.67% |
| 2023 | $718 +5.1% | 0.80% |
| 2022 | $683 +2.4% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $667 -1.9% | 0.86% |
| 2020 | $680 | 0.87% |
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.
Scott County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Scott County's median bill
On effective rate, Scott County sits nearest Clearwater County (MN), Barnstable County (MA), East Baton Rouge Parish (LA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cherokee County (KS), Putnam County (NY), Cannon 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
Scott County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 270 of 11,110 returns from Scott County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,604 - 37% 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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Scott County bill FAQs
- How does Scott County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Scott County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.67% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Scott County?
- Property taxes in Scott County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $48,786 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Scott County?
- Scott County, Mississippi scores B (72/100) 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 ($710/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 Scott County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Scott County is $710, an effective rate of 0.67% on a $106,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Scott County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Scott County ticked up 4.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $680 to $710, 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 Scott County's LIGHT bill
Scott County's $710 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 1.5% of Scott County's $48,786 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Scott 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: 0.67%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $710/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Scott County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Scott County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Jackson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Scott County at $710/yr; rate 0.46% vs Scott County 0.67%.
Johnson County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Scott County at $710/yr; rate 0.40% vs Scott County 0.67%.
Johnson County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $709/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Scott County 0.67%.
McDonald County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $712/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.46% vs Scott County 0.67%.
Treutlen County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Scott County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.71% vs 0.67%).
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Scott 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 Scott County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.