Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Sharkey County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Sharkey County pays $861 a year, an effective rate of 0.88%, far below the U.S. average.
- $861
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.88%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -57%
- vs U.S. average
- #16 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Sharkey County pay a median $861 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.88%, more affordable than 44% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $861
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.88%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1749 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -57%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($98,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 3,872. Owner-occupied homes: 946.
The median annual property tax in Sharkey County is $861, which is 29% lower than the Mississippi state average and 57% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.88% on a median home value of $98,000. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
Why Sharkey County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Sharkey County pay a median annual property tax of $861, far below the national median and well below the Mississippi state median. On a $98,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.88% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Low among Mississippi counties by effective rate
Sharkey County ranks #16 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (80% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Sharkey County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $40,000 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Sharkey County's 0.88% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 44%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Sharkey 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 Sharkey County rose 54.6%, from $63,400 to $98,000. The effective rate fell 29.2% over the same span, a steeper move than in 97% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 9.4%, to $861. 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 $787 to $861, a change of 9%. 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: 348 of 946 owner-occupied homes (36.8%) 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
29.0% of Sharkey County homes owned free and clear (181 of 625) report no property tax at all, against 9.7% 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 Sharkey County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Sharkey County homeowners, 348 of 946 owner-occupied homes (36.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 36.8% (348)
- $800 to $1,499 18.0% (170)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.4% (61)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.5% (52)
- $3,000 or more 10.9% (103)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
212 homes here (22.4%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Sharkey County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+226%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Sharkey County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Sharkey County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Sharkey County's median bill is 29% below the Mississippi median and 57% below the U.S. median.
A high rate, a smaller bill
Sharkey County taxes property at 0.88%, about 22% above the Mississippi average, yet its median bill of $861 lands roughly 29% 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.
Sharkey County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Sharkey 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.
Sharkey County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Sharkey County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $861 -14.6% | 0.88% |
| 2023 | $1,008 -2.4% | 0.93% |
| 2022 | $1,033 +29.1% | 1.17% |
| 2021 | $800 +1.7% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | $787 | 1.24% |
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.
Sharkey County: tax-to-income at 2.2%
Counties near Sharkey County's median bill
On effective rate, Sharkey County sits nearest Morrison County (MN), Webster County (KY), Boyd County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Westmoreland County (PA), Jasper County (TX), Somerset County (PA).
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
Sharkey County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 1,530 returns from Sharkey County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,975 - 50% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Sharkey County bill FAQs
- How does Sharkey County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Sharkey County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.88% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Sharkey County?
- Property taxes in Sharkey County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $40,000 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Sharkey County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Sharkey County is $861, an effective rate of 0.88% on a $98,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Sharkey County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Sharkey County climbed 9.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $787 to $861, 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 is the tax affordability score for Sharkey County?
- Sharkey County, Mississippi scores C- (52/100) 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- ($861/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 to do with Sharkey County's LIGHT bill
Sharkey County's $861 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 →
Sharkey 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 median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Sharkey 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: 0.88%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $861/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Sharkey County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Sharkey County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Humphreys County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Sharkey County at $861/yr; rate 0.98% vs Sharkey County 0.88%.
Conway County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $862/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.56% vs Sharkey County 0.88%.
Grant Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $862/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Sharkey County 0.88%.
Hamblen County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $862/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Sharkey County 0.88%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Sharkey 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 Sharkey County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.