Oklahoma · County property tax · ACS 2024
Tillman County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Tillman County pays $500 a year, an effective rate of 0.63%, far below the U.S. average.
- $500
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.63%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -75%
- vs U.S. average
- #39 of 77
- rank in OK
The verdict
Homeowners in Tillman County pay a median $500 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.63%, more affordable than 68% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $500
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.63%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -75%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($79,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Oklahoma. Population: 6,910. Owner-occupied homes: 1,941.
The median annual property tax in Tillman County is $500, which is 69% lower than the Oklahoma state average and 75% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.63% on a median home value of $79,800. Property taxes represent 1.0% of the median household income in this county.
Why Tillman County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Tillman County pay a median annual property tax of $500, far below the national median and far below the Oklahoma state median. On a $79,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.63% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Tillman County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $48,939 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Tillman County's 0.63% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 68%).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.8%, from $477 to $500. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Oklahoma counties by effective rate
Tillman County ranks #39 of 77 counties in Oklahoma by effective rate (49% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Tillman 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 47% from $341 to $500. 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: 1,247 of 1,941 owner-occupied homes (64.2%) 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 1.0% 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.
What Tillman County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Tillman County homeowners, 1,247 of 1,941 owner-occupied homes (64.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 64.2% (1,247)
- $800 to $1,499 17.1% (332)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.7% (111)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.3% (102)
- $3,000 or more 2.5% (49)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
100 homes here (5.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Oklahoma handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Tillman County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+100%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Tillman County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Tillman County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Tillman County's median bill is 69% below the Oklahoma median and 75% below the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Tillman County moved from $341 in the 2020 release to $500 in 2024, a change of about 47%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Tillman County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Tillman County | Oklahoma Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.0% | - | - |
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.
Tillman County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Oklahoma counties.
Tillman County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $500 +4.8% | 0.63% |
| 2023 | $477 +6.7% | 0.66% |
| 2022 | $447 +18.3% | 0.71% |
| 2021 | $378 +10.9% | 0.71% |
| 2020 | $341 | 0.65% |
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.
Tillman County: tax takes only 1.0% of income
Counties near Tillman County's median bill
On effective rate, Tillman County sits nearest Pender County (NC), Davie County (NC), Craven County (NC).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Orange County (TX), Clear Creek County (CO), Cherokee County (GA).
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
Tillman County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 40 of 2,760 returns from Tillman County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,425 - 100% 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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Tillman County bill FAQs
- How does Tillman County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Tillman County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.63% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Tillman County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Tillman County is recorded at $500 in the 2024 5-year release against $341 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 1,941 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 Tillman County?
- Property taxes in Tillman County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.0% of the $48,939 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Tillman County, Oklahoma?
- The median annual property tax in Tillman County is $500, an effective rate of 0.63% on a $79,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Tillman County?
- Tillman County, Oklahoma scores A- (81/100) 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 income room at A+ (1.0%). 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 Tillman County's LIGHT bill
Tillman County's $500 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 1.0% of Tillman County's $48,939 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Tillman 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: 0.63%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $500/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Tillman County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Tillman County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Scott County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Tillman County at $500/yr; rate 0.43% vs Tillman County 0.63%.
Lawrence County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $497/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.29% vs Tillman County 0.63%.
Tallahatchie County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $503/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.61% vs Tillman County 0.63%.
DeKalb County, AL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $496/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 0.32% vs Tillman County 0.63%.
Oklahoma county set
State ACS overview for every published Oklahoma county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Tillman 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 Tillman County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.