Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Warren County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Warren County pays $1,244 a year, an effective rate of 0.80%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,244
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.80%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -38%
- vs U.S. average
- #22 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Warren County pay a median $1,244 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.80%, more affordable than 50% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,244
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.80%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1567 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -38%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($156,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Warren County, MS
54/100
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.
Warren County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median home value relative to Warren County's median income
Median tax as a share of Warren County's median household income
Warren County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Warren County
Read the chart values
- Bill size: 66/100 (B-) · $1,244/yr
- Housing pressure: 64/100 (C+) · 2.63×
- Income room: 63/100 (C+) · 2.1%
- Rate relief: 50/100 (C-) · 0.80%
- Mortgage premium: 25/100 (F) · +$560
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 43,020. Owner-occupied homes: 11,717.
The median annual property tax in Warren County is $1,244, which is 2% higher than the Mississippi state average and 38% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.80% on a median home value of $156,400. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Warren County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Warren County pay a median annual property tax of $1,244, well below the national median and roughly in line with the Mississippi state median. On a $156,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.80% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Mississippi counties by effective rate
Warren County ranks #22 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Warren County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $59,401 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Warren County's 0.80% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 50%).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Warren 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Warren County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 6.8% up, against a median home value that rose 17.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 25.5%, from $991 to $1,244.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 26% from $991 to $1,244. 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 single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 3,819 of 11,717 homes (32.6%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.1% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Warren County Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Warren County homeowners are not billed at all: 3,819 of 11,717 owner-occupied homes (32.6%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 23.4% (2,736)
- $800 to $1,499 17.5% (2,045)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.6% (779)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.0% (1,168)
- $3,000 or more 10.0% (1,170)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,819 homes here (32.6%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Warren County homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Mississippi handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Warren County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+62%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Warren County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Warren County's effective rate is higher than 73% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #22 of 81 for property tax burden.
Where Warren County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.80% more affordable than 50% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Warren County moved from $991 in the 2020 release to $1,244 in 2024, a change of about 26%. 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.
Warren County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Warren County | Mississippi Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Warren County stamps UNDER · LIGHT - still check the parcel card
On Warren County's published figures (UNDER · LIGHT), a $156,400 median home carries a $1,244 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $124 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 Mississippi.
Property Tax History · UNDER · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,244 +0.8% | 0.80% |
| 2023 | $1,234 +8.7% | 0.85% |
| 2022 | $1,135 +5.1% | 0.80% |
| 2021 | $1,080 +9.0% | 0.80% |
| 2020 | $991 | 0.74% |
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 notably lower than the national average of 0.92% puts Warren County in the "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 Warren County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Warren County sits nearest Marshall County (MN), Otsego County (MI), Pendleton County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hancock County (WV), Queens County (NY), Martin County (IN).
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 Warren County
Of the 19,280 federal returns filed from Warren County in 2022, 1,060 (5.5% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $2,963 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 32% 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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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Warren County's numbers
- Warren County's $1,244 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 →
- Warren County ranks #22 of 81 Mississippi counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Mississippi overview →
- If Warren County's assessment looks high versus the $156,400 typical home, check Mississippi'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 ($156,400); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Warren County, both outside Mississippi so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.80%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,244/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Warren County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Warren County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Carter County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Warren County at $1,244/yr; rate 0.74% vs Warren County 0.80%.
Floyd County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,245/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Warren County 0.80%.
Moniteau County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,245/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.68% vs Warren County 0.80%.
Franklin County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,246/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.53% vs Warren County 0.80%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Warren 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.
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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 Warren County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.