Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Woodruff County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Woodruff County pays $600 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, far below the U.S. average.
- $600
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -70%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Woodruff County pay a median $600 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $600
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -70%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($106,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 6,026. Owner-occupied homes: 1,743.
The median annual property tax in Woodruff County is $600, which is 42% lower than the Arkansas state average and 70% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $106,500. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Woodruff County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Woodruff County's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Woodruff County pay a median annual property tax of $600, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $106,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Woodruff County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $48,158 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Arkansas counties by effective rate
Woodruff County ranks #24 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (68% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Woodruff 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 Woodruff County rose 43.3%, from $74,300 to $106,500. The effective rate fell 26.7% over the same span, a steeper move than in 95% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 5.1%, to $600. 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 $571 to $600, a change of 5%. 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: 1,031 of 1,743 owner-occupied homes (59.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 1.2% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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
21.9% of Woodruff County homes owned free and clear (229 of 1,048) report no property tax at all, against 7.3% 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 Woodruff County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Woodruff County homeowners, 1,031 of 1,743 owner-occupied homes (59.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 59.2% (1,031)
- $800 to $1,499 17.6% (306)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.8% (49)
- $2,000 to $2,999 4.1% (71)
- $3,000 or more 0.3% (6)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
280 homes here (16.1%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Woodruff County pay a substantially higher bill, 35% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Woodruff County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Woodruff County's effective rate is higher than 68% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #24 of 75.
Where Woodruff County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Arkansas, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 2% of the Arkansas 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 $600 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Woodruff County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Woodruff County | Arkansas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
Woodruff County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Woodruff County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $600 +7.5% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $558 -6.2% | 0.58% |
| 2022 | $595 +4.9% | 0.62% |
| 2021 | $567 -0.7% | 0.74% |
| 2020 | $571 | 0.77% |
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.
Woodruff County: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near Woodruff County's effective rate
On effective rate, Woodruff County sits nearest Wrangell City and Borough (AK), Phillips County (CO), Hart County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Jackson Parish (LA), Lenoir County (NC), Somerset County (MD).
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
Woodruff County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 50 of 2,390 returns from Woodruff County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,020 - 60% 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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Woodruff County rate FAQs
- How does Woodruff County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Woodruff County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Woodruff County?
- Woodruff County, Arkansas scores A- (83/100) 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+ ($600/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 Woodruff County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Woodruff County is $600, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $106,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Woodruff County?
- Property taxes in Woodruff County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $48,158 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Woodruff County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Woodruff County ticked up 5.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $571 to $600, 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 Woodruff County's QUIET rate
Woodruff County's $600 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 1.2% of Woodruff County's $48,158 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Woodruff County's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $600/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Woodruff County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Woodruff County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Calhoun County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Woodruff County at $600/yr; rate 0.66% vs Woodruff County 0.56%.
Holmes County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Woodruff County at $600/yr; rate 0.54% vs Woodruff County 0.56%.
Hancock County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $599/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.45% vs Woodruff County 0.56%.
Hempstead County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $601/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs Woodruff County 0.56%.
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Woodruff 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 Woodruff County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.