Mississippi · County property tax · ACS 2024
Yazoo County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Yazoo County pays $1,197 a year, an effective rate of 0.78%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,197
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.78%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -40%
- vs U.S. average
- #23 of 81
- rank in MS
The verdict
Homeowners in Yazoo County pay a median $1,197 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.78%, more affordable than 52% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,197
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.78%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1507 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -40%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($153,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Mississippi. Population: 24,835. Owner-occupied homes: 4,849.
The median annual property tax in Yazoo County is $1,197, which is 1% lower than the Mississippi state average and 40% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.78% on a median home value of $153,800. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Yazoo County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Yazoo County's 0.78% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 52%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Yazoo County pay a median annual property tax of $1,197, well below the national median and roughly in line with the Mississippi state median. On a $153,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.78% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Mississippi counties by effective rate
Yazoo County ranks #23 of 81 counties in Mississippi by effective rate (72% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 4.1%, from $1,150 to $1,197. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Yazoo County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $39,295 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Yazoo 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 61% from $743 to $1,197. 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: 1,401 of 4,849 owner-occupied homes (28.9%) 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 3.0% 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.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
29.4% of Yazoo County homes owned free and clear (780 of 2,649) report no property tax at all, against 11.1% 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 Yazoo County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Yazoo County homeowners, 1,401 of 4,849 owner-occupied homes (28.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 28.9% (1,401)
- $800 to $1,499 19.6% (952)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.3% (451)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.3% (694)
- $3,000 or more 6.7% (326)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,025 homes here (21.1%) 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 Yazoo County pay a substantially higher bill, 51% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Yazoo County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Yazoo County's effective rate is higher than 72% of the 81 counties in Mississippi - ranking #23 of 81.
Where Yazoo County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.78% more affordable than 52% 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 Yazoo County moved from $743 in the 2020 release to $1,197 in 2024, a change of about 61%. 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.
Yazoo County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Yazoo 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 Above-median income burden | 3.0% | - | - |
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.
Yazoo County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Mississippi counties.
Yazoo County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,197 +4.1% | 0.78% |
| 2023 | $1,150 +0.9% | 0.89% |
| 2022 | $1,140 +26.9% | 0.97% |
| 2021 | $898 +20.9% | 0.82% |
| 2020 | $743 | 0.84% |
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.
Yazoo County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Yazoo County's effective rate
On effective rate, Yazoo County sits nearest Hubbard County (MN), Queen Anne's County (MD), Garrett County (MD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Plaquemines Parish (LA), Rockdale County (GA), Zavala County (TX).
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
Yazoo County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 270 of 9,050 returns from Yazoo County reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,489 - 30% 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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Yazoo County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Yazoo County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Yazoo County is recorded at $1,197 in the 2024 5-year release against $743 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 4,849 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 is the average property tax in Yazoo County, Mississippi?
- The median annual property tax in Yazoo County is $1,197, an effective rate of 0.78% on a $153,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Yazoo County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Yazoo County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.78% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Yazoo County?
- Yazoo County, Mississippi scores D (45/100) 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 B- ($1,197/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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Yazoo County?
- Property taxes in Yazoo County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $39,295 median household income.
What to do with Yazoo County's UNDER rate
Yazoo County's $1,197 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 →
Yazoo County ranks #23 of 81 Mississippi counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Mississippi overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Yazoo County's UNDER 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: 0.78%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,197/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Yazoo County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Yazoo County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Big Horn County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,198/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Yazoo County 0.78%.
Franklin County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,196/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.50% vs Yazoo County 0.78%.
Jasper County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,196/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.72% vs Yazoo County 0.78%.
Lyon County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,196/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.63% vs Yazoo County 0.78%.
Mississippi county set
State ACS overview for every published Mississippi county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Yazoo 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 Yazoo County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.