Arkansas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Yell County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Yell County pays $640 a year, an effective rate of 0.45%, far below the U.S. average.
- $640
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.45%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -68%
- vs U.S. average
- #64 of 75
- rank in AR
The verdict
Homeowners in Yell County pay a median $640 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.45%, more affordable than 89% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $640
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #359 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -68%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($143,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Arkansas. Population: 20,134. Owner-occupied homes: 5,622.
The median annual property tax in Yell County is $640, which is 38% lower than the Arkansas state average and 68% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.45% on a median home value of $143,600. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Yell County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Yell County's 0.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 89%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Yell County pay a median annual property tax of $640, far below the national median and well below the Arkansas state median. On a $143,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Arkansas counties by effective rate
Yell County ranks #64 of 75 counties in Arkansas by effective rate (15% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Yell County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $55,934 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Yell 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 Yell County rose 30.2%, from $110,300 to $143,600. The effective rate fell 30.4% over the same span, a steeper move than in 97% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 9.3%, to $640. 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $706 in 2020 to $640 in 2024, a fall of 9%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 3,017 of 5,622 owner-occupied homes (53.7%) 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 1.1% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Yell County fell from $706 to $640, a change of -9.3%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Yell County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Yell County homeowners, 3,017 of 5,622 owner-occupied homes (53.7%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 53.7% (3,017)
- $800 to $1,499 25.1% (1,413)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.5% (307)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.7% (322)
- $3,000 or more 2.4% (135)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
428 homes here (7.6%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Arkansas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Yell County, mortgaged homeowners pay 17% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Yell County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Yell County's effective rate is higher than 15% of the 75 counties in Arkansas - ranking #64 of 75.
Where Yell County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.45% Among the most affordable more affordable than 89% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Arkansas on both measures
Yell County's effective rate runs 18% under the Arkansas median and its bill 38% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $640 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Arkansas norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Yell County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Yell 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 | 1.1% | - | - |
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.
Yell County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Arkansas counties.
Yell County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $640 -5.7% | 0.45% |
| 2023 | $679 -6.0% | 0.52% |
| 2022 | $722 -2.2% | 0.56% |
| 2021 | $738 +4.5% | 0.66% |
| 2020 | $706 | 0.64% |
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.
Yell County: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near Yell County's effective rate
On effective rate, Yell County sits nearest Crowley County (CO), Denver County (CO), Elbert County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Jackson County (CO), Treutlen County (GA), Cochran 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
Yell County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 170 of 8,310 returns from Yell County reported real estate taxes, averaging $1,647 - 41% 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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Yell County rate FAQs
- How does Yell County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Yell County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Yell County?
- Yell County, Arkansas scores A (88/100) 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+ (1.1%). 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 Yell County, Arkansas?
- The median annual property tax in Yell County is $640, an effective rate of 0.45% on a $143,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Yell County?
- Property taxes in Yell County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $55,934 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Yell County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Yell County declined 9.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $706 to $640, 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 Yell County's QUIET rate
Yell County's $640 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 1.1% of Yell County's $55,934 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Yell 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: 0.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $640/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Yell County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Yell County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Wright County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Yell County at $640/yr; rate 0.40% vs Yell County 0.45%.
Howard County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $639/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.42% vs Yell County 0.45%.
Caldwell County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $643/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.54% vs Yell County 0.45%.
Clinton County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $637/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.52% vs Yell County 0.45%.
Perry County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Yell County on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (0.70% vs 0.45%).
Arkansas county set
State ACS overview for every published Arkansas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Yell 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 Yell County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.