Property tax in Crawford County, Arkansas
In Crawford County, the property tax bill comes from the Crawford County Collector. The 2025 bill is due October 15, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Crawford County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Crawford County, Arkansas is $982 a year, which is about 0.54% of the county's median home value of $182,800. That effective rate is higher than the typical Arkansas county (0.51%) and lower than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.
Who sends the property tax bill in Crawford County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Crawford County Collector. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Crawford County Assessor, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.
The Assessor values property and applies the homestead credit, and the Collector in the Van Buren courthouse sends the bill and takes payment. If you are not sure you are receiving the homestead credit, check with the Assessor's or Collector's office. The office warns that lines are long on October 15, so pay early. Online payments run through a separate payment site the county links to.
When are property taxes due in Crawford County?
For the 2025 (payable 2026) bill, Crawford County has one due date: October 15, 2026. Arkansas collects property tax a year behind, so the 2025 tax is due October 15, 2026 (a Thursday). The Collector takes payments from March 1 through October 15, in person, by mail or online, by cash, check, money order, cashier's check or credit card. State law moves the deadline to the next business day only when October 15 falls on a weekend or a postal holiday, which it does not this year. Taxes not paid by October 15 are delinquent, and state law adds a 10% penalty. Members of the armed forces, reserves or National Guard are not charged the penalty while deployed and for one tax year after.
From Crawford County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.
Estimate the property tax on a home in Crawford County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Crawford County's average effective rate of 0.54% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $987 / year
Property tax in Crawford County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $982 |
| Median home value | $182,800 |
| Effective tax rate | 0.54% |
| Typical Arkansas county rate | 0.51% |
| National median county rate | 0.81% |
Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
How does Crawford County compare in Arkansas?
Among Arkansas's 75 counties, Crawford County has the 26th highest effective property-tax rate: 25 rank higher and 49 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Arkansas. Nationally, it ranks 2478th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Arkansas county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Crawford County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Crawford County's 17,627 owner-occupied homes, 6.7% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 16.8% pay at least $2,000, and 38.2% pay under $800. Another 9.3% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 6,732 | 38.2% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 4,366 | 24.8% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 1,944 | 11% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 1,776 | 10.1% |
| $3,000 or more | 1,178 | 6.7% |
| No property tax paid | 1,631 | 9.3% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,071 and owners without one pay $855. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.
How does the Crawford County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $982 is about 1.4% of the median income of Crawford County homeowner households, $72,594 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 75.5% of Crawford County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.
Have property taxes gone up in Crawford County?
Yes. The median bill went from $698 in 2015-2019 to $982 in 2020-2024, a 40.7% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 58.7%, from $115,200 to $182,800. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.
Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.
Property tax in counties next to Crawford County
Crawford County borders 6 counties, 2 of them across the state line.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian County, AR | 0.62% | $1,101 | $176,200 |
| Sequoyah County, OK | 0.55% | $761 | $139,400 |
| Crawford County, AR (this county) | 0.54% | $982 | $182,800 |
| Washington County, AR | 0.52% | $1,564 | $298,400 |
| Franklin County, AR | 0.49% | $645 | $130,800 |
| Adair County, OK | 0.48% | $569 | $117,800 |
| Madison County, AR | 0.41% | $736 | $178,100 |
How is a home assessed in Crawford County?
Arkansas assesses homes at 20% of market value in every county, Crawford County included. How Arkansas assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Crawford County?
Yes, as a credit off the bill. Arkansas's Amendment 79 homestead credit is $600 on bills payable in 2026, rising to $675 on bills payable in 2027. Register once with the county assessor. That is the Arkansas rule, and it applies in Crawford County. Arkansas's exemptions and relief programs in full.
Crawford County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Arkansas ones (checked September 23, 2026).
How to appeal your Crawford County property assessment
In Crawford County you appeal to the Crawford County Equalization Board. The deadline: Under state law, apply in person, by petition or by letter to the secretary of the Equalization Board on or before the third Monday in August (in 2026 that was August 17); the County Clerk's office has information on the board. The board may only adjust the assessment made in the year it meets. Because Arkansas bills a year behind, an appeal of this year's value changes the bill due the following October. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Crawford County does not restate them on its own pages.
How Arkansas's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.
Arkansas rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Arkansas page.
Work out your own numbers
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How much house can I afford?
Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Crawford County's tax rate to hand.
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Mortgage calculator
Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.
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Arkansas income tax
Brackets, standard deduction and what Arkansas actually taxes.
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Sales tax in Crawford County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Crawford County, Arkansas: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.