Property tax in Independence County, Arkansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

In Independence County, the property tax bill comes from the Independence County Tax 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 Independence County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.

The median property tax bill in Independence County, Arkansas is $750 a year, which is about 0.53% of the county's median home value of $142,600. 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 Independence County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Independence County Tax Collector. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Independence 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 the Collector sends the bill; both offices are in the Courthouse Annex at 110 Broad Street in Batesville (Collector 870-793-8823, Assessor 870-793-8842). One bill covers school, county, library, road, solid waste, city and timber taxes, plus special assessments where they apply. Online payments run through a separate payment site the county links to. The County Clerk's office (870-793-8828) handles Equalization Board appeals.

When are property taxes due in Independence County?

For the 2025 (payable 2026) bill, Independence 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). State law makes current taxes payable from the first business day of March through October 15, and moves the deadline to the next business day only when October 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a Postal Service holiday, which it does not this year. The county's own pages do not print the date. Taxes not paid by October 15 are delinquent, and state law adds a 10% penalty.

From Independence County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. The county had not posted a calendar labeled for this cycle when we checked, so these dates come from state law and the county's standing schedule; the date on your bill is the one that binds you.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Independence County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Independence County's average effective rate of 0.53% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $756 / year

Property tax in Independence County at a glance

Independence County, Arkansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$750
Median home value	$142,600
Effective tax rate	0.53%
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 Independence County compare in Arkansas?

Among Arkansas's 75 counties, Independence County has the 31st highest effective property-tax rate: 30 rank higher and 44 rank lower. That is near the middle for Arkansas. Nationally, it ranks 2518th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Arkansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Independence County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Independence County's 10,128 owner-occupied homes, 3.9% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 11.9% pay at least $2,000, and 48.5% pay under $800. Another 9.3% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Independence County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	4,916	48.5%
$800 to $1,499	2,350	23.2%
$1,500 to $1,999	717	7.1%
$2,000 to $2,999	814	8%
$3,000 or more	393	3.9%
No property tax paid	938	9.3%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $820 and owners without one pay $681. 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 Independence County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $750 is about 1.1% of the median income of Independence County homeowner households, $69,839 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 69.2% of Independence 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 Independence County?

Yes. The median bill went from $639 in 2015-2019 to $750 in 2020-2024, a 17.4% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 44.2%, from $98,900 to $142,600. 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 Independence County

Independence County borders 7 counties.

Independence County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Izard County, AR	0.57%	$731	$129,100
Jackson County, AR	0.57%	$559	$98,300
Sharp County, AR	0.56%	$584	$105,100
Independence County, AR (this county)	0.53%	$750	$142,600
Lawrence County, AR	0.47%	$461	$98,900
White County, AR	0.46%	$754	$163,600
Cleburne County, AR	0.45%	$815	$179,800
Stone County, AR	0.32%	$548	$171,600

How is a home assessed in Independence County?

Arkansas assesses homes at 20% of market value in every county, Independence County included. How Arkansas assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Independence 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 Independence County. Arkansas's exemptions and relief programs in full.

Independence County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Arkansas ones (checked September 23, 2026).

How to appeal your Independence County property assessment

In Independence County you appeal to the Independence County Equalization Board. The deadline: Under state law, first ask the Assessor's office for an informal review. The last day to schedule a hearing with the county Equalization Board is the third Monday in August (in 2026 that was August 17). The County Clerk serves as the board's secretary. 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 Independence 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

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Independence 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.