Property tax in Lafayette County, Arkansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Lafayette County, Arkansas is $494 a year, which is about 0.61% of the county's median home value of $81,000. 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.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Lafayette County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Lafayette County's average effective rate of 0.61% (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: $494 / year

Property tax in Lafayette County at a glance

Lafayette County, Arkansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$494
Median home value	$81,000
Effective tax rate	0.61%
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 Lafayette County compare in Arkansas?

Among Arkansas's 75 counties, Lafayette County has the 9th highest effective property-tax rate: 8 rank higher and 66 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 2206th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Arkansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Lafayette County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Lafayette County's 2,078 owner-occupied homes, 0.2% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 3.1% pay at least $2,000, and 48.1% pay under $800. Another 25.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Lafayette County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	999	48.1%
$800 to $1,499	365	17.6%
$1,500 to $1,999	120	5.8%
$2,000 to $2,999	60	2.9%
$3,000 or more	5	0.2%
No property tax paid	529	25.5%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $719 and owners without one pay $401. 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 Lafayette County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $494 is about 1% of the median income of Lafayette County homeowner households, $49,375 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 79.3% of Lafayette 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 Lafayette County?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $381 in 2015-2019 and $494 in 2020-2024, but that $113 difference is inside the Census's own margin of error for a county this size, so it could be sampling noise rather than a real change.

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 Lafayette County

Lafayette County borders 6 counties, 2 of them across the state line.

Lafayette County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Bossier Parish, LA	0.64%	$1,445	$227,200
Miller County, AR	0.61%	$934	$153,900
Lafayette County, AR (this county)	0.61%	$494	$81,000
Hempstead County, AR	0.57%	$601	$105,700
Nevada County, AR	0.52%	$434	$83,300
Columbia County, AR	0.47%	$718	$152,100
Webster Parish, LA	0.36%	$412	$114,500

How is a home assessed in Lafayette County?

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

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

When are property taxes due in Lafayette County?

Arkansas bills in the year after assessment, so what you assess in one year you pay the next. Tax is due and payable from the first business day in March through October 15, and anything unpaid after October 15 picks up a 10% penalty. You can split the bill: a quarter by the third Monday in April, another quarter by the third Monday in July, and the remaining half by October 15. Collectors may also let you pay in any amount across that window.

Arkansas splits the bill into 3 installments. That is the Arkansas rule. Lafayette County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Lafayette County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the County Board of Equalization, then county court, then circuit court. The filing deadline is typically the third Monday in August. That is the Arkansas rule; Lafayette County sets the exact dates and forms. The Arkansas appeal process step by step.

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 Lafayette 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.