Property tax in St. Francis County, Arkansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in St. Francis County, Arkansas is $425 a year, which is about 0.47% of the county's median home value of $90,900. That effective rate is lower 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 St. Francis County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at St. Francis County's average effective rate of 0.47% (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: $427 / year

Property tax in St. Francis County at a glance

St. Francis County, Arkansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$425
Median home value	$90,900
Effective tax rate	0.47%
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 St. Francis County compare in Arkansas?

Among Arkansas's 75 counties, St. Francis County has the 59th highest effective property-tax rate: 58 rank higher and 16 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Arkansas. Nationally, it ranks 2726th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Arkansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in St. Francis County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across St. Francis County's 4,319 owner-occupied homes, 1.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 5.1% pay at least $2,000, and 57.5% pay under $800. Another 19.1% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by St. Francis County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	2,485	57.5%
$800 to $1,499	552	12.8%
$1,500 to $1,999	237	5.5%
$2,000 to $2,999	150	3.5%
$3,000 or more	71	1.6%
No property tax paid	824	19.1%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $495 and owners without one pay $388. 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 St. Francis County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $425 is about 0.7% of the median income of St. Francis County homeowner households, $58,875 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 55.5% of St. Francis 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 St. Francis County?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $398 in 2015-2019 and $425 in 2020-2024, but that $27 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 St. Francis County

St. Francis County borders 5 counties.

St. Francis County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Crittenden County, AR	0.62%	$987	$160,200
Woodruff County, AR	0.56%	$600	$106,500
Cross County, AR	0.51%	$596	$117,500
Monroe County, AR	0.51%	$456	$88,700
St. Francis County, AR (this county)	0.47%	$425	$90,900
Lee County, AR	0.46%	$349	$75,300

How is a home assessed in St. Francis County?

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

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

When are property taxes due in St. Francis 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. St. Francis County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your St. Francis 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; St. Francis 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 St. Francis 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.