Property tax in White County, Arkansas

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in White County, Arkansas is $754 a year, which is about 0.46% of the county's median home value of $163,600. 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 White County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at White County's average effective rate of 0.46% (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: $753 / year

Property tax in White County at a glance

White County, Arkansas property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$754
Median home value	$163,600
Effective tax rate	0.46%
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 White County compare in Arkansas?

Among Arkansas's 75 counties, White County has the 62nd highest effective property-tax rate: 61 rank higher and 13 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Arkansas. Nationally, it ranks 2751st of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Arkansas county ranked.

How much do homeowners in White County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across White County's 20,482 owner-occupied homes, 3.7% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 10.3% pay at least $2,000, and 47.5% pay under $800. Another 10% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by White County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	9,732	47.5%
$800 to $1,499	5,020	24.5%
$1,500 to $1,999	1,567	7.7%
$2,000 to $2,999	1,349	6.6%
$3,000 or more	767	3.7%
No property tax paid	2,047	10%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $856 and owners without one pay $690. 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 White County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $754 is about 1.1% of the median income of White County homeowner households, $70,742 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 69.1% of White 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 White County?

Yes. The median bill went from $589 in 2015-2019 to $754 in 2020-2024, a 28% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 36.2%, from $120,100 to $163,600. 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 White County

White County borders 7 counties.

White County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Prairie County, AR	0.72%	$696	$96,400
Lonoke County, AR	0.63%	$1,211	$193,600
Jackson County, AR	0.57%	$559	$98,300
Woodruff County, AR	0.56%	$600	$106,500
Faulkner County, AR	0.54%	$1,253	$232,700
Independence County, AR	0.53%	$750	$142,600
White County, AR (this county)	0.46%	$754	$163,600
Cleburne County, AR	0.45%	$815	$179,800

How is a home assessed in White County?

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

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

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

How to appeal your White 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; White 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 White 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.