Property tax in Clark County, Indiana
In Clark County, the property tax bill comes from the Clark County Treasurer. The 2025 pay 2026 bill is paid in 2 installments, and the next one is due November 10, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Clark County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Clark County, Indiana is $1,716 a year, which is about 0.77% of the county's median home value of $222,900. That effective rate is higher than the typical Indiana county (0.66%) 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 Clark County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Clark County Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Clark 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 Clark County Treasurer in Jeffersonville collects the tax and mails paper bills in early April. Indiana bills a year in arrears: the 2025 assessment is taxed in two installments during 2026. Mailed payments go to a post office box in Evansville, not to Jeffersonville, so allow extra time. Online payments go through the county's processor, Catalis: cards cost 2.25% plus $1.50 and electronic checks $1.50. The Treasurer charges $1.00 a parcel for a duplicate bill or for a payment sent without the barcode coupon. During the collection season several local banks take payments with the tax bill. The county board of appeals meets the second Tuesday of each month.
When are property taxes due in Clark County?
For the 2025 pay 2026 bill, Clark County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due May 11, 2026 and the last November 10, 2026. The next one due is the fall installment, on November 10, 2026. Under Indiana law, a late installment is charged a penalty of 5% of the unpaid tax if it is paid within 30 days of the due date and the property owes no back taxes. If it is not paid within 30 days, or the property already owes back taxes, the penalty is 10%.
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Spring installment | May 11, 2026 (passed) | The Clark County Treasurer lists May 10 and November 10 as the usual dates. Under state law, a due date that falls on a weekend or holiday moves to the next business day. May 10, 2026 fell on a Sunday, so the spring installment was due Monday, May 11. |
| Fall installment | November 10, 2026 | November 10, 2026 is a Tuesday. |
From Clark 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 Clark County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Clark County's average effective rate of 0.77% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $1,716 / year
Property tax in Clark County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $1,716 |
| Median home value | $222,900 |
| Effective tax rate | 0.77% |
| Typical Indiana county rate | 0.66% |
| 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 Clark County compare in Indiana?
Among Indiana's 92 counties, Clark County has the 18th highest effective property-tax rate: 17 rank higher and 74 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Indiana. Nationally, it ranks 1667th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Indiana county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Clark County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Clark County's 38,300 owner-occupied homes, 14.4% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 38.6% pay at least $2,000, and 16.8% pay under $800. Another 2.5% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 6,439 | 16.8% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 9,269 | 24.2% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 6,887 | 18% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 9,261 | 24.2% |
| $3,000 or more | 5,504 | 14.4% |
| No property tax paid | 940 | 2.5% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,742 and owners without one pay $1,645. That is within 10% either way, so in Clark County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.
How does the Clark County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $1,716 is about 2% of the median income of Clark County homeowner households, $84,141 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 74.7% of Clark 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 Clark County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,210 in 2015-2019 to $1,716 in 2020-2024, a 41.8% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 56.1%, from $142,800 to $222,900. 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 Clark County
Clark County borders 7 counties, 3 of them across the state line.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham County, KY | 0.9% | $3,519 | $393,100 |
| Jefferson County, KY | 0.86% | $2,136 | $248,400 |
| Clark County, IN (this county) | 0.77% | $1,716 | $222,900 |
| Floyd County, IN | 0.69% | $1,736 | $251,000 |
| Trimble County, KY | 0.66% | $1,139 | $172,000 |
| Scott County, IN | 0.65% | $1,025 | $158,400 |
| Jefferson County, IN | 0.64% | $1,252 | $194,600 |
| Washington County, IN | 0.63% | $1,091 | $172,200 |
How is a home assessed in Clark County?
Indiana assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Clark County included. How Indiana assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Clark County?
Yes, but it is shrinking. Indiana's homestead standard deduction is $40,000 for assessment year 2026 and reaches $0 from 2030; a bill paid in 2026 reflects the $48,000 figure. That is the Indiana rule, and it applies in Clark County. Indiana's exemptions and relief programs in full.
On top of the Indiana programs, Clark County runs its own:
- Local income tax property tax credit: Clark County imposes part of its local income tax for property tax relief (the state certified about $19.2 million of this revenue for 2026), applied as a credit on tax bills with no application. For 2025 bills the state-approved rates gave a credit to every taxpayer plus a larger additional credit for homesteads; the county has not posted the 2026 rates.
How to appeal your Clark County property assessment
In Clark County you appeal to the Clark County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals (PTABOA). The deadline: File Form 130 by June 15 of the assessment year if the notice of assessment (Form 11) was mailed before May 1; for the 2026 assessment that deadline, June 15, 2026, has passed. If the notice was mailed on or after May 1, the deadline is June 15 of the year the tax bill is mailed. File it with the Clark County Assessor. A decision of the county Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals can be appealed to the Indiana Board of Tax Review on Form 131 within 45 days of its notice. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.
How Indiana's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.
Indiana rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Indiana 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 Clark 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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Indiana income tax
Brackets, standard deduction and what Indiana actually taxes.
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Sales tax in Clark County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Clark County, Indiana: 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.