Property tax in Jackson County, Mississippi

Who sends the property tax bill in Jackson County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Jackson County Tax Collector. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Jackson County Tax 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 Tax Assessor values the property and takes homestead exemption applications, due by April 1 each year; the Tax Collector sends one bill that covers the county, the school districts and all four cities (Gautier, Moss Point, Ocean Springs and Pascagoula). Both offices have locations in Pascagoula and Ocean Springs, with drop boxes for payments. Online payments run through a separate payment site the county links to; credit and debit cards carry a percentage fee and eChecks cost a flat $1.50. The tax receipt is mailed to the address on record.

When are property taxes due in Jackson County?

For the 2026 bill, Jackson County has one due date: February 1, 2027. February 1 is the last day to pay without interest, the date state law sets for every Mississippi county. February 1, 2027 is a Monday. When February 1 falls on a weekend or legal holiday, state law lets you pay on the following Monday without interest. The Tax Assessor's page lists January 31 as the payment deadline, but the Tax Collector, who sends the bill, gives February 1, and so does the state. Interest of one-half of one percent a month starts February 2. After June 30 only certified funds are accepted, not personal checks. On July 15 a $3 publication fee is added for advertising the lien in the newspaper. Taxes still unpaid by 5 pm on the last Friday before the annual tax sale, held online starting on the last Monday of August, are sold as a lien. You then have two years from the sale to redeem through the Chancery Clerk's office by paying the taxes plus interest of 1.5% a month, or the buyer can acquire the property. Any older delinquent taxes must be paid before the current year's.

From Jackson County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Jackson County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Jackson County's average effective rate of 0.71% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Jackson County at a glance

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 Jackson County compare in Mississippi?

Among Mississippi's 81 counties, Jackson County has the 36th highest effective property-tax rate: 35 rank higher and 45 rank lower. That is near the middle for Mississippi. Nationally, it ranks 1856th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Mississippi county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Jackson County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Jackson County's 41,889 owner-occupied homes, 13.1% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 28.9% pay at least $2,000, and 24% pay under $800. Another 15.8% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,634 and owners without one pay $996. 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 Jackson County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,366 is about 1.7% of the median income of Jackson County homeowner households, $80,027 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 72.7% of Jackson 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 Jackson County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,149 in 2015-2019 to $1,366 in 2020-2024, a 18.9% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 42.1%, from $135,900 to $193,100. 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 Jackson County

Jackson County borders 4 counties, 1 of them across the state line.

How is a home assessed in Jackson County?

Mississippi assesses homes at 10% of market value in every county, Jackson County included. How Mississippi assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Jackson County?

Yes, as a credit off the bill. Mississippi's regular homestead credit tops out at $300, which almost every homeowner with a house worth roughly $74,000 or more receives. Apply with the county tax assessor between January 1 and April 1. That is the Mississippi rule, and it applies in Jackson County. Mississippi's exemptions and relief programs in full.

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

How to appeal your Jackson County property assessment

In Jackson County you appeal to the Jackson County Board of Supervisors (appeals filed with the Chancery Clerk). The deadline: File with the Chancery Clerk's office during the two weeks the tax roll is open for public inspection, just before the first Monday in August; the Board of Supervisors hears appeals beginning that Monday. For taxes due February 1, 2027 that window closed in the summer of 2026, and the next one opens in late July 2027. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

How Mississippi's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Mississippi rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Mississippi page.

Work out your own numbers

• How much house can I afford?

  Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Jackson County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

  Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.

• Mississippi income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what Mississippi actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Jackson County

  The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.