Property tax in Miller County, Missouri
In Miller County, the property tax bill comes from the Miller County Collector of Revenue. The 2026 bill is due December 31, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Miller County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Miller County, Missouri is $1,102 a year, which is about 0.57% of the county's median home value of $192,600. That effective rate is lower than the typical Missouri county (0.7%) 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 Miller County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Miller County Collector of Revenue. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Miller 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 Miller County Assessor values property, and the Collector of Revenue in Tuscumbia mails one annual statement. The Collector cannot change a statement except for address or contact details; value and listing questions go to the Assessor at 573-369-1960. Payments are taken in person, by mail, by phone at 573-369-1925, at the drop box outside the courthouse front door, or online, and several statements can be paid together. Card payments carry a 2.9% processing fee. Mortgage escrow companies receive the senior freeze amount when they request the tax figures, but it is still the owner's job to make sure the lender pays on time. Miller County, Arkansas has a similarly named collector's website with different dates; it does not apply here.
When are property taxes due in Miller County?
For the 2026 bill, Miller County has one due date: December 31, 2026. One annual payment. Statements are mailed or posted online in November and become delinquent if not paid by December 31; December 31, 2026 is a Thursday. Call the Collector's office at 573-369-1925 if your statement has not arrived by Thanksgiving. A mailed payment must be postmarked no later than December 31. Delinquent statements from earlier years must be paid before the current year's, and incorrect or partial payments are not accepted. Not receiving a statement does not excuse the tax. Taxes not paid or postmarked by December 31 become delinquent on January 1 and carry penalty and interest under state law, plus a 9% fee for collecting delinquent taxes that state law (RSMo 52.290) adds to the bill in every Missouri county without a charter form of government, Miller County included. Real estate delinquent for at least three consecutive years is placed on the annual tax sale, held on the fourth Monday in August at 10 a.m. at the Miller County Courthouse.
From Miller 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 Miller County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Miller County's average effective rate of 0.57% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $1,098 / year
Property tax in Miller County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $1,102 |
| Median home value | $192,600 |
| Effective tax rate | 0.57% |
| Typical Missouri county rate | 0.7% |
| 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 Miller County compare in Missouri?
Among Missouri's 115 counties, Miller County has the 89th highest effective property-tax rate: 88 rank higher and 26 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Missouri. Nationally, it ranks 2370th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Missouri county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Miller County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Miller County's 7,280 owner-occupied homes, 5.9% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 20% pay at least $2,000, and 34.5% pay under $800. Another 4.7% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 2,515 | 34.5% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 2,079 | 28.6% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 884 | 12.1% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 1,028 | 14.1% |
| $3,000 or more | 431 | 5.9% |
| No property tax paid | 343 | 4.7% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,241 and owners without one pay $923. 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 Miller County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $1,102 is about 1.6% of the median income of Miller County homeowner households, $67,525 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 73.9% of Miller 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 Miller County?
Yes. The median bill went from $911 in 2015-2019 to $1,102 in 2020-2024, a 21% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 40.8%, from $136,800 to $192,600. 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 Miller County
Miller County borders 7 counties.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole County, MO | 0.77% | $1,769 | $229,600 |
| Moniteau County, MO | 0.68% | $1,245 | $181,900 |
| Pulaski County, MO | 0.61% | $1,159 | $189,800 |
| Osage County, MO | 0.59% | $1,307 | $223,300 |
| Miller County, MO (this county) | 0.57% | $1,102 | $192,600 |
| Morgan County, MO | 0.56% | $1,082 | $194,400 |
| Maries County, MO | 0.51% | $1,115 | $219,100 |
| Camden County, MO | 0.47% | $1,426 | $305,400 |
How is a home assessed in Miller County?
Missouri assesses homes at 19% of market value in every county, Miller County included. How Missouri assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Miller County?
No. Missouri has no general homestead exemption; relief comes through the income-tested Property Tax Credit and the county-option senior freeze. That is the Missouri rule, and it applies in Miller County. Missouri's exemptions and relief programs in full.
On top of the Missouri programs, Miller County runs its own:
- Miller County Residential Real Estate Tax Credit Freeze (SB 190): Under county Ordinance 2023-237 (amended October 11, 2024), a Missouri resident who is 62 or older by the application date, owns a Miller County home, lives in it as a primary residence at least 180 days a year, is responsible for its tax and is current on it can have the residential portion of that home's real estate tax frozen at the amount of the year before the first application. Only one dwelling may be on the parcel, and changes that raise the home's assessed value can affect the freeze. You must reapply every year from January 1 to June 30 at the Collector's office; missing a year restarts the base year. Apply by June 30.
How to appeal your Miller County property assessment
In Miller County you appeal to the Miller County Board of Equalization (scheduled by the County Clerk). The deadline: The Assessor will meet with you to discuss your value first (573-369-1960). The county has not published a filing deadline for Board of Equalization appeals. Under state law the Board meets on the third Monday in July (July 20, 2026) and must finish its work by July 31, so appeals of the 2026 assessment had to reach the County Clerk before then; that window has passed. Call the County Clerk at 573-369-1910 for the form and next year's dates. A further appeal to the Missouri State Tax Commission is due by September 30 or 30 days after the Board's decision, whichever is later. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Miller County does not restate them on its own pages.
How Missouri's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.
Missouri rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Missouri page.
Work out your own numbers
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Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Miller 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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Missouri income tax
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Sales tax in Miller County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Miller County, Missouri: 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.