Property Tax & Income in Faulkner County, Arkansas
Faulkner County has an effective property tax rate of 0.54%. On the median home value of $232,700, that's roughly $1,253 per year. Median household income is $67,289.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Faulkner County | Arkansas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.54% | 0.51% |
| Median home value1 | $232,700 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 3.90% | top rate 3.90% |
| State sales tax3 | 9.48% combined | 9.48% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Faulkner County, AR
Buying in Faulkner County means weighing a median home value of $232,700 against an annual property tax bill of about $1,253, based on an effective rate of 0.538%. That rate edges past Arkansas's statewide median of 0.514%, and the county ranks 28th of 75 statewide, so taxes here run a touch higher than in many neighboring counties. Nationally, though, the picture flips: the U.S. median effective rate sits at 0.794%, well above what Faulkner County homeowners pay. Households earning the median $67,289 would owe roughly 1.9% of that income in property taxes, a share shaped by the area's per-capita income of $34,402. Conway, the county's largest city, anchors much of the local housing stock. For buyers, the tradeoff is straightforward: home prices and tax bills land below national norms, even if they nudge above Arkansas's own baseline.