Property Tax & Income in Pike County, Arkansas
Pike County has an effective property tax rate of 0.59%. On the median home value of $121,600, that's roughly $713 per year. Median household income is $49,269.
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 | Pike County | Arkansas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.59% | 0.51% |
| Median home value1 | $121,600 | — |
| 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 Pike County, AR
Homes in Pike County, Arkansas, are priced well below the national norm, with a median value of $121,600. That lower entry price pairs with an effective property tax rate of 0.586%, which sits above Arkansas's statewide median of 0.514% and ranks 12th among the state's 75 counties. Even so, the median annual real-estate tax bill comes to just $713 — a figure that stays low because it's applied to comparatively inexpensive housing. Buyers near Antoine, the largest of the county's communities, can expect income levels around a median household figure of $49,269, with per-capita income at $30,240. Nationally, the median effective rate is 0.794%, so Pike County's rate is lower than that benchmark even though it exceeds its own state's. The combination of affordable home prices and a tax bill under $750 a year keeps ownership costs within reach.