Property Tax & Income in Lawrence County, Mississippi
Lawrence County has an effective property tax rate of 0.67%. On the median home value of $100,000, that's roughly $674 per year. Median household income is $43,531.
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 | Lawrence County | Mississippi (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.67% | 0.69% |
| Median home value1 | $100,000 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 4.00% | top rate 4.00% |
| State sales tax3 | 7.06% combined | 7.06% 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 Lawrence County, MS
In Lawrence County, Mississippi, the median home value sits at $100,000, and the annual property tax bill on that home comes to roughly $674. That works out to an effective rate of 0.674%, which lands below Mississippi's statewide median of 0.694% and well under the national figure of 0.794%. Among the state's 81 counties, Lawrence County ranks 47th by property tax rate. With a median household income of $43,531 and per-capita income of $26,221, the tax bill amounts to a little over one and a half percent of typical household earnings. Monticello, the county seat, anchors the area alongside smaller communities like Jayess and Sontag. For a buyer weighing costs, the combination of a six-figure median home price and taxes under the state and national averages keeps the ongoing expense of ownership fairly contained.