Property Tax & Income in Beckham County, Oklahoma
Beckham County has an effective property tax rate of 0.84%. On the median home value of $143,500, that's roughly $1,207 per year. Median household income is $53,328.
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 | Beckham County | Oklahoma (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.84% | 0.63% |
| Median home value1 | $143,500 | — |
| State income tax3 | top rate 4.75% | top rate 4.75% |
| State sales tax3 | 9.06% combined | 9.06% 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 Beckham County, OK
In Beckham County, Oklahoma, homes sell for a median of $143,500, and the annual property tax bill on such a home comes to about $1,207. That works out to an effective rate of 0.841%, which sits above Oklahoma's statewide median of 0.627% and ranks 9th among the state's 77 counties. Nationally, the median rate is 0.794%, so Beckham County also edges past that benchmark. For buyers weighing affordability, the trade-off is clear: purchase prices here stay well below what many markets demand, even though the tax rate itself runs higher than much of Oklahoma. Households earning the median income of $53,328 would devote roughly 2.3% of that to real-estate taxes on a median-priced home. Elk City, the county's largest community, along with Erick and Carter, anchor a market where low entry costs can offset a somewhat elevated rate.