Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in Ouachita County is $372.00 per year, based on a median home value of $61,900.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.60% of property value.

Ouachita County collects fairly low property taxes, and is among the lower 25% of all counties in the United States ranked by property tax collections. Of the seventy-five counties in Arkansas, Ouachita County is ranked 49th by median property taxes, and 16th by median tax as percentage of home value.

While Ouachita County collects a median of 0.60% of a property's each year as property tax, the actual amount of property tax collected is lower compared to the rest of Arkansas. This is partially because the median property value in Ouachita County is $41,000.00 lower than the Arkansas median property value of $102,900.00.

Property tax assessments in Ouachita County are the responsibility of the Ouachita County Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Camden, Arkansas.

If you need to pay your property tax bill, ask about a property tax assessment, look up the Ouachita County property tax due date, or find property tax records, visit the Ouachita County Tax Assessor's page. Applications for the Ouachita County homestead exemption, any property tax appeals, and applications for a current use tax reduction must also be submitted to the Ouachita County Assessor's Office.

For some properties, you can easily find the most recent tax assessment by looking up the property address with our property records search. You can also use our Ouachita County Property Tax Calculator to estimate your property tax based on median tax values (results open in new page).