Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in Prairie County is $376.00 per year, based on a median home value of $74,200.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.51% of property value.

Prairie 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, Prairie County is ranked 47th by median property taxes, and 51st by median tax as percentage of home value.

Prairie County has lower property taxes than many other Arkansas counties. The median home value is $74,200.00, compared to the median property value in Arkansas of $102,900.00

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47th out of 75 By median yearly property tax

51st out of 75 By percentage of median home value

54th out of 75 By percentage of median income

You can see how Prairie County (highlighted in green) compares to the seventy-five other counties in Arkansas with the bar chart above, sorted by median property tax in dollars. For a visual map of county property tax rates in Arkansas, see our Arkansas county property tax map.

Remember: Real estate prices also play a large part in which Arkansas counties have the highest and lowest median property taxes. Higher-valued properties will generally have higher taxes, even if the median percentage of home value levied as property tax is different. For comparisons, you can also use Percentage Of Home Value.

Property tax assessments in Prairie County are the responsibility of the Prairie County Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Des Arc, Arkansas.

If you need to pay your property tax bill, ask about a property tax assessment, look up the Prairie County property tax due date, or find property tax records, visit the Prairie County Tax Assessor's page. Applications for the Prairie County homestead exemption, any property tax appeals, and applications for a current use tax reduction must also be submitted to the Prairie 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 Prairie County Property Tax Calculator to estimate your property tax based on median tax values (results open in new page).