Property Tax 101

The median property tax (also known as real estate tax) in Harper County is $289.00 per year, based on a median home value of $65,700.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 0.44% of property value.

Harper 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-seven counties in Oklahoma, Harper County is ranked 71st by median property taxes, and 70th by median tax as percentage of home value.

While Harper County collects a median of 0.44% of a property's each year as property tax, the actual amount of property tax collected is lower compared to the rest of Oklahoma. This is partially because the median property value in Harper County is $42,000.00 lower than the Oklahoma median property value of $107,700.00.

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71st out of 77 By median yearly property tax

70th out of 77 By percentage of median home value

75th out of 77 By percentage of median income

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

Remember: Real estate prices also play a large part in which Oklahoma 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 Harper County are the responsibility of the Harper County Tax Assessor, whose office is located in Buffalo, Oklahoma.

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