Property Tax in Jackson County, Mississippi

What the Jackson County numbers mean

The median is the midpoint of the county's actual bills: half of Jackson County homeowners pay more than $1,332 a year and half pay less. The exact bill for any one home depends on its assessed value, exemptions, and which school, municipal and special districts cover it.

Set against the median home value of $181,700, the median bill works out to a derived effective rate of 0.73%. That rate is an estimate computed from the two medians — no county publishes a rate calculated this way — but it adjusts for home prices, which makes comparisons between counties more meaningful.

The key figures for Jackson County

For context, the Mississippi medians are $1,189 of tax on $161,400 of value, and the US medians are $2,969 on $303,400. *Derived figures are estimates from Census medians, not official rates.

Jackson County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Mississippi: #10 of 82 counties
• Median home value rank in Mississippi: #10 of 82
• Population rank in Mississippi: #5 of 82 (144,437 residents)
• Population density rank: #5 of 82 (200 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Mississippi: #14 of 82 (722 sq mi, 1.5% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $111; per $1,000 of home value: $0.73

How Jackson County compares

Set against its state, Jackson County's median bill of $1,332 is about 12% higher than the Mississippi median ($1,189). Against the country as a whole it is about 55% lower than the US median ($2,969). That places the county #10 of 82 Mississippi counties ranked by median taxes paid.

Remember what drives the ranking: bills follow home values as much as rates. Jackson County's median home, at $181,700, ranks #10 by value in Mississippi, while its derived rate of 0.73% compares with a derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Jackson County: the median bill works out to about $111 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $733 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 144,437 people — the #5 most populous county in Mississippi, spread over 722 square miles, a density of about 200 people per square mile. Its median home value, $181,700, ranks #10 among the state's 82 counties with data.

Nationally, Jackson County's median bill of $1,332 ranks #1902 of 3133 counties with published data — inside the top 61% of counties by tax paid. The county accounts for about 4.9% of Mississippi's population, its median home value is about 13% above the state median, and at the derived rate the median home would hand over roughly 7.33% of its value in tax across a decade. Within the state, the distance from Jackson County to the most expensive county, Madison County ($2,071), is $739 a year.

Counties nearest Jackson County in the Mississippi ranking

Jackson County and its population peers

Counties of a similar size can tax very differently. The table below shows the counties closest to Jackson County in population across the United States, with their median bills and home values. Within the group of 9, Jackson County ($1,332) ranks #8 of 9 by median tax paid.

The closest population match is Taylor County, Texas (144,259 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $2,670 on a median home value of $190,300 — $1,338 less than Jackson County pays.

Inside Mississippi itself, the counties closest to Jackson County in population are DeSoto County (188,598 residents, median tax $1,595 on a median value of $248,700); Rankin County (158,218 residents, median tax $1,384 on a median value of $223,400); Madison County (110,303 residents, median tax $2,071 on a median value of $286,300); Lee County (83,138 residents, median tax $1,356 on a median value of $187,800). Same state, same broad tax framework — yet the median bills still differ, because assessed values and the mix of county, municipal and school-district rates are set locally.

How the tax is worked out

Think of the final bill as three ingredients: the assessed value of the property, the exemptions subtracted from it, and the combined rate of every district the property sits in. Jackson County's medians imply a derived rate of 0.73%; applied illustratively, a $400,000 home would owe about $2,932 a year, or around $244 a month spread evenly. Individual properties depart from the illustration in both directions.

Illustrative bills in Jackson County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 0.73% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Jackson County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 0.74% and the US figure of 0.98%:

Illustration only: real bills are computed from the assessed value, exemptions, and the combined rates of the property's actual taxing districts.

Checking your assessment in Jackson County

If your bill looks wrong, work through these steps:

1. Get your property record card from the assessor and check the basics — living area, lot size, bedrooms, condition, and any exemptions you should have.
2. Compare your assessed value with recent sale prices of similar homes in Jackson County.
3. Talk to the assessor's office informally first; clear errors are often fixed without a hearing.
4. If needed, file a formal appeal with the local review board before the deadline on your assessment notice, with your evidence attached.
5. Keep paying the bill as issued while the appeal runs, unless your notice says otherwise — unpaid taxes accrue penalties regardless of an appeal.

More Mississippi counties

• Rankin County, MS — $1,384
• Madison County, MS — $2,071
• DeSoto County, MS — $1,595
• Lee County, MS — $1,356
• Harrison County, MS — $1,289
• Forrest County, MS — $1,284

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