Property Tax in Rankin County, Mississippi

What the Rankin County numbers mean

A median is the middle household: half of owner-occupied households in Rankin County pay more than $1,384, and half pay less. Your own bill is set by your home's assessed value, the exemptions you qualify for, and the local taxing districts your property sits in — so individual bills vary widely around the median.

Dividing the median tax by the median home value gives a derived effective rate of 0.62% for Rankin County. It is an estimate built from two survey medians, not the county's official rate, but it is a fair way to compare the local tax burden with other counties where home values are very different.

The key figures for Rankin 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.

Rankin County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Mississippi: #8 of 82 counties
• Median home value rank in Mississippi: #4 of 82
• Population rank in Mississippi: #4 of 82 (158,218 residents)
• Population density rank: #4 of 82 (204 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Mississippi: #7 of 82 (775 sq mi, 1.7% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $115; per $1,000 of home value: $0.62

How Rankin County compares

Set against its state, Rankin County's median bill of $1,384 is about 16% higher than the Mississippi median ($1,189). Against the country as a whole it is about 53% lower than the US median ($2,969). That places the county #8 of 82 Mississippi counties ranked by median taxes paid.

Remember what drives the ranking: bills follow home values as much as rates. Rankin County's median home, at $223,400, ranks #4 by value in Mississippi, while its derived rate of 0.62% compares with a derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Rankin County: the median bill works out to about $115 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $620 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 158,218 people — the #4 most populous county in Mississippi, spread over 775 square miles, a density of about 204 people per square mile. Its median home value, $223,400, ranks #4 among the state's 82 counties with data.

Zooming out: of 3133 counties nationwide with published Census figures, only 1811 record a higher median tax bill than Rankin County — it sits in the top 58% nationally. The county holds roughly 5.4% of Mississippi's people. Its homes are worth more than the state norm (median $223,400 versus $161,400), and a decade at the derived rate of 0.62% adds up to about 6.20% of the median home's value in tax. The cheapest county in the state, Issaquena County, medians $314 — $1,070 less than Rankin County per year.

Counties nearest Rankin County in the Mississippi ranking

Rankin County and its population peers

For a like-for-like sense of scale, compare Rankin County with its national population peers: the counties nearest to its 158,218 residents, listed in the table below with their own Census medians. Of the 9 counties in that group, Rankin County's median bill of $1,384 is #6 of 9.

The closest population match is Parker County, Texas (158,079 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $4,978 on a median home value of $343,600 — $3,594 less than Rankin County pays.

Inside Mississippi itself, the counties closest to Rankin County in population are Harrison County (209,443 residents, median tax $1,289 on a median value of $199,300); DeSoto County (188,598 residents, median tax $1,595 on a median value of $248,700); Jackson County (144,437 residents, median tax $1,332 on a median value of $181,700); Madison County (110,303 residents, median tax $2,071 on a median value of $286,300). 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. Rankin County's medians imply a derived rate of 0.62%; applied illustratively, a $400,000 home would owe about $2,480 a year, or around $207 a month spread evenly. Individual properties depart from the illustration in both directions.

Illustrative bills in Rankin County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 0.62% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Rankin 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 Rankin 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 Rankin 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

• Jackson County, MS — $1,332
• DeSoto County, MS — $1,595
• Madison County, MS — $2,071
• Harrison County, MS — $1,289
• Hinds County, MS — $1,389
• Lee County, MS — $1,356

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