Arkansas County Property Tax Calculator
Rate basis: Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division, 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections), issued March 2026.
How Arkansas County property taxes are calculated
Arkansas assesses real property at 20% of market value. Arkansas County then multiplies that assessed value by the total millage for the parcel's school district plus its county levy row and any city levy, where one mill equals $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value. Any homestead credit is deducted at the end, and only a qualifying primary residence earns it.
Here is the working for a $160,000 home in Stuttgart inside the Stuttgart #22 district, which carries a combined 56.0 mills for 2026 collections:
- $160,000 market value times 20% equals $32,000 assessed value.
- $32,000 times 56.0 divided by 1,000 equals $1,792 tax before credit.
- Subtract the $600 homestead credit to reach $1,192 estimated annual tax.
Move that same house into the rural part of DeWitt #1 in the Northern district at 47.0 mills and the tax before credit drops to $1,504, or $904 after the credit. Same market value, $288 less per year. The gap comes from both the school district and the half district split described below.
Arkansas County millage rates by district and city
Each row below is a taxing combination published for Arkansas County for 2026 collections. The three levy columns reconcile to the overall rate on each line. Read the district column carefully here: Arkansas County is the only county in this batch where the same city appears under two different county levies.
| School district | City or area | School | City | County | Overall |
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| DeWitt #1 | Northern (Rural) | 38.0 | 0 | 9.0 | 47.0 |
| DeWitt #1 | Almyra (Northern) | 38.0 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 48.2 |
| DeWitt #1 | Humphrey (Northern) | 38.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 52.0 |
| DeWitt #1 | Southern (Rural) | 38.0 | 0 | 9.3 | 47.3 |
| DeWitt #1 | DeWitt (Southern) | 38.0 | 5.0 | 9.3 | 52.3 |
| DeWitt #1 | Gillett (Southern) | 38.0 | 5.0 | 9.3 | 52.3 |
| DeWitt #1 | St. Charles (Southern) | 38.0 | 5.0 | 9.3 | 52.3 |
| Stuttgart #22 | Northern (Rural) | 43.8 | 0 | 9.0 | 52.8 |
| Stuttgart #22 | Stuttgart (Northern) | 43.8 | 3.2 | 9.0 | 56.0 |
| Stuttgart #22 | Southern (Rural) | 43.8 | 0 | 9.3 | 53.1 |
| County average | 39.74 | 4.07 | 9.15 | 51.33 |
Arkansas County rows taken from the Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division 2025 Millage Report, covering 2026 collections and issued March 2026. The county average county figure of 9.15 mills is the blend of two separate county levies, 9.0 and 9.3.
Why two Arkansas County homes can have different tax bills
Arkansas County has a two county seat structure, at DeWitt in the southern district and Stuttgart in the northern district, and the tax structure follows it. The county operates two separate county levies, and which one applies to your parcel depends on which side of the district line you are on.
- The county levy itself differs by district. The Southern district levy is 9.3 mills against 9.0 mills in the Northern district. That 0.3 mill difference is the county library line: the Southern row carries 1.3 mills for the library while the Northern row carries 1.0 mill, and the road and general columns are identical at 1.5 and 5.0. On a $160,000 home that is about $10 a year, small but real, and it is why the same house value cannot be assumed to carry the same county tax.
- Stuttgart #22 is the expensive district. It levies 43.8 school mills against 38.0 in DeWitt #1, so a Stuttgart district parcel starts 5.8 mills higher before city tax is considered. That is the biggest single driver of a bill in this county.
- Stuttgart city is the cheapest city levy. Stuttgart levies 3.2 mills, split into 2.2 mills general, 0.5 mills fire and 0.5 mills police. DeWitt, Gillett, Humphrey and St. Charles each levy a flat 5.0 mills, and Almyra levies the lowest city rate in the county at 1.2 mills with no other component.
- The extremes. The most taxed combination published for the county is a Stuttgart city address in the Stuttgart #22 district at 56.0 mills. The cheapest is a rural DeWitt #1 parcel in the Northern district at 47.0 mills. On a $160,000 home that is a $576 difference before any credit.
One structural detail is worth knowing because it catches people out. The city of DeWitt also appears in the state report's city millage breakdown twice: once as DeWitt at 5.0 mills and once as DeWitt (Southern District) at 1.3 mills, which is the library levy rather than a second city tax. Almyra likewise appears as a city row at 1.2 mills and a Stuttgart (Northern District) row at 1.0 mill for the library. If you are reading the raw state table, those are district levies that appear under a city heading, not extra city taxes.
Stuttgart, DeWitt, Gillett and the rest of Arkansas County
Arkansas County has two courthouse towns and a handful of small incorporated cities, and which one you live in changes both your school district and your county levy.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the northern county seat and the larger of the two, sitting in the Stuttgart #22 district. It carries the highest total rate in the county at 56.0 mills when a city address is combined with that district, and the lowest city levy at 3.2 mills. If you own property in Stuttgart, the district is what is driving your bill, not the city. The assessor and collector both keep offices in Stuttgart, which is where the northern district business is handled.
DeWitt
DeWitt is the southern county seat and holds both the assessor's and the collector's DeWitt offices at 101 Court Square. City addresses in DeWitt sit in the DeWitt #1 district at 38.0 school mills with a flat 5.0 mill city levy, producing 52.3 mills overall against the 9.3 mill Southern county levy. Compare that to a Stuttgart city address at 56.0 mills and the two county seats are 3.7 mills apart.
Gillett, Humphrey and St. Charles
These three small cities all levy a flat 5.0 mill city tax with no fire, police, park or library component. Gillett and St. Charles sit in the Southern district inside DeWitt #1 at 52.3 mills. Humphrey sits in the Northern district inside DeWitt #1 at 52.0 mills, which makes it the cheapest of the three despite the identical city levy. The difference traces back to the 0.3 mill county library line.
Almyra
Almyra has the lowest city levy in Arkansas County at 1.2 mills, a single general line with nothing added. Combined with the 38.0 mill DeWitt #1 school district and the 9.0 mill Northern county levy, an Almyra address reaches 48.2 mills, the lowest city rate combination in the county. Rural parcels in the same district still come in lower at 47.0.
Arkansas County Assessor
Official name: Arkansas County Assessor's Office. Assessor: Marcia I. Theis. The assessor maintains the real and personal property records, values land and improvements, tracks ownership changes through the year, and administers exemptions and homestead filings. Collecting payments is not part of this office's duties.
The county does not currently serve a public website on this domain, so both offices are reached by phone or in person. Note the two numbers: the state's own DFA directory lists the Stuttgart assessor line as (870) 673-6586, while the county's own online assessment service lists (870) 659-2072. Both are in use for Stuttgart; the (870) 659-2072 line is the one the county publishes on its assessment portal, and (870) 659-2105 is the DeWitt line. The assessor's office does not publish office hours, so call before travelling.
Sources: ARCountyData Arkansas County assessor and collector records, CountyService.net Arkansas County assessment portal and the Arkansas DFA county officials directory.
Arkansas County Collector
Official name: Arkansas County Collector's Office. Collector: Johnny Cheek. The collector bills and collects real and personal property tax, including municipal, county, school, library and improvement district levies, and remits the money to the treasurer. Property values are the assessor's responsibility.
The state's DFA directory lists the collector as Carol Jacobs with the DeWitt line at (870) 659-2099, while the county's own record search and payment systems both name Johnny Cheek with the DeWitt line at (870) 659-2104. The county systems are updated more frequently: ARCountyData shows collector data refreshed July 21, 2026, and the payment portal names Johnny Cheek while accepting tax year 2025 payments. This page uses the county figures. If you reach a line that does not match, either number on this page reaches the collector's office.
Sources: ARCountyData Arkansas County collector record and Arkansas County property tax payment portal.
How to look up an Arkansas County parcel and its tax
Arkansas County does not run its own website, so property records and tax records sit on the county's sponsored services instead. Both are free to the public and both are the systems the county's own offices use to answer questions.
- Open the ARCountyData real estate record search for Arkansas County and search by owner last name, address, or parcel number. The county's own assessor sponsors this search, so it is the assessment record rather than a third party copy.
- Both a market value and an assessed value appear on the record. Expect the assessed figure to be 20% of market value, subject to Amendment 79 caps or a freeze.
- Note the school district and which county district the parcel sits in, Northern or Southern. That combination picks the row in the millage table above, and the district is the reason two similar parcels in the same town can differ.
- Switch to the ARCountyData tax record search for Arkansas County to see what was billed and paid. It covers both current and delinquent tax books, real estate and personal property, and goes back through tax year 2020.
- To pay, use the CountyService.net payment portal, which accepts both personal property and real estate payments for the county and is currently accepting tax year 2025.
ARCountyData reported 17,525 parcels in Arkansas County, with assessor data refreshed July 20, 2026 and collector data refreshed July 21, 2026. It also carries current year tax receipts and prior year payment history for the county, which is useful if you need a record of a payment you no longer have a paper receipt for.
Sources: Arkansas County tax record search and ARCountyData Arkansas County records.
Paying Arkansas County property taxes
Arkansas County tax books open with the state window and the deadline is October 15. The county does not publish a penalty schedule of its own, so the statutory rule applies: taxes unpaid after October 15 are delinquent and the collector extends a 10% penalty.
What the county documents
- Online: the CountyService.net tax payment portal accepts personal property and real estate payments for Arkansas County and is currently open for tax year 2025. The portal lists the collector as Johnny Cheek at 312 S College St, Stuttgart.
- In person: at either collector's office, 101 Court Square in DeWitt or 312 S. College St. in Stuttgart. The Stuttgart office shares the courthouse annex with the assessor's Stuttgart office, so both property tax windows are in one building.
- By mail: to either collector's office address. The county does not publish a postmark rule on its own pages, so allow several days before October 15 rather than relying on the postmark.
Arkansas County does not publish a card or convenience fee amount on the pages checked for this page, and unlike some counties it does not advertise a fee policy at all. If you need to know the exact cost of a card payment before you make it, call the collector's office first. For the statewide picture on deadlines, penalties and what follows non-payment, see Arkansas property tax due dates and the Arkansas petition to redeem a tax sale.
Source: Arkansas County property tax payment portal. Card and convenience fee policy: not published by the county.
Homestead credit in Arkansas County
The Arkansas homestead credit reduces the property tax on a qualifying primary residence. It is not automatic, and in Arkansas County you apply through the assessor's office, at 101 Court Square in DeWitt or 312 S. College St. in Stuttgart.
Both figures above belong on this page because they cover different tax years. The calculator models a 2026 bill, so it uses $600. The higher $675 applies to assessment year 2026, which is billed in 2027. A $425 figure still circulates on some county pages around the state; that predates Act 330 of 2025 and is not the current maximum. For the paperwork sequence, see applying for the Arkansas homestead credit.
Arkansas County homeowners also get the Amendment 79 protections: taxable value on a primary residence can rise at most 5% per year, other real property at most 10% per year, and owners 65 or older or disabled can freeze the taxable value of their residence. In a county where the median home value is $138,100, the homestead credit is a proportionally large share of the bill: on a $138,000 home at the county average the credit covers about 42% of the annual tax.
Sources: Arkansas DFA property tax relief and Arkansas AACD deadlines.
Appealing an Arkansas County assessment
Start with the assessor. Contact the office at 101 Court Square in DeWitt or 312 S. College St. in Stuttgart and ask for an informal review of the property record. Corrections to the details on a record, such as square footage or a wrong classification, are often settled at this stage without any formal appeal.
If the value itself is disputed, the route is the Arkansas County Board of Equalization. The County Clerk's office serves as secretary to the board under state law, so that is where an application goes.
- Deadline: the third Monday in August each year, applied for in person, by petition or by letter.
- Where to file: the Arkansas County Clerk at 101 Court Square, DeWitt, AR 72042, on (870) 659-2101. The clerk also keeps a Stuttgart line at (870) 659-2078.
- Session start: the board must be hearing appeals by the second Monday in August.
- After hours: the board must sit after normal business hours at least one day each week.
- Decision: written notice to the owner within ten business days after the hearing, including the right to appeal to County Court.
- Escalation: petition the County Court on or before the second Monday in October.
One limitation catches some owners out: the Board of Equalization has no jurisdiction to hear an appeal on the valuation of agricultural land, pastureland or timberland that was derived under AACD guidelines. In a delta county where a large share of the land is farmland, that distinction matters. The broader statewide framework is covered in how to appeal a property tax assessment in Arkansas.
Sources: ARCountyData Arkansas County Clerk record and Arkansas AACD county board of equalization model hearing procedures.
Arkansas County property tax examples
These examples use the Arkansas County average of 51.33 mills for 2026 collections with the $600 homestead credit applied. They are estimates, not quotes, because your parcel uses its own school district plus either the Northern or the Southern county levy.
| Market value | Assessed at 20% | Tax before credit | After $600 credit | Monthly |
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| $100,000 | $20,000 | $1,027 | $427 | $35.55 |
| $138,000 (county median, rounded) | $27,600 | $1,417 | $817 | $68.06 |
| $160,000 | $32,000 | $1,643 | $1,043 | $86.88 |
| $250,000 | $50,000 | $2,567 | $1,967 | $163.88 |
| $500,000 | $100,000 | $5,133 | $4,533 | $377.75 |
Calculated at the 51.33 mill Arkansas County average for 2026 collections. Every row reflects a single $600 credit on a qualifying primary residence.
Arkansas County median home value and median tax
This section is historical and statistical information for comparison. These figures are not used in the calculator and are not parcel specific.
The gap between the median bill and a millage-derived figure is unusually wide in this county, and the reason is worth knowing. Multiplying the median home value of $138,100 by the 20% assessment ratio and the 51.33 mill average implies roughly $1,418, against a surveyed median of $745. Arkansas County has a large agricultural base and a low median home value, and Amendment 79 caps hold taxable value well below full assessed value on long-held properties. The surveyed median reflects what owners actually pay, not what a fresh 20% assessment would produce. Take the ACS numbers as background only and plan from the calculator above.
Sources: Underlying files: B25077 median value, B25103 median tax and B01003 population, ACS 2024 five-year. Survey figures are estimates, not counts.
Arkansas County property tax questions
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The county average total millage is 51.33 mills for 2026 collections, blending 39.74 school mills, 4.07 city mills and 9.15 county mills. Actual rates run from 47.0 mills for a rural DeWitt #1 parcel in the Northern district to 56.0 mills for a Stuttgart city address in the Stuttgart #22 district.
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Because the county has two county seats, DeWitt in the south and Stuttgart in the north, and the county operates a separate levy for each district. The Northern levy is 9.0 mills and the Southern levy is 9.3 mills. The 0.3 mill difference is the county library line, 1.0 mill in the north against 1.3 mills in the south.
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Because the school district differs. Stuttgart #22 levies 43.8 school mills against 38.0 in DeWitt #1, a 5.8 mill gap, even though Stuttgart's city levy of 3.2 mills is the lowest in the county while DeWitt's is 5.0. The district outweighs the city.
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Almyra, which levies just 1.2 mills of city tax with no fire, police, park or library line. Combined with the DeWitt #1 district and the 9.0 mill Northern county levy, an Almyra address reaches 48.2 mills, the lowest city combination in the county.
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October 15, the statewide deadline. Taxes unpaid after that date are delinquent and the collector extends a 10% penalty.
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Use the ARCountyData real estate record search, which the county assessor sponsors. It covers 17,525 parcels and shows ownership, legal description, valuation and homestead status. The collector's tax record search on the same platform covers current and delinquent books back through tax year 2020.
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The county uses the CountyService.net tax payment portal, which is currently accepting tax year 2025 and covers both personal property and real estate. Payment is also accepted at the collector's offices in DeWitt and Stuttgart.
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No. Arkansas County does not publish a card or convenience fee amount on the payment pages checked for this page. Call the collector's office before paying by card if the exact total matters to you.
Nearby county pages
Official sources
County averages and the Arkansas County per-district millage table used on this page.
Assessor and collector office details, parcel count and data refresh dates.
Current and delinquent tax books, receipts back through tax year 2020.
Online payment for personal property and real estate, currently tax year 2025.
Personal property assessment rules and the May 31 late penalty.
The state's published assessor and collector contacts for Arkansas County.
The statewide appeal timetable, evidence order and decision timeline.
How the credit works, the cap percentages, and the disability or age 65 freeze.