Clark County Property Tax Calculator
Rate basis: Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division, 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections), issued March 2026.
How Clark County property taxes are calculated
Start from one fifth of market value, then apply the millage set for the parcel's district and city. Clark County collects $1 for every $1,000 of that assessed figure, and the $600 primary-residence credit is deducted from the result.
The Clark County Assessor's own FAQ uses the same order of operations: market value times 20%, then times the millage rate set for your jurisdiction. Here is that working on a $200,000 home in Arkadelphia, which sits in the Arkadelphia #1 district and pays a 5 mill city levy for a combined 59.75 mills:
- $200,000 market value times 20% equals $40,000 assessed value.
- $40,000 times 59.75 divided by 1,000 equals $2,390.00 tax before credit.
- Subtract the $600 credit for $1,790.00 estimated annual tax, or $149.17 a month.
Move the same house into the rural tier of Bismarck #25 at 48.10 mills and the tax before credit falls to $1,924.00, or $1,324.00 after the credit. That is $466.00 a year, entirely because of the district.
The assessor's FAQ also answers the question most people ask first: a bill rises either because the property value went up or because the millage rate for the jurisdiction went up, and nothing else. The statewide arithmetic is set out in how Arkansas property tax is calculated.
Clark County millage rates by district, city and rural area
Clark County's 13 lines are the complete set the state report lists for 2026 collections. Where the city column reads zero the parcel is unincorporated and owes no municipal levy, and on every line the school, city and county mills total the overall rate.
| School district | City or area | School | City | County | Overall |
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| Arkadelphia #1 | Rural | 47.65 | 0 | 7.1 | 54.75 |
| Arkadelphia #1 | Arkadelphia | 47.65 | 5 | 7.1 | 59.75 |
| Arkadelphia #1 | Caddo Valley | 47.65 | 5 | 7.1 | 59.75 |
| Arkadelphia #1 | Gum Springs | 47.65 | 5 | 7.1 | 59.75 |
| Gurdon #60 | Rural | 43 | 0 | 7.1 | 50.1 |
| Gurdon #60 | Gurdon | 43 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 55.5 |
| Gurdon #60 | Okolona | 43 | 5 | 7.1 | 55.1 |
| Gurdon #60 | Whelen Springs | 43 | 5 | 7.1 | 55.1 |
| Bismarck #25 | Rural | 41 | 0 | 7.1 | 48.1 |
| Centerpoint #43 | Rural | 41 | 0 | 7.1 | 48.1 |
| Centerpoint #43 | Amity | 41 | 5 | 7.1 | 53.1 |
| SPC/Delight #44 | Rural | 41 | 0 | 7.1 | 48.1 |
| Harmony Grove #1 | Rural | 45.8 | 0 | 7.1 | 52.9 |
| County average | 44.03 | 5.06 | 7.1 | 53.85 |
Clark County lines come from the Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division 2025 Millage Report for 2026 collections, issued in March 2026. It prints 13 taxing combinations for the county at a county average of 53.85 mills.
The state report also records that three of Clark County's six districts are headquartered elsewhere: Bismarck #25 fringes in from Hot Spring County, Centerpoint #43 from Pike County, and Harmony Grove #1 from Ouachita County, with the Delight district fringing out of Pike County into Clark and Howard counties. The report notes one consolidation as well: Sparkman #4 in Dallas County consolidated into Harmony Grove #1. A Clark County parcel can therefore be taxed by a district whose offices sit in the next county.
Why two Clark County homes can have different tax bills
The county levy is a flat 7.1 mills on every published row for Clark County, so the whole 11.65 mill spread comes from the school district and the city. The cheapest combinations for 2026 collections are the three rural tiers at 48.10 mills and the dearest is any city inside Arkadelphia #1 at 59.75 mills.
- On the median-priced home the gap is $361 a year. A $155,000 home generates $1,491 of tax before credit at 48.10 mills and $1,852 at 59.75 mills. Same house, same county, different district line.
- One district puts three cities on the same number. Arkadelphia, Caddo Valley and Gum Springs all sit inside Arkadelphia #1, all three levy a flat 5 mill city tax, and all three therefore land at 59.75 mills. That is the highest rate in Clark County, and it applies to Arkadelphia city, the county seat, as well as to its two neighbours.
- Gurdon is the only city with a non-standard levy. Gurdon levies 5.4 mills, made up of 5 mills of city general tax and 0.4 mills of city fire tax, the only fire levy published for Clark County. Inside Gurdon #60 that produces 55.50 mills, which is 4.25 mills below Arkadelphia and 0.4 mills above Okolona and Whelen Springs in the same district.
- Amity sits in a district with no rural tier gap. Amity is the only city in Centerpoint #43, and it pays 53.10 mills against 48.10 in the rural tier of the same district, a 5 mill difference worth $155.00 a year on a $155,000 home.
The rural tiers are not all identical. Three districts publish a 48.10 mill rural row because all three levy 41 school mills: Bismarck #25, Centerpoint #43 and the South Pike County (SPC/Delight) #44 district. Rural Arkadelphia #1 is higher at 54.75 mills because the Arkadelphia school levy alone is 47.65 mills. So a rural parcel in the wrong district can cost more than a city parcel in the right one.
Arkadelphia, Gurdon, Amity, Caddo Valley and the rest of Clark County
Arkadelphia
Arkadelphia is the county seat and pays the highest rate in Clark County at 59.75 mills, because the Arkadelphia #1 district raises 47.65 school mills and the city adds a flat 5. The school figure is built from a 27 mill maintenance and operation levy plus a 17.65 mill bond levy and a 3 mill other-bond line, so bond debt is a large share of what an Arkadelphia owner pays. The assessor and the collector both work from 401 Clay Street in Arkadelphia.
Gurdon
Gurdon is the only city in the county whose levy includes a fire component: 5 mills general and 0.4 mills fire, for 5.4 city mills in total. Combined with the Gurdon #60 school levy of 43 mills and the 7.1 mill county rate, a Gurdon address pays 55.50 mills. That is the second highest city rate published for Clark County. The district's rural tier drops to 50.10 mills.
Amity, Okolona and Whelen Springs
All three are single-district towns with a flat 5 mill city levy. Amity sits inside Centerpoint #43 at 53.10 mills. Okolona and Whelen Springs sit inside Gurdon #60 at 55.10 mills, which is 0.4 mills below Gurdon itself because neither charges the fire levy. Rural parcels in the Gurdon #60 district pay 50.10 mills.
Caddo Valley, Gum Springs and rural Clark County
Caddo Valley and Gum Springs are both inside Arkadelphia #1 and both levy 5 city mills, so both pay the county maximum of 59.75 mills. Rural parcels are the cheapest in Clark County wherever they sit in Bismarck #25, Centerpoint #43 or the South Pike County district at 48.10 mills. Rural Arkadelphia #1 is a different story at 54.75 mills, and rural Harmony Grove #1 sits at 52.90 mills.
Clark County Assessor
The Clark County Assessor's Office appraises and assesses real property between the first Monday of January and the first of July, and personal property between the first Monday of January and May 31. It also maintains appraisal and assessment records, tracks deed and sales transactions, and handles homestead credit filings.
Clark County publishes a named deputy for homestead credits and a separate GIS analyst, which is more detail than most counties provide. The office also documents the appeal route in its own FAQ: the board of equalization can only change the value recorded for a property if there is a legitimate reason, and the assessor turns the real and personal property assessment books over to the equalization board on August 1.
Source: Clark County Assessor. For the office split in general, see Arkansas property tax assessor versus collector.
Clark County Collector
The Clark County Collector's Office collects municipal, county, school and improvement district taxes and turns them over to the county treasurer. The collector's page states the collection window plainly: the first day of March to the fifteenth day of October in the calendar year after the property is assessed.
Clark County's collector answers three problems directly on its page, and all three are worth knowing before you pay. If a bill never arrived, the first thing to check is the mailing address, and the office asks for a call if nothing has arrived by July 31. If an online payment left one parcel owing, the likely cause is that not every parcel on the statement was listed on the payment screen. And the state bills in arrears, so what you pay on October 15 is for the property you assessed in the prior year.
Sources: Clark County Collector and Clark County payment portal on CountyService.net, which was accepting tax year 2025 payments when this page was last checked.
How to look up a Clark County parcel and its tax
Clark County runs its own systems rather than one shared platform. The assessor hosts an online real estate record search linked from the assessor's page, ARCountyData carries the collector's sponsored tax record search, and personal property assessment runs through the ScoutAssess system the assessor uses.
- Open the online real estate record search from the Clark County Assessor's page and look up the parcel by owner, address or parcel number. The assessor describes it as a free search of all county properties.
- Note both the assessed value and the market value. Arkansas sets the first at 20% of the second unless an Amendment 79 cap or an active freeze applies.
- Write down the city or area and the school district, then look the pair up above. Clark County's six districts publish levies between 41 and 47.65 mills, so this is the step that moves the number.
- Switch to the collector's tax record search on ARCountyData to see what was billed, what was paid and whether a receipt is on file. ARCountyData shows the collector data for Clark County refreshed on June 25, 2026, against 22,768 parcels.
- If a mapping, deed or boundary question remains, the assessor staffs a GIS analyst and a deeds and research desk, both reachable on (870) 246-4431.
Sources: Clark County Assessor for the online real estate record search link and the GIS and deeds desks, and ARCountyData Clark County records for the collector's sponsored free search, the parcel count and the collector data refresh date.
Paying Clark County property taxes
Clark County collects from the first day of March to the fifteenth day of October. Anything unpaid after October 15 is delinquent and carries a penalty, and the collector's page confirms that penalties are added when the October 15 deadline is missed.
Payment methods stated by the collector
- Online: real estate and personal property taxes can be paid online through the collector's payment link, which routes to the CountyService.net portal for Clark County.
- In person: the collector's office on the first floor at 401 Clay Street in Arkadelphia, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- By mail: to the collector's office at the same address.
Clark County also lists a disabled veteran exemption route that is worth noting because it is documented on the collector's own page rather than only at state level. To claim it you bring the awards letter from the Veterans Affairs Office to the collector's office, and the state requires at least 70% service connection and total and permanent disability. A widow of a veteran who receives the veteran awards letter can bring that letter and show that she has not remarried. The statewide picture is in Arkansas property tax due dates, and unpaid balances in delinquent property tax and redemption in Arkansas.
Sources: Clark County Collector and Clark County payment portal.
Homestead credit in Clark County
The homestead credit reduces the property tax on a qualifying primary residence, and Clark County handles it through a named deputy assessor for homestead credits at the assessor's office on Clay Street. The assessor's FAQ sets out who qualifies, and it is broader than many owners expect.
The assessor's FAQ states the requirement directly: the property has to be the principal place of residence of the taxpayer, who must be an owner, a purchaser under a recorded contract to purchase, the holder of a recorded life estate, or a person who has formed a revocable trust that owns the property. Clark County is also explicit that residing in a nursing home does not disqualify anyone from the credit. The maximum on a 2026 bill is $600 under Act 330 of 2025, rising to $675 on 2027 bills under HB1103, now Act 174 of 2026, which amended Ark. Code 26-26-1118(a)(1)(A). The full filing walkthrough is in the Arkansas homestead credit for 2026.
Clark County residents receive the Amendment 79 protections. Taxable value on a homestead is limited to a 5% annual increase and on other real property to 10%, and a value freeze is open to owners who are 65 or older or fully disabled. See Arkansas Amendment 79 limits.
Sources: Clark County Assessor for the eligibility rules and the homestead credits deputy, Clark County assessor forms and publications for the published homestead credit application and millage rate documents, Act 330 of 2025, HB1103, Act 174 of 2026 and DFA relief guidance.
Appealing a Clark County assessment
Start with the assessor on Clay Street. Arkansas law requires the office to hold an informal hearing on a value change before any formal petition, and Clark County also warns that the board cannot act on the size of a bill.
If the informal review does not resolve it, the next step is the Clark County Board of Equalization. The county's own equalization page states that the County Clerk or the Clerk's designee serves as secretary of the board and records the minutes, that the board has five members appointed by the school districts, cities and county judge, and that sessions start on August 1 and end in November.
- Where to file: the Clark County Clerk's office, 401 Clay Street, Second Floor, Arkadelphia, AR 71923.
- Clerk's phone: (870) 246-4491.
- Board composition: five members, appointed by the school districts, the cities and the county judge.
- Session dates: August 1 to November, with applications filed up to the third Monday in August.
- Evidence that matters: something showing the recorded value is wrong, supported by sales of like properties, since the board cannot act on the size of a bill.
- Decision timetable: the board notifies the owner in writing within 10 business days of the hearing, and a further appeal goes to the County Court by the second Monday in October.
Two matters sit outside the board's authority. An exemption ruling by the assessor is not appealable to it, and neither is the valuation of agricultural land, pastureland or timberland produced under state guidelines.
Sources: Clark County School Districts and Equalization Board for the board composition and session dates, Arkansas County Boards of Equalization model hearing procedures and Arkansas DFA guide to property valuation appeals to County Court.
Clark County property tax examples
These rows use the Clark County average of 53.85 mills for 2026 collections with the $600 homestead credit applied. Treat them as estimates, because your parcel sits in one named district and city combination rather than at the county average.
| Market value | Assessed at 20% | Tax before credit | After $600 credit | Monthly |
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| $100,000 | $20,000 | $1,077 | $477 | $39.75 |
| $155,000 (county median, rounded) | $31,000 | $1,669 | $1,069 | $89.11 |
| $200,000 | $40,000 | $2,154 | $1,554 | $129.50 |
| $250,000 | $50,000 | $2,693 | $2,093 | $174.38 |
| $500,000 | $100,000 | $5,385 | $4,785 | $398.75 |
Rows are worked at the 53.85 mill Clark County average with one $600 credit applied. Because the credit cannot exceed the tax, a home at about $55,710 or below ends up owing nothing.
Clark County median home value and median tax
These are survey statistics for context only. Nothing here feeds the estimate and none of it reflects an individual Arkadelphia or Gurdon property.
The two figures diverge, and the reason matters in a county with a university town in it. Running the median home value through the 20% assessment ratio at the 53.85 mill county average implies about $1,669 of tax before credit, close to double the surveyed median of $871. Part of that is the Arkadelphia student rental market lifting the median value while those parcels sit outside the homestead credit, and part is the mix of districts median-priced homes actually fall in. Treat the survey figures as context, not as a forecast.
Sources: B25077, median value; B25103, median tax; B01003, population. Survey estimates that carry sampling error.
Clark County property tax questions
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The county average total millage is 53.85 mills for 2026 collections, blending 44.03 school mills, 5.06 city mills and 7.10 county mills. Published combinations run from 48.10 mills in the rural tiers of Bismarck #25, Centerpoint #43 and the South Pike County district to 59.75 mills for Arkadelphia, Caddo Valley or Gum Springs.
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All three sit inside the Arkadelphia #1 school district and all three levy a flat 5 mill city general tax, so all three produce 59.75 mills, the highest combination published for Clark County. The district itself raises 47.65 school mills, which includes 17.65 mills of bond debt.
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Gurdon, which levies 5 mills of city general tax plus 0.4 mills of city fire tax for a total of 5.4 city mills. Inside the Gurdon #60 district that produces 55.50 mills. Okolona and Whelen Springs sit in the same district but levy a flat 5 mills, so they land at 55.10.
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The assessor multiplies the market value of the taxable property by 20%, the assessment level Arkansas applies, then multiplies the assessed value by the millage rate established for the jurisdiction. The Clark County Assessor's own FAQ confirms that a bill changes only when the property value changes or when the jurisdiction's millage rate changes.
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Use the free online real estate record search linked from the Clark County Assessor's page, which the assessor describes as covering all county properties. Tax bills and receipts sit with the collector, whose sponsored free search runs on ARCountyData and covers 22,768 parcels in the county.
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The collector asks that you call (870) 246-2211 if a tax statement has not arrived by July 31. The first thing the office checks is whether the mailing address on file is correct.
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File with the Clark County Assessor's Office at 401 Clay Street in Arkadelphia, where a deputy assessor handles homestead credits. The assessor's FAQ states the property must be the principal place of residence and that the owner can be an owner of record, a purchaser under a recorded contract, a holder of a recorded life estate or a revocable trust. The maximum credit is $600 on 2026 bills and $675 from 2027 bills.
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Raise it informally with the assessor first, as state law provides. If nothing changes, file with the Clark County Board of Equalization through the county clerk on the second floor at 401 Clay Street before the third Monday in August. The board has five members and sits from August 1 to November.
Nearby county pages
Official sources
County average and the Clark County per-district millage table, school levy breakdown and fringe district notes used on this page.
Officeholder, address, telephone and fax, hours, named staff desks including the homestead credits deputy and GIS analyst, the online real estate record search, and the FAQ used for the calculation order, the rise explanation and the homestead eligibility rules.
The published homestead credit application form, the millage rate information document and the commercial personal property form.
The ScoutAssess online assessment route, telephone assessment on the assessor's number and the mail-in assessment requirements.
The collection window, the online payment link, the missed bill and missing parcel guidance, the arrears explanation and the disabled veteran exemption route.
Board composition, the county clerk's role as secretary and the August 1 to November session window.
Clerk contact details and the office address used for the equalization filing route.
The online payment route and the tax year currently accepted.
The collector's sponsored free tax record search, the 22,768 parcel count and the collector data refresh date.
The credit and freeze rules Clark County residents file under, plus the annual cap percentages.
The act setting the current $600 homestead credit maximum.
The amendment raising the credit to $675 for tax bills from 2027, amending Ark. Code 26-26-1118(a)(1)(A).
The filing deadline, hearing order and decision timetable for an appeal.
The route from the Board of Equalization to the County Court.
Median owner-occupied value, five-year 2024 release.
Median real estate tax paid, five-year 2024 release.
Total county population, five-year 2024 release.