Drew County Property Tax Calculator
Rate basis: Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division, 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections), issued March 2026.
How Drew County property taxes are calculated
Drew County applies the total millage for the parcel's school district and city to the property's assessed value. Arkansas assesses real property at 20% of market value, one mill raises $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value, and a qualifying homestead credit is subtracted last.
Here is the working for a $250,000 home in Monticello, which carries a combined 51.6 mills for 2026 collections inside either the Drew Central #5 or the Monticello #18 district:
- $250,000 market value times 20% equals $50,000 assessed value.
- $50,000 times 51.6 divided by 1,000 equals $2,580 tax before credit.
- Subtract the $600 homestead credit to reach $1,980 estimated annual tax.
Move the same house to a rural parcel in the Hamburg #51 district at 45.2 mills and the tax before credit falls to $2,260, or $1,660 after the credit. That is $320 a year, and the school district boundary is the only thing that produced it.
Drew County millage rates by district and city
Each row below is a taxing combination published for Drew County for 2026 collections. School, city and county columns reconcile to the overall figure on every line. Drew County has six school districts, four of which reach in from neighbouring counties, and only four millage-levying cities.
| School district | City or area | School | City | County | Overall |
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| Drew Central #5 | Rural | 39.9 | 0 | 5.7 | 45.6 |
| Drew Central #5 | Monticello | 39.9 | 6 | 5.7 | 51.6 |
| Drew Central #5 | Wilmar | 39.9 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 47.3 |
| Monticello #18 | Rural | 39.9 | 0 | 5.7 | 45.6 |
| Monticello #18 | Monticello | 39.9 | 6 | 5.7 | 51.6 |
| Dermott | Rural | 41.81 | 0 | 5.7 | 47.51 |
| Dumas | Rural | 42 | 0 | 5.7 | 47.7 |
| Dumas | Winchester | 42 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 49.2 |
| Hamburg #51 | Rural | 39.5 | 0 | 5.7 | 45.2 |
| McGehee | Rural | 40.46 | 0 | 5.7 | 46.16 |
| McGehee | Tillar | 40.46 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 47.76 |
| County average | 40.52 | 3.36 | 5.7 | 47.75 |
Compiled from the Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division 2025 Millage Report for 2026 collections, issued March 2026, which lists 11 taxing combinations for Drew County. Dermott, Dumas, Hamburg and McGehee are all districts that fringe into Drew County from Chicot, Desha and Ashley counties, so a parcel with a Drew County mailing address can sit in a district run from somewhere else.
Why two Drew County homes can have different tax bills
Drew County has the lowest county levy in this group of five at 5.7 mills, and like Izard it holds that rate steady on every published combination. Every difference in the table above therefore comes from the school district and the city.
- Monticello sits inside two different school districts. The city is split between Drew Central #5 and Monticello #18. Both districts levy exactly 39.9 school mills for 2026 collections, so a Monticello city address pays 51.6 mills either way. The county's two largest districts are identical on the school line, which is unusual, and it means the district choice does not change the bill inside the city.
- Hamburg #51 is the cheapest rate in Drew County. At 45.2 mills for a rural parcel, it is 6.4 mills below the Monticello total. The district levies 39.5 school mills, the lowest in the county, and it has no city row inside Drew County.
- Monticello's 6 mill city levy drives the top rate. Monticello levies 6 mills split 5 general and 1 fire, the highest city rate in Drew County. Wilmar, by contrast, levies 1.7 mills, which is why a Wilmar address inside Drew Central #5 pays 47.3 mills rather than 51.6.
- Dermott and Dumas are the high school levies. Dermott levies 41.81 school mills and Dumas 42, the two highest school rates in the county. Neither has a city row inside Drew County, so a rural parcel in either district pays 47.51 or 47.7 mills with no city tax on top.
The city breakdown in the state report shows how narrow Drew County's city levies are. Monticello's 6 mills are the only city rate above 2 mills. Tillar levies 1.6, Wilmar 1.7 and Winchester 1.5, and all four cities put their entire levy in the general line with a fire mill added only in Monticello. There is no city library, bond, park or police mill anywhere in Drew County.
Monticello and the other Drew County communities
Monticello
Monticello is the county seat, the largest city and the only place in Drew County with a double-digit city levy, at 6 mills. It is also the only Arkansas city in this group of five counties whose addresses split across two school districts with an identical school levy on both sides. A Monticello address pays 51.6 mills in Drew Central #5 and 51.6 mills in Monticello #18, so the district line is invisible on the bill inside the city.
Wilmar
Wilmar levies 1.7 mills and sits inside the Drew Central #5 district. That combination produces 47.3 mills, 4.3 mills below a Monticello address and 1.2 mills above the cheapest rural Hamburg row. Wilmar is the second-largest city in Drew County by population and the only one that combines a city levy with the Drew Central district on the published table.
Tillar
Tillar sits inside the McGehee school district and levies 1.6 mills, producing 47.76 mills. The McGehee district is based in Desha County and levies 40.46 school mills, which is 0.56 mills above the Drew Central rate. Tillar's low city levy is what keeps it below the county's top combinations.
Winchester
Winchester is the smallest of Drew County's four millage-levying cities with a 1.5 mill general rate, and it sits inside the Dumas district, which levies the county's highest school rate at 42 mills. The result is 49.2 mills, 2.4 mills above a rural Dumas parcel and 1.44 mills below a Tillar address.
Jerome and Dermott
The eastern half of Drew County is delta farmland, and much of it sits in districts run from other counties. Dermott district parcels pay 47.51 mills and Dumas district parcels pay 47.7, both with no city levy because those cities lie outside Drew County. Owners in that part of the county should confirm the district on the parcel record rather than assuming a Drew County rate.
Drew County Assessor
Official name: Drew County Assessor's Office. Assessor: Cheri Adcock. The assessor appraises and values real property, values personal property, maintains ownership and parcel records and handles exemptions. The office is in the Drew County Courthouse on South Main Street in Monticello.
The Arkansas DFA county officials list agrees with the county on both the officeholder and the phone number, so there is no conflict to record for the assessor here. The Drew County website is still served over an unencrypted http connection, which is worth knowing if your browser warns you before the page loads.
Assessor name, address, hours and phone from Drew County Assessor; cross-checked against the Arkansas DFA county officials list.
Drew County Collector
Official name: Drew County Collector's Office. Collector: Tonya Loveless. The collector bills and collects real and personal property tax for the county and for the school, city and improvement districts inside it. Value questions belong to the assessor; payment questions belong here.
Two sources disagree on this phone number, so both are recorded. The county's own collector page gives (870) 460-6200, which is also the courthouse main line. The Association of Arkansas Counties directory lists (870) 460-6220, a ten-digit transposition of the same number, and the Arkansas.gov county portal lists (870) 460-6240, which is the assessor's number rather than the collector's. The published county page is the current source, so the number above is the one to call.
Source: Drew County collector. Conflicting listings noted from the Association of Arkansas Counties and the Arkansas.gov county portal.
How to look up a Drew County parcel and its tax
Drew County splits its lookup tools by purpose. Assessed values and parcel details live on the Arkansas Data Scout real property system, which the state lists as covering Drew County land records. The collector's bill lookup and online payment run on the Arkansas.gov CountyPay service for Drew County. There is no independent Drew County parcel map viewer, so mapping questions go through the state GIS parcel layer or the assessor's office.
- Open the Drew County real property records on Arkansas Data Scout. Search by owner name, address or parcel number.
- Read the market value and the assessed value on the record. Arkansas assessed value is 20% of market value, so the two should differ by that factor unless an Amendment 79 cap applies.
- Confirm the school district on the record. In Drew County this matters more than in most places, because four of the six districts are run from neighbouring counties and a mailing address does not tell you which one applies.
- For the bill, open the Drew County taxpayer search on the Arkansas.gov CountyPay service. It accepts a parcel number, taxpayer ID number, name or address, and it will find a parcel even when you only know the property address.
- For deeds and recorded documents, the circuit clerk's office is in the same courthouse at 210 South Main Street.
Drew County's online payment page on the state CountyPay service has displayed a notice that the site is not accepting payments at this time. That service is seasonal in several counties: the tax books open in March and the state runs the payment window alongside them. Check the page for the current status before you plan a card payment, and use the in-person or mail options at the courthouse if the portal is closed.
Drew County taxpayer search on CountyPay, Drew County ePayment service and Drew County Assessor.
Paying Drew County property taxes
Drew County tax books open in March and the statewide deadline is October 15. The collector's office accepts payment in person on weekdays and by mail at the courthouse address. The county has not published a postmark rule on its own page, so allow time before the deadline if you are posting a payment.
Payment methods documented by the collector
- Online: the collector's ePayment service runs on the Arkansas.gov CountyPay platform and takes Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. The state adds an electronic processing amount to the total, and payments are credited to the account within 24 hours. Check whether the service is currently open before relying on it.
- In person: the collector's office at 210 South Main Street in Monticello, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.
- By mail: to the collector's office at 210 S. Main St., Monticello, AR 71655. Include your statement or identify the parcel you are paying.
- After delinquency: contact the collector's office for the current amount, because penalties and interest are added and the balance changes.
For the statewide framework on deadlines, installment timing and what happens after October 15, the guide to Arkansas property tax due dates collects the rules that apply in every county. Delinquent land in Arkansas is eventually certified to the Commissioner of State Lands, and the redemption process is covered in the guide to delinquent property tax redemption in Arkansas.
Sources: Drew County ePayment service and Drew County collector.
Homestead credit in Drew County
The Arkansas homestead credit reduces the property tax on a qualifying primary residence, and you have to register for it rather than receive it automatically. Drew County residents register at the assessor's office, which is the office that carries the homestead status on the parcel record.
Drew County's assessor handles the homestead registration and the value record together, so the same office answers both the eligibility question and the valuation question. Registration is a one-time filing for most owners, but a change of residence or a new purchase means you must register again for the new parcel.
Drew County also carries the Amendment 79 protections: taxable value on a primary residence can rise at most 5% a year, other real property at most 10% a year, and owners 65 or older or disabled can freeze the taxable value of their residence. Because Monticello splits across two school districts and four of the county's districts come in from other counties, it is worth checking the homestead status actually shows on your parcel record after you register, especially after a reassessment year.
The filing walkthrough is in how to apply for the Arkansas homestead credit. If you received a homestead benefit on a prior bill and it has disappeared, the value cap guide at Arkansas Amendment 79 property tax limits explains the two protections and how they differ.
Appealing a Drew County assessment
Start with the assessor. The statewide model procedures treat an informal appeal to the county assessor's office as the first step, and Drew County's assessor staff handle valuation questions at the courthouse on South Main Street. Bring the parcel record and any comparable sales or appraisals you have.
The formal appeal goes to the Drew County Board of Equalization. Applications are made to the board's secretary. The county clerk's office states in its own description of duties that the clerk serves as secretary of the Board of Equalization and records the minutes of their meetings, so that is the office to contact. The statutory deadline is the third Monday in August, and the board begins hearing appeals no later than the second Monday in August.
- Filing route: apply to the secretary of the board in person, by petition or by letter. Many county board secretaries accept applications by telephone or email.
- County clerk's office: 210 South Main Street, Monticello, phone (870) 460-6250.
- Deadline: on or before the third Monday in August each year. In 2026 that date was August 17.
- Evidence: the board judges whether the value matches comparable property, not whether the tax feels high. Printouts of comparable parcel records from the county's own search are the most direct evidence.
- After the board: the next step is the county court, and a filing for a business entity must be signed by a licensed Arkansas attorney.
Drew County's split school district map makes one piece of preparation worth extra care: confirm which district the board has on file for your parcel before the hearing, because in this county a district correction can move a value dispute in ways a valuation argument alone cannot.
For the hearing process and the appeal route beyond it, see how to appeal a property tax assessment in Arkansas, and the site's property tax appeal guide for the practical steps.
Sources: Arkansas DFA Board of Equalization model hearing procedures and Drew County clerk.
Drew County property tax examples
Priced at the Drew County average of 47.75 mills for 2026 collections, credit included. The Monticello row is the ceiling here: at 51.6 mills an address in the city pays roughly 3.85 mills over this average.
| Market value | Assessed at 20% | Tax before credit | After $600 credit | Monthly |
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| $100,000 | $20,000 | $955 | $355 | $29.58 |
| $141,000 (county median, rounded) | $28,200 | $1,347 | $747 | $62.21 |
| $250,000 | $50,000 | $2,388 | $1,788 | $148.96 |
| $500,000 | $100,000 | $4,775 | $4,175 | $347.92 |
Calculated at the 47.75 mill Drew County average for 2026 collections. Each row applies one $600 credit for a qualifying primary residence.
Drew County median home value and median tax
Read this as background rather than as an input. The median figures below never enter the calculator arithmetic.
Drew County has the lowest effective property tax rate in this group of five counties at 0.47%, and the gap between the surveyed median bill and a millage-derived figure is the narrowest here too. Multiplying the median home value by the 20% assessment ratio and the 47.75 mill average gives about $1,344 before any credit, against a surveyed median tax of $664. Part of that distance is the small city levies across the county, part is Amendment 79 caps, and part is the share of the county that sits in rural districts with no city tax at all.
Sources: B25077, median value; B25103, median tax; B01003, population. These are survey estimates and carry sampling error.
Drew County property tax questions
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The county average total millage is 47.75 mills for 2026 collections, blending 40.52 school mills, 3.36 city mills and 5.7 county mills. Published combinations run from 45.2 mills for a rural Hamburg #51 parcel to 51.6 mills for a Monticello address.
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Monticello sits inside two districts. Part of the city is in Drew Central #5 and part is in Monticello #18. Both levy 39.9 school mills for 2026 collections, so a Monticello city address pays 51.6 mills either way. Check the parcel record to see which district applies to a specific property.
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Drew County levies 5.7 mills countywide on all 11 published combinations. The report shows the split between a city allotment and a rural split inside that total, but the 5.7 mill figure itself does not change, so all rate differences in the county come from school and city levies.
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The collector's bill lookup runs on the Arkansas.gov CountyPay service for Drew County, which searches by parcel number, taxpayer ID, name or address. Assessed values and parcel records are on the Arkansas Data Scout real property system.
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October 15, the statewide deadline. Tax books open in March and the collector accepts payment in person on weekdays or by mail. The county has not published a postmark rule, so do not leave a mailed payment to the last day.
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Yes, through the county's ePayment service on the Arkansas.gov CountyPay platform, which accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. That service has shown a notice that it is not accepting payments at this time, so check its status before you plan a card payment. The state adds an electronic processing amount to the total.
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The maximum is $600 on 2026 tax bills under Act 330 of 2025, rising to $675 from 2027 tax bills under HB1103, Act 174 of 2026. You register for it at the Drew County Assessor's Office in Monticello, and it is not automatic.
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Contact the assessor's office first for an informal review. The formal appeal goes to the secretary of the Drew County Board of Equalization, which is the county clerk's office, on or before the third Monday in August.
Nearby county pages
Official sources
County average and the per-district Drew millage table used on this page.
Assessor name, address, hours and contact details.
Collector contact details and office hours.
The clerk's role as secretary of the Board of Equalization.
The state-run search by parcel number, taxpayer ID, name or address.
Accepted card types, the processing adjustment and the current service status.
The statutory appeal deadline and hearing rules.
Cross-check on the current Drew County assessor.