Jefferson County Property Tax Calculator
Rate basis: Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division, 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections), issued March 2026.
How Jefferson County property taxes are calculated
Assessed value begins at 20% of market value. Jefferson County then collects the millage for whichever of its five school districts and eight cities the parcel falls into, at $1 per $1,000 of assessed value, with the residence credit applied to the finished tax.
Here is the working for a $150,000 home inside Pine Bluff that falls in the Dollarway #2 district, which is the dearest combination published for the county at 67.30 mills:
- $150,000 market value times 20% equals $30,000 assessed value.
- $30,000 times 67.3 divided by 1,000 equals $2,019.00 tax before credit.
- Subtract the $600 credit for $1,419.00 estimated annual tax, or $118.25 a month.
Move the same house into the rural tier of the DeWitt #1 district at 47.65 mills and the tax before credit drops to $1,429.50, or $829.50 after the credit. That is $589.50 a year on one identical house, decided by nothing except which district it sits in.
Jefferson County also splits its county levy, which most counties do not. City parcels pay 9.65 mills of county tax and rural parcels pay the same 9.65, but the Pine Bluff rate table shows an 8 mill county figure on Pine Bluff rows. That is the single most important thing to check on a Jefferson County bill. The statewide arithmetic is in how Arkansas property tax is calculated.
Jefferson County millage rates by district, city and rural area
The 15 rows here are the full set for Jefferson County, the longest table of the five counties in this batch. A zero in the city column marks an unincorporated parcel with no municipal levy, and the component mills reconcile to the overall rate on each line.
| School district | City or area | School | City | County | Overall |
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| Dollarway #2 | Rural | 47.7 | 0 | 9.65 | 57.35 |
| Dollarway #2 | Altheimer | 47.7 | 5 | 9.65 | 62.35 |
| Dollarway #2 | Pine Bluff | 47.7 | 11.6 | 8 | 67.3 |
| Dollarway #2 | Sherrill | 47.7 | 5 | 9.65 | 62.35 |
| Dollarway #2 | Wabbaseka | 47.7 | 5 | 9.65 | 62.35 |
| Pine Bluff #3 | Rural | 47.7 | 0 | 9.65 | 57.35 |
| Pine Bluff #3 | Pine Bluff | 47.7 | 11.6 | 8 | 67.3 |
| Watson Chapel #24 | Rural | 39.8 | 0 | 9.65 | 49.45 |
| Watson Chapel #24 | Pine Bluff | 39.8 | 11.6 | 8 | 59.4 |
| White Hall #27 | Rural | 42.1 | 0 | 9.65 | 51.75 |
| White Hall #27 | Pine Bluff | 42.1 | 11.6 | 8 | 61.7 |
| White Hall #27 | Redfield | 42.1 | 5 | 9.65 | 56.75 |
| White Hall #27 | White Hall | 42.1 | 5 | 9.65 | 56.75 |
| DeWitt #1 | Rural | 38 | 0 | 9.65 | 47.65 |
| DeWitt #1 | Humphrey | 38 | 5 | 9.65 | 52.65 |
| County average | 43.86 | 7.64 | 9.21 | 58.16 |
Jefferson County lines are from the Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division 2025 Millage Report, covering 2026 collections and issued March 2026. It prints 15 taxing combinations here, the most in this batch, at a county average of 58.16 mills.
The state report records two consolidations for Jefferson County: Gillett #66 and Humphrey #33 were consolidated into DeWitt #1, and Altheimer Unified was consolidated with the Dollarway School District. It also records that DeWitt #1 fringes in from Arkansas County. That history explains why Humphrey carries a DeWitt school levy and why the Dollarway and Pine Bluff districts publish identical 47.7 mill school totals.
Why two Jefferson County homes can have different tax bills
Jefferson County publishes the widest rate range of any county in this batch, 47.65 to 67.30 mills, and the reason is that the city of Pine Bluff sits inside two school districts at once while also levying the highest city rate in the county.
- One city, two school districts, two very different bills. A Pine Bluff address pays 67.30 mills inside Dollarway #2 or Pine Bluff #3, where the school levy is 47.7 mills, but 59.40 mills inside Watson Chapel #24, where the school levy is 39.8 mills. That is a 7.9 mill swing inside one city, worth $178.54 a year on a $113,000 home.
- Pine Bluff's city levy is the highest in the county. Pine Bluff levies 11.6 city mills: 3 mills of capital outlay, 5 mills of city general tax, 1 mill of fire, 1 mill of police, 1.6 mills of library and nothing else. Every other city in Jefferson County levies a flat 5 mills, so a Pine Bluff address pays 6.6 mills more in city tax than a White Hall or Redfield address.
- The Pine Bluff county levy is 8 mills, not 9.65. Pine Bluff rows carry an 8 mill county total against 9.65 everywhere else in the county, and the county breakdown shows 1.5 mills of road allotted to the city, 5 mills of county general and 1.65 mills of library. The spread between a Pine Bluff parcel and a rural parcel in the same school district is therefore larger than the city levy alone suggests.
- The cheapest address in the county is rural DeWitt #1. At 47.65 mills it is 19.65 mills below the county maximum, which is $444.09 a year on a $113,000 home. Rural Watson Chapel #24 follows at 49.45 mills, and rural White Hall #27 at 51.75.
Two districts publish the same school total for a reason worth noting. Dollarway #2 and Pine Bluff #3 both raise 47.7 school mills, each built from a 25 mill maintenance and operation levy, a 2 mill other-maintenance line and 20.7 mills of other bond. Watson Chapel #24 is much lower at 39.8 mills, which is what produces the Pine Bluff split.
Pine Bluff, White Hall, Redfield and the rest of Jefferson County
Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff is the county seat and the only city in Jefferson County with more than one rate. A Pine Bluff address inside Dollarway #2 or Pine Bluff #3 pays 67.30 mills, the dearest combination in the county. The same address inside Watson Chapel #24 pays 59.40 mills and inside White Hall #27 pays 61.70 mills. All three carry the same 11.6 mill Pine Bluff city levy and the same 8 mill county figure, so the school district decides everything. The assessor, the collector and the clerk all work from 101 West Barraque Street.
White Hall and Redfield
White Hall and Redfield both sit inside White Hall #27 and both levy a flat 5 mill city tax, so both land at 56.75 mills, which is 10.55 mills below a Pine Bluff address in the same district. The White Hall #27 school levy is 42.1 mills, made up of the 25 mill maintenance and operation levy plus 17.1 mills of bond. The assessor also staffs a revenue office in White Hall with shorter hours than the courthouse.
Altheimer, Sherrill and Wabbaseka
All three sit inside Dollarway #2 and all three levy a flat 5 mill city tax, so all three produce 62.35 mills. That is 5.35 mills below an equivalent Pine Bluff address in the same school district, entirely because of the city levy difference: 5 mills against Pine Bluff's 11.6.
Humphrey and rural Jefferson County
Humphrey sits in the DeWitt #1 district, which fringes in from Arkansas County, and pays 52.65 mills. Rural parcels in that same district pay 47.65 mills, the lowest rate published for Jefferson County. Rural Watson Chapel #24 sits at 49.45 mills and rural White Hall #27 at 51.75.
Jefferson County Assessor
The Jefferson County Assessor's Office maintains appraisal and assessment records, updates valuations as they occur, tracks property transactions and keeps a file on each property current through the year. Personal property must be assessed by May 31 to avoid a penalty.
Jefferson County splits its assessor phone numbers by property type, which is unusual and worth using: real property inquiries go to (870) 541-5344 and personal property to (870) 541-5334. The office also runs three assessment locations. The courthouse at 101 West Barraque takes assessments for the full day, while the Jefferson Square and White Hall revenue offices close earlier at 4:30 p.m. Online assessment runs through ScoutAssess.
One source note. The Arkansas.gov county portal lists Yvonne Humphrey as the Jefferson County assessor, while the county's own assessor page, the county officials directory and the DFA Assessment Coordination Division county officials list all name Gloria Tillman. This page uses Gloria Tillman because the county's own page and the state's current officials list agree.
Sources: Jefferson County Assessor, Jefferson County officials directory and Arkansas.gov Jefferson County portal entry, which is the conflicting listing named above. For the office split in general, see Arkansas property tax assessor versus collector.
Jefferson County Collector
The Jefferson County Collector's Office collects property, real estate, special improvement district, municipal lien and business personal property taxes, and the office describes itself as collecting the main sources of revenue for public schools. The collector does not set values.
Jefferson County runs its collector's website on a separate domain from the county site, which is worth knowing before searching. The collector's site carries the tax record search, an interactive mapping tool and a forms and links page that includes the online assessment route and a link to the Commissioner of State Lands.
Sources: Jefferson County Tax Collector, Jefferson County Collector's Office and Jefferson County collector forms and links.
How to look up a Jefferson County parcel and its tax
Jefferson County splits the job across two systems, and unlike most counties the assessor's and the collector's records are not on the same platform. Property values and assessment records sit with the assessor. Bills, receipts and payment history sit in the collector's tax record search.
- Open the Jefferson County tax record search on the collector's site at jeffcotax.org. The collector describes the tax records as available online and free to the public.
- Search by name, address or parcel number, then read what was billed, what was paid and whether a receipt is on file. Because the state bills in arrears, the tax year shown on a current statement is the year before the assessment year.
- For values rather than payments, use the assessor's records. The assessor's page confirms the office keeps current appraisal and assessment records and updates them through the year.
- Record the city or area and the school district, then match the pair to a row above. In Jefferson County this matters more than anywhere else here, since Pine Bluff appears in three of the county's districts.
- Check the county column on the row. Pine Bluff rows carry 8 mills of county tax while every other row in the county carries 9.65, so a Pine Bluff parcel and a rural parcel in the same district are not separated by city tax alone.
- For boundaries and district questions, use the interactive mapping tool the collector hosts at jeffcotax.org, or call the assessor's real property desk on (870) 541-5344.
Sources: Jefferson County Collector's Office for the tax record search and interactive mapping tools, and Jefferson County Assessor for the assessment and appraisal records. The millage rows come from the Arkansas DFA 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections).
Paying Jefferson County property taxes
Jefferson County's filing season runs from March 1 to October 15. The collector's office states that from the first day of March you can make payments in any amount on current taxes, which is a more flexible installment rule than most counties publish.
Payment methods stated by the collector
- Online: through the collector's own payment system, reached from jeffcotax.org, which also hosts the tax record search.
- In person: at 101 West Barraque, Suite 113, Pine Bluff, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- By mail: to the collector's office at the same address.
What happens after October 15 follows state law: a 10% penalty is added, plus interest and fees, and an unpaid balance eventually moves to the delinquent list. The county's collector explains the arrears system directly, noting that the state bills in arrears, so a payment made on October 15 of one year is for property assessed in the year before it. The statewide picture is in Arkansas property tax due dates, and the delinquency sequence in delinquent property tax and redemption in Arkansas.
Sources: Jefferson County Tax Collector for the filing season and the any-amount payment rule, and Jefferson County Collector's Office for the payment system and office hours.
Homestead credit in Jefferson County
The homestead credit reduces the property tax on a qualifying primary residence, and Jefferson County handles it through the assessor's real estate department. The county's own assessor page asks owners to call about Amendment 79 homestead credit and freeze, and it lists the situations that qualify.
Jefferson County's own list of qualifying situations is broader than the standard explanation and covers mobile homes and contract purchases explicitly, and it confirms that residing in a nursing home or retirement centre does not remove the credit. The freeze for owners who are 65 or older or 100% disabled is handled through the same real estate department. The maximum credit is $600 on a 2026 tax bill under Act 330 of 2025 and rises to $675 from 2027 tax bills under HB1103, now Act 174 of 2026, which amended Ark. Code 26-26-1118(a)(1)(A). The filing walkthrough is in the Arkansas homestead credit for 2026.
The Amendment 79 protections apply here too. A homestead's taxable value cannot rise more than 5% in a year and other real property no more than 10%, and the value freeze is open to owners aged 65 or over or 100% disabled. See Arkansas Amendment 79 limits.
Sources: Jefferson County Assessor, Act 330 of 2025, HB1103, Act 174 of 2026 and Arkansas DFA property tax relief page.
Appealing a Jefferson County assessment
Start with the assessor's appraisers on (870) 541-5344. State law requires an informal hearing on a changed value before any petition is filed, and in Jefferson County that hearing is with the appraiser who handled the property.
If it does not resolve the question, the next step is the Jefferson County Board of Equalization, a five member board that reviews and equalises overall county assessments and hears appeals from property owners. A hearing is scheduled by calling the assessor's office, and the county's own guidance is that the board cannot lower an assessment simply because someone believes taxes are too high.
- Where to file: the Jefferson County Clerk's office, 101 West Barraque, Suite 101, Pine Bluff, AR 71601.
- Clerk's phone: (870) 541-5322.
- Board composition: five members, who review and equalise county assessments and hear appeals.
- Filing window: applications are accepted from July 1 up to the third Monday in August, and the board begins hearing appeals no later than the second Monday in August.
- Evidence that matters: sale prices for comparable properties in the same school district and any evidence the assessor should have weighed when setting the value.
- 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.
The board decides value questions only within its jurisdiction. Exemption decisions and the valuation of agricultural, pasture and timber land under state guidelines are not matters it can hear.
Sources: Jefferson County Assessor for the appraiser contact and the board's limits, Jefferson County Clerk for the filing address, Arkansas County Boards of Equalization model hearing procedures and Arkansas DFA guide to property valuation appeals to County Court.
Jefferson County property tax examples
These rows use the Jefferson County average of 58.16 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 | $1,163 | $563 | $46.93 |
| $113,000 (county median, rounded) | $22,600 | $1,314 | $714 | $59.53 |
| $200,000 | $40,000 | $2,326 | $1,726 | $143.87 |
| $250,000 | $50,000 | $2,908 | $2,308 | $192.33 |
| $500,000 | $100,000 | $5,816 | $5,216 | $434.67 |
Every row uses the 58.16 mill Jefferson County average and one $600 credit. At this rate the credit clears the whole bill on a home below about $51,582, with no refund of the excess.
Jefferson County median home value and median tax
Statistical background only. These figures play no part in the calculator and do not describe any single Jefferson County parcel.
Jefferson County carries the highest median effective rate of the five counties in this batch at 0.66%, which fits a county whose published rates reach 67.30 mills. Running the median home value through the 20% assessment ratio at the 58.16 mill county average implies about $1,314 of tax before credit against a surveyed median of $745. The gap is wider here than in lower-rate counties, reflecting Amendment 79 caps and the share of median-priced parcels sitting in the cheaper Watson Chapel #24 and DeWitt #1 districts. Use the survey figures for cross-county comparison only.
Sources: B25077, median value; B25103, median tax; B01003, population. Survey estimates that carry sampling error.
Jefferson County property tax questions
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The county average total millage is 58.16 mills for 2026 collections, blending 43.86 school mills, 7.64 city mills and 9.21 county mills. Published combinations run from 47.65 mills in rural DeWitt #1 to 67.30 mills for a Pine Bluff address inside Dollarway #2 or Pine Bluff #3.
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Because Pine Bluff crosses three school districts. A Pine Bluff parcel pays 67.30 mills inside Dollarway #2 or Pine Bluff #3, 61.70 mills inside White Hall #27 and 59.40 mills inside Watson Chapel #24. The city levy of 11.6 mills and the 8 mill county figure are the same in all three, so the school district decides the difference.
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Pine Bluff, at 11.6 mills. That is 3 mills of capital outlay, 5 mills of city general tax, 1 mill of fire, 1 mill of police and 1.6 mills of library. Every other city in Jefferson County levies a flat 5 mills, so a Pine Bluff address pays 6.6 mills more in city tax.
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Pine Bluff rows carry 8 mills of county tax while every other row in Jefferson County carries 9.65 mills. The county breakdown shows 1.5 mills of road allotted to the city, 5 mills of county general and 1.65 mills of library, against 5 mills general, 3 mills road and 1.65 mills library in the rural tier.
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Through the collector's own site at jeffcotax.org, in person at 101 West Barraque, Suite 113, Pine Bluff, or by mail to the same address. The collector's office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and payments in any amount are accepted on current taxes from March 1.
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The filing season runs from March 1 to October 15. Anything unpaid after October 15 is treated as delinquent and a 10% penalty is added along with interest and other fees. Arkansas bills in arrears, so a payment made in October is for property assessed in the prior year.
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Contact the assessor's real estate department on (870) 541-5344. The county lists qualifying situations that include ownership of record with the property as a principal residence, buying on contract, and an owner residing in a nursing home or retirement centre. A value freeze is also available to owners who are 65 or older or 100% disabled.
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Talk to the assessor's appraisers first on (870) 541-5344. If that does not settle it, book a hearing with the Jefferson County Board of Equalization by calling the assessor's office, and file the petition with the county clerk by the third Monday in August. The board adjusts a value only for a legitimate reason.
Nearby county pages
Official sources
County average and the Jefferson County per-district millage table, county levy split and consolidation notes used on this page.
Officeholder, courthouse address, the real and personal property phone split, hours, the three assessment locations, the May 31 deadline and the Amendment 79 credit and freeze qualifications.
Confirms the current assessor and collector entries and their telephone numbers.
Officeholder, suite address, telephone and fax, hours, the March 1 to October 15 season and the any-amount installment rule.
The tax record search, the interactive mapping tool and the collector's own payment system.
The online assessment route, the Commissioner of State Lands link and other taxpayer resources the collector publishes.
Clerk contact details and the suite 101 address used for the equalization filing route.
The conflicting assessor listing named in the assessor section above.
How the credit, the 5% homestead cap and the 65-or-disabled freeze work under Amendment 79.
The 2025 act that lifted the credit to $600 for 2026 bills.
The 2026 amendment behind the $675 credit on 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.
The value table behind the $113,400 median shown above.
The tax table behind the $745 median bill shown above.
The population table behind the 64,802 figure above.