Madison Property Tax Calculator
Rate basis: Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division, 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections), issued March 2026.
How Madison County property taxes are calculated
Arkansas assesses real property at 20% of market value. Madison County then applies the total millage for the parcel's school district and city or rural area, where one mill equals $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value. The $600 homestead credit comes off last, and only a qualifying primary residence can claim it.
Here is the working for a $200,000 home inside the Huntsville city limits in the Huntsville #1 district, which carries a combined 49.0 mills for 2026 collections:
- $200,000 market value times 20% equals $40,000 assessed value.
- $40,000 times 49.0 divided by 1,000 equals $1,960 tax before credit.
- Subtract the $600 homestead credit to reach $1,360 estimated annual tax.
Move the same house out into the rural tier of Berryville #27 at 51.5 mills and the tax before credit rises to $2,060, or $1,460 after the credit. Same house, $100 more a year, decided entirely by the district line. The county average of 47.18 mills sits between those two and is a starting point, never a final number.
Madison County millage rates by district and city
Each row below is a taxing combination published for Madison County for 2026 collections, and the school, city and county columns reconcile to the overall figure on every line. Four school districts levy inside the county and three cities or towns levy on top of them, which the state report resolves into six combinations.
| School district | City or area | School | City | County | Overall |
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| Huntsville #1 | Rural | 36 | 0 | 9 | 45.0 |
| Huntsville #1 | Hindsville | 36 | 0 | 9 | 45.0 |
| Huntsville #1 | Huntsville | 36 | 4 | 9 | 49.0 |
| Huntsville #1 | St. Paul | 36 | 1.8 | 9 | 46.8 |
| Berryville #27 | Rural | 42.5 | 0 | 9 | 51.5 |
| Jasper #1 | Rural | 36.8 | 0 | 9 | 45.8 |
| County average | 37.22 | 2.90 | 9.00 | 47.18 |
Rows taken from the Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division 2025 Millage Report, covering 2026 collections and issued March 2026. Hindsville levies no city millage at all, so it carries the same 45.0 mill total as the rural Huntsville #1 tier.
Why two Madison County homes can have different tax bills
Madison County's spread is narrow by Arkansas standards, 6.5 mills from the cheapest published rate to the dearest, but that is real money on any house. Four school districts and three taxing towns produce the differences below.
- Berryville #27 is the expensive end. Its 42.5 school mills are the highest levied inside Madison County, and they sit on the county's 9.0 mill county levy to produce the dearest published rate, 51.5 mills, in the district's rural tier. Berryville is administered from Carroll County and fringes north across the line.
- Huntsville #1 is where most Madison County parcels sit. Rural and Hindsville addresses pay 45.0 mills, the cheapest rate published for the county, because neither tier carries city millage. The Huntsville city levy adds 4 mills for 49.0, and St. Paul adds 1.8 mills for 46.8.
- Jasper #1 is the county's other rural row. At 36.8 school mills plus the 9.0 county levy it lands at 45.8 mills. The Jasper district is run from Newton County and fringes into Madison along with Boone, Carroll, Franklin and Johnson counties.
- City millage is the whole difference inside Huntsville #1. Huntsville levies 3.5 mills for general city purposes plus 0.5 mills for police. St. Paul levies 1.8 mills general, the lowest positive city rate in the county. Hindsville levies nothing, which is why an address there ties the rural rate exactly.
One caution about the fringe. A Eureka Springs school district reaches from Carroll County into Madison County, but the state report's Madison County rate table carries no Eureka Springs row. If a notice names that district, ask the assessor for the rate printed on the bill rather than reading it off the table above.
Madison County also has an unusual feature for a county with four districts: no city here is split between two of them. Huntsville, Hindsville and St. Paul all sit entirely inside Huntsville #1, so a Madison County street address never picks up two different school levies. That is not true in most Arkansas counties, and it is why the spread here stays under 7 mills.
Huntsville, St. Paul and the rest of Madison County
Huntsville
Huntsville is the county seat and the only Madison County city carrying a police levy, a 4.0 mill city rate made up of 3.5 mills general and 0.5 mills police. Inside Huntsville #1 that produces 49.0 mills, the highest total a city address in this county can carry. Both the assessor and the collector work from the courthouse at 201 West Main Street.
Hindsville
Hindsville is the only incorporated town in Madison County that adds nothing to the county rate. Its city column reads zero in the 2026 report, so a Hindsville address inside Huntsville #1 pays the same 45.0 mills as a rural parcel. That makes it the cheapest taxed town address in the county.
St. Paul
St. Paul levies 1.8 mills for general city purposes, the lowest positive city rate in Madison County, for a 46.8 mill total. St. Paul appears only in the Huntsville #1 rows of the state report, so every St. Paul address in the county takes that same rate.
Berryville and Jasper fringe areas
Neither the Berryville #27 nor the Jasper #1 row carries a city, because no Madison County town sits inside either district. That leaves two very different rural rates in one county: 45.8 mills in the Jasper fringe against 51.5 in the Berryville fringe. On a $200,000 house that is a $114 annual gap before any credit.
Madison County Assessor
Official name: Madison County Assessor's Office. The assessor values property, maintains ownership and parcel records, handles exemptions and administers the homestead credit. Payment is not this office's role; that belongs to the collector.
Two numbers circulate for this office. The county website header prints (479) 738-2747, which is the county clerk's line, while the assessor's own page and the state DFA county officials table both give (479) 738-2325. Use the second one. Arkansas.gov's county portal also still names a previous assessor here, so confirm the current holder before addressing correspondence.
Sources: Madison County Assessor, Arkansas DFA county officials table and Association of Arkansas Counties, Madison County.
Madison County Collector
Official name: Madison County Tax Collector. The collector bills and collects real and personal property tax for the county, the schools, the cities, the road fund and the library, and does not set values. Valuation questions belong to the assessor.
Madison County publishes an installment schedule, so current taxes can be split across three payments instead of arriving as one October bill. The county also warns that disabled veterans and widows of disabled veterans must send in their award letter to receive an exemption, and that award letters arriving after October 15 will not be accepted for that year's taxes.
Source: Madison County Tax Collector.
How to look up a Madison County parcel and its tax
Madison County keeps the two halves of a tax record in two different systems. The assessor's real estate records sit on ActDataScout, and the collector sponsors a free public tax record search through ARCountyData. Most owners need both.
- Open the Madison County real property search on ActDataScout, the portal the assessor's office links to directly. Search by owner name, address or parcel number.
- Read the market value and the assessed value off the record. Arkansas assessed value is 20% of market value, so the two should differ by exactly that factor unless an Amendment 79 cap or a senior freeze is holding taxable value down.
- Note the school district and the city or area shown on the parcel. Those two fields select the row in the millage table above, and because Hindsville and the rural tiers share rates, read the city column carefully.
- Switch to the collector's sponsored search on ARCountyData for the money side. It shows bills, payment status and printable receipts. ARCountyData currently reports 20,976 Madison County parcels, with collector data last refreshed in December 2024.
- For boundaries, district lines and floodplain questions, call the assessor's office on (479) 738-2325. Personal and business property can also be assessed online through the assessor's scoutassess.com link between January 1 and May 31.
Personal property is a separate record from real estate in Madison County and the two are not always assessed to the same name. Search both before concluding that a parcel is missing.
Sources: Madison County Assessor, ActDataScout Madison County real property and ARCountyData Madison County tax records.
Paying Madison County property taxes
The Madison County tax books open March 1 and close October 15, and the collector states that all payments must be received or postmarked by October 15 to avoid a 10% penalty. Four routes are documented by the county.
- Online: available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with Visa, Mastercard or American Express. A convenience fee is charged by the service provider, and the county states plainly that it does not receive any portion of that fee.
- In person: at the collector's office in the courthouse on West Main Street in Huntsville, weekdays, while the tax books are open from March 1 to October 15.
- Drop box: on the north side at the main entrance of the courthouse. Check or money order only, no cash, and the collector asks that you write your phone number on the check or money order.
- By mail: Madison County Tax Collector, PO Box 1288, Huntsville, AR 72740. The postmark is what the collector measures against October 15.
Two voluntary charges also appear as flat lines on a Madison County statement rather than as millage: a special voluntary library tax of $5.00 per tax statement and a special voluntary solid waste and recycling tax of $10.00 per tax statement. Budget the $15 alongside your millage figure. For the statewide picture on deadlines, postmarks and penalties, see when Arkansas property taxes are due.
Sources: Madison County Tax Collector and the Arkansas DFA 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections).
Homestead credit in Madison County
The Arkansas homestead credit reduces the property tax on a qualifying primary residence, and it is not automatic. In Madison County you apply through the assessor's office, and the deadline published by the state is October 15 of the year after the assessment.
Two maximums are in circulation for this one credit, and it is worth being precise about which applies to your bill. The statutory maximum is $600 on a 2026 bill under Act 330 of 2025, rising to $675 on a 2027 bill under HB1103, which the Governor signed in May 2026 as Act 174 of 2026. Older county and state pages still quote a lower cap because they have not been refreshed. The calculator on this page models a 2026 bill, so it uses $600. The filing walkthrough is in how to apply for the Arkansas homestead credit.
Madison County parcels also carry the Amendment 79 protections: taxable value on a primary residence can rise no more than 5% a year, other real property no more than 10% a year, and owners 65 or older or disabled can freeze the taxable value of their residence. A transfer of title resets the clock, and the new owner cannot claim the cap until the second assessment date after the sale. Details in Arkansas Amendment 79 property tax limits.
Sources: Arkansas DFA property tax relief and HB1103, Act 174 of 2026.
Appealing a Madison County assessment
Start with the assessor. Most Madison County valuation disagreements close informally, over the phone or at the counter, once the property record card is checked against comparable properties nearby. Arkansas law requires the assessor to grant an informal hearing on request, so it costs nothing to ask before filing anything.
If that does not settle it, the next step is a hearing before the Madison County Board of Equalization. The county clerk is the board's secretary and takes the applications.
- First contact: Madison County Assessor's Office, (479) 738-2325
- Board secretary: Madison County Clerk, (479) 738-2747
- How to file: in person, by letter or by petition to the board secretary. Arkansas requires no form or filing fee at this stage.
- Deadline to schedule: the third Monday in August. The board begins hearing appeals no later than the second Monday in August.
- If the board rules against you: a petition for the county court goes to the county clerk by the second Monday in October, and the county judge hears it by November 15.
Arkansas runs these hearings on a fixed order of evidence. The assessor presents the case for the value first, then you present yours, and then the assessor may rebut. Material evidence you have not given the assessor at least five days before the hearing can be excluded, so send your comparables early. Property record cards for similar homes in the same area, plus a recent appraisal of your own house, are the standard submissions. More context in how to appeal a property tax assessment in Arkansas and the site's property tax appeal guide.
Sources: Arkansas DFA, property valuation appeals to county court, Arkansas county boards of equalization model hearing procedures and Association of Arkansas Counties, Madison County.
Madison County property tax examples
These examples use the Madison County average of 47.18 mills for 2026 collections with the $600 homestead credit applied. Treat them as estimates: your parcel sits in one specific district and city or rural combination, and those run from 45.0 to 51.5 mills.
| Market value | Assessed at 20% | Tax before credit | After $600 credit | Monthly |
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| $100,000 | $20,000 | $944 | $344 | $28.63 |
| $178,100 (county median) | $35,620 | $1,681 | $1,081 | $90.05 |
| $250,000 | $50,000 | $2,359 | $1,759 | $146.58 |
| $400,000 | $80,000 | $3,774 | $3,174 | $264.53 |
| $500,000 | $100,000 | $4,718 | $4,118 | $343.17 |
Calculated at the 47.18 mill Madison County average for 2026 collections. Each row applies one $600 credit for a qualifying primary residence.
Madison County median home value and median tax
This section is historical and statistical information for comparison only. None of it feeds the calculator and none of it describes your individual parcel.
The gap between the surveyed median and a millage-derived figure is worth understanding. Multiplying the median home value of $178,100 by the 20% assessment ratio and the 47.18 mill average implies roughly $1,681, well above the surveyed median of $736. Three things explain the difference: Amendment 79 caps holding taxable value below full assessed value, the districts where median-priced parcels actually sit, and the age and rural character of much of the county's housing stock. Use the ACS numbers for context and the calculator above for any planning figure.
Sources: B25077, median value; B25103, median tax; B01003, population. These are survey estimates and carry sampling error.
Madison County property tax questions
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The county average total millage is 47.18 mills for 2026 collections, blending 37.22 school mills, 2.90 city mills and 9.00 county mills. Actual rates run from 45.0 mills in the rural and Hindsville tiers of Huntsville #1 up to 51.5 mills in the rural Berryville #27 tier.
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A rural parcel or a Hindsville address inside the Huntsville #1 district, at 45.0 mills. Hindsville levies no city millage, so an address in that town pays exactly the rural rate. St. Paul is next at 46.8 mills, then Huntsville city at 49.0.
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Madison County levies two special voluntary amounts per tax statement rather than as millage: a $5.00 voluntary library tax and a $10.00 voluntary solid waste and recycling tax. Both appear as flat dollar lines on the statement.
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To the Madison County Tax Collector at 201 West Main Street in Huntsville, by mail to PO Box 1288, Huntsville, AR 72740, through the courthouse drop box on the north side of the main entrance, or online 24 hours a day with a card. Payments must be received or postmarked by October 15 to avoid a 10% penalty.
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Use the ActDataScout real property search the assessor sponsors for values, ownership and parcel data, then the ARCountyData tax record search the collector sponsors for bills and receipts. ARCountyData reports 20,976 Madison County parcels, with collector data last refreshed in December 2024.
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The maximum is $600 on a 2026 tax bill under Act 330 of 2025, rising to $675 on a 2027 bill under HB1103, Act 174 of 2026. Apply through the Madison County Assessor's Office at (479) 738-2325, and register by October 15 of the year after the assessment.
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Madison County completed a county-wide reappraisal in 2024 and moves to a four-year cycle from there, with the next reappraisal scheduled for 2028. Between reappraisals the assessor still adds new construction and previously undiscovered property at full value.
Nearby county pages
Official sources
The county average and the Madison County per-district millage table used on this page.
Assessor contact details, the ActDataScout real estate link, assessment season and the county's own millage explanation.
Payment routes, the three-step installment schedule, the drop box rule and the 10% penalty date.
The assessor-sponsored parcel search for values, ownership and legal descriptions.
The collector-sponsored free search for bills, payment status and receipts, plus the parcel count and data refresh date.
Madison County's reappraisal year and the plan moving all 75 counties onto a four-year cycle.
Homestead credit rules, the 5% and 10% Amendment 79 caps, and the age 65 or disabled freeze.
The state's own listing of the Madison County assessor's address, phone and email.
Both appeal steps in writing: the Board of Equalization route and the petition to county court.