Newton County Property Tax Calculator
Rate basis: Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division, 2025 Millage Report (2026 Collections), issued March 2026.
How Newton County property taxes are calculated
Arkansas assesses real property at 20 percent of market value, and one mill equals $1 of tax per $1,000 of assessed value. Newton County applies the total millage for the parcel's school district and city, and the county's published rates for 2026 collections run from 42.0 mills in the rural Deer/Mount Judea tier to 50.8 mills for a Jasper address. The 46.33 mill county average is a starting point, not a final number. If mills are new to you, start with what a millage rate is in Arkansas.
Here is the working for a $250,000 home inside Jasper city limits, where Jasper #1 carries 36.8 school mills, the city adds 5 mills and the county levies 9.0 mills:
- $250,000 market value times 20 percent equals $50,000 assessed value.
- $50,000 times 50.8 divided by 1,000 equals $2,540 tax before credit.
- Subtract the $600 homestead credit to reach $1,940 estimated annual tax.
Move the same house to the rural tier of Jasper #1 at 45.8 mills and the tax before credit falls to $2,290, or $1,690 after the credit. Same house, $250 a year apart, decided entirely by the city boundary.
Newton County millage rates by district and city
Each row below is a taxing combination published for Newton County for 2026 collections. Newton has six school districts and two millage-levying cities, Jasper at 5 mills and Western Grove at 2.5 mills. The school, city and county columns reconcile to the overall figure on every line. The statewide Arkansas millage rates table shows how Newton's average compares with the other 74 counties.
| School district | City or area | School | City | County | Overall |
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| Deer/Mount Judea #2 | Rural | 33 | 0 | 9 | 42 |
| Jasper #1 | Rural | 36.8 | 0 | 9 | 45.8 |
| Jasper #1 | Jasper | 36.8 | 5 | 9 | 50.8 |
| Alpena #5 | Rural | 33.6 | 0 | 9 | 42.6 |
| Harrison #1 | Rural | 39.2 | 0 | 9 | 48.2 |
| Ozark Mountain #69 | Rural | 36.8 | 0 | 9 | 45.8 |
| Ozark Mountain #69 | Western Grove | 36.8 | 2.5 | 9 | 48.3 |
| Western Grove | Rural | 36.5 | 0 | 9 | 45.5 |
| Western Grove | Western Grove | 36.5 | 2.5 | 9 | 48 |
| County average | 36.22 | 3.75 | 9.00 | 46.33 |
Rows taken from the Arkansas DFA Assessment Coordination Division 2025 Millage Report, covering 2026 collections and issued March 2026. The report lists 9 taxing combinations for Newton County.
Why Newton County rates differ by address
Newton County levies 9.0 mills everywhere, but the mix inside that figure changes between city and rural parcels. Rural tiers carry 3.0 mills of county road where city parcels carry 1.5 mills plus a 1.5 mill allotment back to the city. The larger differences come from school and city levies.
- Western Grove sits inside two districts. A Western Grove address pays 48.3 mills inside Ozark Mountain #69 and 48.0 mills inside the Western Grove district. The city's own 2.5 mill levy is identical on both rows, so the gap comes entirely from the school side.
- Jasper is the dearest address in the county. Jasper levies 5 mills of city tax on top of the Jasper #1 school rate, producing 50.8 mills against 45.8 mills for the same district's rural tier.
- Deer and Mount Judea anchor the cheap end. Deer/Mount Judea #2 carries 33 school mills, the lowest in the county, for 42.0 mills total. Alpena #5 is next at 42.6.
- Harrison #1 is the priciest rural tier. At 39.2 school mills plus the 9.0 county levy, the rural Harrison tier pays 48.2 mills with no city tax at all.
District boundaries do not follow county lines. The state report notes that Jasper #1 reaches into Boone, Carroll, Franklin, Johnson and Madison counties, Harrison #1 comes into Newton from Boone County, and Ozark Mountain #69 reaches in from Searcy County. Overall, 8.8 mills separate the cheapest and dearest published combinations in Newton County.
Jasper, Western Grove and the rest of Newton County
Jasper
Jasper is the county seat and the highest-rate address in Newton County at 50.8 mills. The courthouse block holds both tax offices: the assessor at 101 Court Street and the collector at 100 East Court Street. Jasper #1 school mills are 36.8, and the city levy is a flat 5 mills.
Western Grove
Western Grove sits in two school districts, so the same town produces 48.3 mills inside Ozark Mountain #69 and 48.0 mills inside the Western Grove district. The city levy is 2.5 mills on both rows, and the rural tiers of the two districts sit at 45.8 and 45.5.
Deer, Mount Judea and Alpena
The county's northern and eastern edges carry the lowest rates. Deer/Mount Judea #2 at 42.0 mills is the cheapest published combination, and Alpena #5 at 42.6 is close behind. Deer/Mount Judea is a Newton district that also reaches into Johnson County; Alpena fringes in from Boone County.
Rural tiers elsewhere
Outside the two cities, most Newton County parcels sit in a rural tier with no city levy: 45.8 mills in Jasper #1, 45.5 in the Western Grove district and 48.2 in Harrison #1. Check the district on your assessment before using any single figure.
Newton County Assessor
The Newton County Assessor's Office values real and personal property, maintains ownership and parcel records, handles exemptions and administers the homestead credit. Payment is not this office's job; that belongs to the collector. Newton County does not operate a working official county website, so the office is reached by phone or through the county's online records.
The two published phone numbers come from different official sources: the DFA county officials directory lists (870) 446-2438, while the Arkansas.gov county page and the county's ARCountyData listing carry (870) 446-2937. If one does not answer, try the other. The Arkansas assessor directory lists this office alongside the other 74 counties.
Sources: Arkansas.gov Newton County page, the DFA county officials directory and the county's ARCountyData listing.
Newton County Collector
The Newton County Collector bills and collects real and personal property tax and handles delinquency. The office does not set values; valuation disputes go to the assessor. Online payment runs through the CountyService portal the county uses.
The portal was accepting tax year 2025 payments when this page was verified, and it covers both personal property and real estate. Newton County does not publish a card fee schedule, so confirm the processing charge on the portal before paying. Taxes run from March 1 to October 15, the statewide window covered in paying Arkansas property taxes online.
Sources: the CountyService Newton County tax payment portal and the county's ARCountyData listing.
How to look up a Newton County parcel and its tax
Newton County has no county website to search, so records run through ARCountyData, the system the assessor's office sponsors. Start there, then move to the collector's portal for the bill itself.
- Open the Newton County records search on ARCountyData and choose Real Estate Records or Tax Records.
- Search by owner name, address or parcel number.
- Read the market value and assessed value on the record. Arkansas assessed value should be 20 percent of market value unless an Amendment 79 cap or a freeze holds taxable value lower.
- Note the school district and the city or rural tier. Those two fields select your row in the millage table on this page.
- Open the collector's CountyService portal for the current bill and receipts, or call the collector at (870) 446-2378.
ARCountyData reported 13,742 parcels for Newton County, with assessor records refreshed in March 2025 and collector records in April 2025.
Sources: ARCountyData Newton County and the CountyService payment portal.
Paying Newton County property taxes
Newton County tax bills are payable from March 1 through October 15. Payments after October 15 are delinquent and draw penalties. Arkansas law requires personal property tax to be collected with or before real estate tax, so clear any vehicle or personal property bill first.
- Online: the CountyService portal, which was accepting tax year 2025 payments when verified.
- By mail: P. O. Box 374, Jasper, AR 72641.
- In person: 100 East Court Street, Jasper.
The county publishes no card fee schedule and no postmark rule, so allow time before October 15 if paying by mail. Delinquent amounts carry penalties set by state law; the collector's office can confirm the current figure. The Arkansas property tax due dates guide covers the statewide season.
Source: the CountyService Newton County tax payment portal.
Homestead credit in Newton County
The Arkansas homestead credit reduces property tax on a qualifying primary residence, and it is not automatic. Apply through the Newton County Assessor's Office in Jasper. The credit is one per household and attaches to the property, not the person.
Act 330 of 2025 raised the credit to $600 for assessment years beginning January 1, 2025, which is the 2026 bill, and Act 174 of 2026 raises it to $675 on 2027 bills. State law does not allow the credit after October 15 of the year after the assessment, so file with the assessor well before that date. This page's calculator models a 2026 bill, so it uses $600. Filing steps are in how to apply for the Arkansas homestead credit.
Newton County property also carries Amendment 79 protections: taxable value on a homestead can rise at most 5 percent a year, other real property at most 10 percent, and owners 65 or older or disabled can freeze taxable value. The state's explanation is on the DFA property tax relief page.
Sources: Arkansas DFA property tax relief; Act 330 of 2025; Act 174 of 2026.
Appealing a Newton County assessment
Start informally with the Newton County Assessor's Office at (870) 446-2937. The assessor can review the property record card and compare your value with similar parcels before anything formal is filed.
If that does not resolve it, apply to the county Board of Equalization through the secretary of the board by the third Monday in August. In most Arkansas counties the county clerk's office handles that filing; Newton's clerk can confirm the route at (870) 446-5127. Statewide rules under Ark. Code 26-27-317 and the AACD model hearing procedures govern the process:
- The board begins hearing appeals no later than the second Monday in August.
- The assessor presents valuation evidence first; you then present evidence supporting a different value. Material evidence must reach the assessor at least five business days before the hearing or the board may continue the case.
- The board decides on the preponderance of the evidence and must notify you in writing within ten business days.
- Further appeal goes to county court, where a business entity must have an Arkansas attorney sign the filing.
Comparable property record cards showing the values and sale prices of similar homes are the strongest evidence. More detail is in how to appeal a property tax assessment in Arkansas.
Sources: the DFA Board of Equalization model hearing procedures and the Newton County clerk's contact listing.
Newton County property tax examples
These examples use the Newton County average of 46.33 mills for 2026 collections and apply the $600 homestead credit. They are estimates: your parcel uses its own district and city combination.
| Market value | Assessed at 20% | Tax before credit | After $600 credit | Monthly |
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| $100,000 | $20,000 | $927 | $327 | $27.22 |
| $250,000 | $50,000 | $2,317 | $1,717 | $143.04 |
| $169,000 (county median, rounded) | $33,800 | $1,566 | $966 | $80.50 |
| $400,000 | $80,000 | $3,706 | $3,106 | $258.87 |
| $500,000 | $100,000 | $4,633 | $4,033 | $336.08 |
Calculated at the 46.33 mill Newton County average for 2026 collections. Each row applies one $600 credit for a qualifying primary residence.
Newton County median home value and median tax
The figures below are survey statistics shown for context. They are not calculator inputs, and they do not describe any individual parcel in Newton County.
This section is statistical reference material only. None of it feeds the calculator, and none of it describes your parcel. Surveyed tax amounts sit well below a full-rate figure: multiplying the median value by the 20 percent assessment ratio and the 46.33 mill average implies roughly $1,569, against a surveyed median of $649. Amendment 79 caps, assessment lags and the districts where median-priced parcels actually sit explain most of that gap. The statewide county rate comparison puts Newton's numbers alongside the rest of Arkansas.
Sources: B25077, median value; B25103, median tax; B01003, population. These are survey estimates and carry sampling error.
Newton County property tax questions
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The county average total millage is 46.33 mills for 2026 collections, blending 36.22 school mills, 3.75 city mills and 9.00 county mills. Published rates run from 42.0 mills in the rural Deer/Mount Judea tier to 50.8 mills for a Jasper address.
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Jasper levies 5 mills of city tax on top of the Jasper #1 school rate and the county levy, which produces 50.8 mills against 45.8 mills for the same district's rural tier.
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Not one that resolves to county content. The newtonco.org domain redirects to a parked page. The assessor and collector are reached by phone, and parcel records are online through ARCountyData.
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Use the Newton County real estate record search on ARCountyData, which the assessor's office sponsors. It reported 13,742 parcels, with assessor data refreshed in March 2025 and collector data in April 2025.
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Taxes are payable from March 1 through October 15. Payments after October 15 are delinquent and penalties apply. The collector's online portal was accepting tax year 2025 payments when this page was verified.
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Apply through the Newton County Assessor's Office at 101 Court Street in Jasper, (870) 446-2937. The credit is worth up to $600 on 2026 tax bills, rising to $675 on 2027 bills.
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Your parcel uses its own school and city combination rather than the 46.33 mill county average, and Amendment 79 caps can hold taxable value below 20 percent of market value. The cap runs at 5 percent a year for a primary residence and 10 percent for other property.
More statewide answers are in the Arkansas property tax FAQ.
Nearby county pages
Official sources
County average and the Newton County per-district rows used on this page.
Free assessor-sponsored property search, parcel count and data refresh dates.
Online personal property and real estate payments.
Assessor and collector contact details.
The (870) 446-2438 assessor listing.
Homestead credit eligibility, Amendment 79 caps and the freeze.
Filing deadline, hearing order, evidence rules and decision notice.
Newton County's next reappraisal cycle start.
Newton County median home value.
Newton County median annual real estate tax.
Newton County population estimate.