#1Mountain Grove
Wright County · 4,754 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.50% of the median home value
Mountain Grove, #1 on this list · Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Missouri rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in Missouri
Mountain Grove has the lowest property-tax bills of Missouri’s 242 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $438 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $1,508.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$438
#2Cuba
Crawford County · 3,288 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.40% of the median home value
#3East Prairie
Mississippi County · 2,841 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.83% of the median home value
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Median yearly bill, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 26 towns here).
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3 towns with bills of $10,000+
The survey reports a median bill of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so these towns can’t be placed against each other or the list.
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Which Missouri town has the lowest property taxes?
Mountain Grove (Wright County): homeowners’ median bill is $438 a year. Cuba ($548) and East Prairie ($570) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (242 in Missouri); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. 3 Missouri towns are listed above at $10,000+. Every town is on the Missouri page.
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