What a Paragould house pays
Property tax, water, trash and energy from public rates. Look up your address to make it yours, and see how to pay less.
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Starts at the typical market value, $181,500; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$1,071
0.920% of $181,500, minus the $600 arkansas homestead property tax credit
- Electricity and gas$2,261
1327.5 kWh a month $1,327 · 41.89 therms $933
- Water and sewer$994
7,000 gallons a month on Paragould Municipal Utilities: water $34, sewer $49 a month
- Trash$240
City container (standard), monthly collection rate, $20 a month
- Home insurance$1,740
Typical premium $1,740
A Paragould house at the typical market value ($181,500) pays about $6,300 a year: $1,070 property tax and charges, $990 water and sewer, $240 trash, $2,260 electricity and gas, $1,740 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Rates checked Oct 22, 2026. Insurance: what you enter, or a typical premium until you do. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Ways to pay less
Nothing here applies to every house automatically. These are worth checking:
Apply for the homestead creditUp to $600 a year off the tax bill
Homeowners must apply for the credit with the county assessor's office.
How: Apply with the county assessor's office.
Homeowners 65+ or disabled: freeze your assessed valueValue frozen
If you qualify for the homestead credit and are 65 or older or disabled, the taxable assessed value of your home can be frozen at its value at the next assessment date after you turn 65 or become disabled. Your tax can still change if millage rates change.
How: Apply for the freeze with the county assessor's office.
Who serves this house
- Water
- Paragould Municipal Utilities
- Paragould Municipal Utilities water: $13.83 a month customer facility charge, then per 1,000 gallons: $1.96 for the first 2,000, $3.47 for the next 18,000, $3.24 for the next 20,000 and $3.05 above 40,000.
- Property tax
- 0.92% of value
- 2025 tax year, payable by Oct. 15, 2026 (Greene County)
- Garbage
- City of Paragould Sanitation
- The first container is provided free of charge
- Sewer
- Paragould Municipal Utilities
- Residential sewer is based on water use up to 14,000 gallons a month per meter
- Electricity
- Paragould Municipal Utilities
- Residential: $15.00 customer facility charge, then $.07468 per kWh for the first 750 kWh
- Gas
- Summit Utilities Arkansas
- Summit's tariff lists a 4.25% franchise tax for Paragould
- Schools
- Paragould School District
- The 2025 millage report lists Paragould School District for Paragould
Your water
- Source
- Our sources of water are six wells that pump from the Wilcox Group and Memphis Sand Aquifers.
- Lead
- In the 2025 monitoring, lead tested at <0.001 ppm at the 90th percentile in 30 sites, with 0 sites over the 0.015 ppm action level.
- Susceptibility
- The Arkansas Department of Health found the water sources to have a medium susceptibility to contamination.
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How these numbers are made
- Property tax: Arkansas assesses a home at 20% of market value and applies the total millage. For the 2025 taxes due Oct. 15, 2026, a home inside Paragould in the Paragould School District carries 46.02 mills: school 37.62, City of Paragould 2.8 and Greene County 5.6. Part of the city is in the Greene County Tech School District (37.49 mills, 45.89 total).
- Starting value: the Census median value of owner-occupied homes ($181,500, market). Taxes are figured on 20% of it, less the $600 homestead credit.
- Water and sewer: Paragould Municipal Utilities current schedule (the rate page shows no effective date). Sewer is modeled as the $17.47 charge plus the first 2,000 gallons at $3.71 ($24.89), then $5.02 per 1,000 gallons, billed on water use up to 14,000 gallons.
- Electricity: PMU residential rate, all year. The monthly power cost adjustment is not published as a current figure and is not included and can move the bill. Typical use is the EIA 2024 residential average for PMU (1,328 kWh a month).
- Gas: Summit Utilities Arkansas serves Paragould; we price at Arkansas's 2025 average residential price from EIA ($19.25 per Mcf), a total price including taxes; Summit adds Paragould's 4.25% franchise tax in its tariff. Typical use is Arkansas's 2024 average (41.9 therms a month).Trash: the city's Ordinance 2025-20 (passed Dec. 15, 2025, effective Jan. 1, 2026) sets the residential collection rate at $20.00 a month per dwelling, with $10.00 for each additional can; the first container itself is provided free. Insurance is Arkansas's 2022 statewide average premium.
- Trash: the city's sanitation page says one container is free. The council approved an ordinance raising solid waste fees in late 2025 (Paragould Daily Press) but the amount could not be confirmed from an official page, so trash is shown at $0 and may be understated. Insurance is Arkansas's 2022 statewide average premium.
- Garbage: the $20.00 residential rate is modelled as monthly (the city page states the $10 additional-container charge as monthly; Ordinance 2025-20, effective Jan. 1, 2026, sets both rates).
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
- Arkansas DFA, 2025 Millage Report (2026 collections)
- Arkansas DFA, Property tax relief
- Act 330 of 2025 (homestead credit $600)
- Greene County Collector
- Census Reporter, B25077 Paragould
- PMU water and sewer rates
- PMU electric rates
- PMU power cost adjustment
- PMU 2025 water quality report
- City of Paragould sanitation
- EIA table 6, residential sales by utility
- Summit Utilities Arkansas tariff
- Summit service area
- Arkansas EIA gas prices
- Triple-I homeowners premiums
Common questions about Paragould house costs
What is the property tax rate in Paragould?
About 0.92% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, payable by Oct. 15, 2026 (Greene County)), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Paragould?
About $4,002 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions.
How much is the water bill in Paragould?
About $83 a month for water and sewer at typical use (7,000 gallons a month) on Paragould Municipal Utilities.
How much does trash pickup cost in Paragould?
$20 a month for a house.
Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Paragould?
Yes. Homeowners 65+ or disabled: freeze your assessed value: If you qualify for the homestead credit and are 65 or older or disabled, the taxable assessed value of your home can be frozen at its value at the next assessment date after you turn 65 or become disabled. Your tax can still change if millage rates change.
How much does a house in Paragould cost to run each year?
A Paragould house at the typical market value ($181,500) pays about $6,300 a year: $1,070 property tax and charges, $990 water and sewer, $240 trash, $2,260 electricity and gas, $1,740 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.