Change the taxes. See what happens.

Move a tax up or down — the county’s mills, the city’s, the school district’s, or a sales tax — and see what it does to a household’s bill, to each government’s budget, and to what that money could pay for or would have to give up. Every rate and tax base comes from a cited document. Updated 2026-09-26.

Turn the dials — up or down

Property tax

Clark County mills — now 7.1 mills
City of Arkadelphia mills — now 5 mills
Arkadelphia School District mills — now 47.65 mills

Sales tax

Clark County sales tax — now 1.5%
City of Arkadelphia sales tax — now 2%

Your household

Home value ($)
Taxable purchases a year ($)
It’s my homestead ($600 credit) Reset

The household example is a home inside Arkadelphia city limits, in the Arkadelphia School District, so it pays county, city, and school mills and both sales taxes.

Your household — a $100,000 home, $20,000 of taxable purchases a year

Property tax a year (after the $600 homestead credit)	$595	→ $595
Local sales tax a year	$700	→ $700
Change		no change

Arkansas taxes a home on 20% of its value; each mill is $1 per $1,000 of that. The $600 homestead credit comes off the bill (Amendment 79; the state repays local governments for it). Taxable purchases are your own guess; this counts local sales tax only.

What one step is worth — before you change anything

Clark County mills — now 7.1 mills

+0.5 mills raises about $173,040 a year. That’s 0.8% of the county’s 2026 budget.

One mill raises about $346,080 a year: the county’s taxable property is assessed at about $346.1 million (its 2.5% short-term debt limit is $8,652,005). The 7.1 mills include road 3.0, library 1.0, hospital 1.0, and college 1.0. Clark County — Financial and Compliance Report, year ended December 31, 2023 (Arkansas Legislative Audit), Note 8

City of Arkadelphia mills — now 5 mills

+0.5 mills raises about $63,534 a year. That’s 0.9% of the city’s 2024 General Fund sales and property taxes.

One mill raises about $127,068 a year: property in the city is assessed at about $127.1 million (its 5% short-term debt limit is $6,353,411). The city’s 5 mills brought its General Fund $606,382 in 2024. City of Arkadelphia — Regulatory Basis Financial Statements, December 31, 2024 (Arkansas Legislative Audit), Note 8

Arkadelphia School District mills — now 47.65 mills

+0.5 mills raises about $139,931 a year. That’s 0.6% of the district’s 2024 revenue.

One mill raises about $279,861 a year on the district’s $279,861,475 assessment. Of the 47.65 mills, 22.65 pay the bonds and 25 are the state’s required minimum for running schools. Arkadelphia School District No. 1 — Official Statement, $37,170,000 Construction Bonds, Series 2026, pp. 10–12

Clark County sales tax — now 1.5%

+0.125% raises about $435,369 a year. That’s 2.0% of the county’s 2026 budget.

Each 1% raises about $3.5 million a year countywide: the EDCCC half-cent brought $1,741,474 in 2023. The 1.5% includes that half-cent and the 0.5% pledged to the road bonds. Clark County — Financial and Compliance Report, year ended December 31, 2023 (Arkansas Legislative Audit), Schedule 2, p. 31

City of Arkadelphia sales tax — now 2%

+0.125% raises about $388,603 a year. That’s 5.7% of the city’s 2024 General Fund sales and property taxes.

Each 1% raises roughly $3.1 million a year: the city’s General Fund took in $6,217,641 of sales tax in 2024 on its 2% (that figure may also include the city’s share of county sales tax, so treat it as rough). City of Arkadelphia — Regulatory Basis Financial Statements, December 31, 2024 (Arkansas Legislative Audit), Exhibit B

Where the law draws the lines

County general levy: at most 5 mills (Ark. Const. art. 16, §9). Clark levies 1.1 general mills — 0.55 of them allotted to cities — plus 3 road, 1 library, 1 hospital, and 1 college. State of Arkansas 2025 Millage Report (2026 collections) — Assessment Coordination Division, p. 15
County road levy: at most 3 mills, set by the quorum court (Amendment 61). Clark is at 3. Ark. Const. amend. 61
Schools: at least 25 mills to run schools (Amendment 74); changes go to a school election. The Arkadelphia district's other 22.65 mills are pledged to its bonds. Arkadelphia School District No. 1 — Official Statement, $37,170,000 Construction Bonds, Series 2026, pp. 11–12
Sales taxes: a new or higher county or city sales tax needs a vote of the people (Ark. Code §§26-74-207, 26-75-207). In Clark County, 0.5% is pledged to the road bonds through 2036 and 0.5% is the voter-dedicated EDCCC half-cent. Ark. Code §26-74-207
After a county-wide reassessment, Amendment 59 rolls millage back so the reassessment alone doesn't raise more money. Ark. Const. art. 16, §14
Every homestead gets a $600 credit against its property tax bill as of 2025 (Amendment 79); the state repays local governments for it. Arkadelphia School District No. 1 — Official Statement, $37,170,000 Construction Bonds, Series 2026, p. 11

What this doesn’t show — the honest limits

Tax bases are held where the documents last put them. Real property values move, and the 2025 reassessment will shift them; under Amendment 59, a reassessment can roll millage back.
A sales-tax change can change where people shop. This page assumes the same spending.
Not every bill gets paid on time; actual collections run a little below the full levy.
Clark County and the school district cover more than the city — mills here raise money from every property in their area, not just homes in Arkadelphia.
Paying bonds off early is only possible when the bonds allow it (their call dates).
Saving-up times ignore interest earned and rising construction costs.

See also: What if we saved instead of borrowing? · The money trail. This page computes and cites; it doesn’t recommend raising or cutting anything. Spot an error? Report it.