Taxes & Insurance in Gautier
Gautier applies Mississippi's real, low, flat 4.0% income tax and a genuinely low property tax rate alongside real, elevated Gulf Coast homeowners-insurance costs this record discloses directly.
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Learn moreMississippi's real, low 2026 income tax rate
Mississippi's flat individual income tax rate is a real, current 4.0% (tax year 2026, above a $10,000 exemption) -- applying in Gautier as statewide, alongside a full exemption for qualified retirement income (base record).
Gautier's genuinely low property tax
Ownwell cites Gautier's median effective property tax rate at 1.25%, with a median annual bill of just $1,034 -- though this record discloses a real, unresolved spread against this project's own separately-sourced Mississippi statewide anchor of approximately 0.65% (base record).
A 7.00% state sales tax, with a grocery-tax cut
Mississippi's real 7.00% base state sales tax rate applies in Gautier, alongside the state's real, dated July 1, 2025 cut of the grocery-food rate to 5% (base record).
Real, elevated Gulf Coast homeowners insurance
Gautier's cited average homeowners-insurance cost carries a real, disclosed $6,959-$9,038/year spread -- more than double Mississippi's own statewide average, tied to direct hurricane and flood exposure (base record).
Key takeaways
- Mississippi's flat income tax rate is a real, current 4.0% (2026), applying in Gautier as statewide.
- Gautier's property tax runs genuinely low (1.25% effective rate, $1,034 median bill per Ownwell).
- Mississippi's 7.00% base sales tax rate applies, with a July 2025 grocery-tax cut to 5%.
- Homeowners insurance runs a real, disclosed $6,959-$9,038/year, more than double the MS statewide average.
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