Taxes in Stillwater
Stillwater's tax picture combines a real, genuinely low property tax with Oklahoma's low, further-cut state income tax and a genuinely high combined sales tax.
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Learn moreA genuinely low property tax rate
Stillwater's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.96% -- genuinely close to Oklahoma's statewide cluster (approximately 0.85%-0.90%) and below the national median.
Oklahoma's real, dated, CONTINGENT income-tax cut
Oklahoma's top marginal state income tax rate fell to 4.5% effective 2026 under HB 2764's real, current statutory revenue-trigger mechanism -- genuinely contingent on future revenue growth. No local income tax applies anywhere in Oklahoma.
A genuinely high combined sales tax
Stillwater's own combined sales tax runs approximately 9.313% (4.5% state + 0.81% Payne County + 4.0% city) -- among the higher combined rates documented in this project's Oklahoma buildout.
Key takeaways
- Stillwater's own property tax rate (~0.96%) runs genuinely close to Oklahoma's low statewide cluster.
- Oklahoma's 4.5% top income tax rate (2026) is genuinely contingent on revenue triggers.
- Stillwater's combined sales tax (~9.313%) is genuinely high, and Social Security is fully exempt from state income tax.
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