Living and Moving Here
Our City’s location within the Memphis Metropolitan Area (MMA) provides many employment opportunities. Although the majority of our jobs consist of government and service sector jobs, our location to Memphis, Tennessee as well as the other cities within DeSoto County, Mississippi provide residents with a wide-range of jobs as attested to Horn Lake’s unemployment rate of 4.0. Horn Lake has experience an increase of 42% in population from 9,069 in 1990 to 21,764 in 2004.
The awakening with Horn Lake’s growth occurred in 1963 when Dover Elevator Corporation bought land on which to relocate one of the world’s largest elevator plants, which employed approximately 600. In 1968, Flavorite, a good products company, opened for business in the vicinity. Today, it is known as Newly Weds.
Due to the city’s sophisticated travel network of Interstate, State and local highway systems meets the requirements of the residents and businesses of Horn Lake and provide modern highway access to all points across the Southeast and the Nation.
By highway, Horn Lake adjoins Interstate 55, which connects to Interstates 40 and 20. Highways 51 and 302 are five lane crossroads in the city that tie or cross Interstate 55. An estimated ninety-four trucking lines serve the Memphis Commercial Trucking Zone, Horn Lake and DeSoto County.
By air, Horn Lake is well served by the Olive Branch Airport, which can accommodate small executive jet aircraft, and the Memphis International Airport, only a ten-minute drive away is used by most commercial airlines and is a major cargo distribution hub.
By water, the River Port of Memphis, the largest inland port on the Mississippi River is the most cost efficient means of transporting bulk goods and commodities to both domestic and foreign markets.
By rail, Horn Lake is served directly by the Illinois Central and Burlington Northern Railroads. In addition, four other lines serve Memphis, with terminals only 15 minutes away.
Today, through City and Community leadership the citizens of Horn Lake enjoy a mix of business opportunity and pleasure where residents can grow, prosper, and worship together while taking pride in the community’s quality of education, recreation and industry.
The City of Horn Lake invites you and your family to discover for yourself why Horn Lake is a “Community with New People and New Ideas”.
Taxes - The City’s current tax rate (millage rate) is 42.0 mill. A mill is defined as one tenth of a cent. The Tax Assessor for Desoto County assesses all taxes and all taxes are paid to the Desoto County Tax Collector. Therefore, you do not have to pay you Ad Valorem-Real, Auto and Personal Property Taxes at the City. In order to determine the estimated taxes that will be due on your real property taxes you use the estimated appraised value of your residential property times 10% and that times 30.0%. If you qualify for Homestead Exemptions, over 65 exemptions, Disabled exemptions with Desoto County, you will likewise be exempt from the City Taxes up to the amount allowed by State Law.