Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Armstrong County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Armstrong County pays $2,111 a year, an effective rate of 1.23%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,111
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.23%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +6%
- vs U.S. average
- #115 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Armstrong County pay a median $2,111 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.23%, more affordable than 22% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,111
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.23%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2446 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +6%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($171,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 1,822. Owner-occupied homes: 615.
The median annual property tax in Armstrong County is $2,111, which is 50% lower than the Texas state average and 6% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.23% on a median home value of $171,500. Property taxes represent 2.9% of the median household income in this county.
Armstrong County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Armstrong County's 1.23% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 22%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Armstrong County pay a median annual property tax of $2,111, modestly above the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $171,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.23% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Armstrong County ranks #115 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (54% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Armstrong County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $72,750 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Armstrong County as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 7.5% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 70% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 9.9%, the median bill rose 1.6% to $2,111: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $2,078 to $2,111, a change of 2%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 207 of 615 owner-occupied homes (33.7%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 2.9% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to here.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Armstrong County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Armstrong County homeowners, 207 of 615 owner-occupied homes (33.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 21.3% (131)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (83)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.4% (70)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.1% (99)
- $3,000 or more 33.7% (207)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
25 homes here (4.1%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Armstrong County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+76%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Armstrong County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Armstrong County's effective rate is higher than 54% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #115 of 250.
Where Armstrong County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.23% more affordable than 22% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Texas on both measures
Armstrong County's effective rate runs 17% under the Texas median and its bill 50% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $2,111 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Texas norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Armstrong County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Armstrong County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.9% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Armstrong County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Armstrong County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,111 -21.2% | 1.23% |
| 2023 | $2,679 +18.7% | 1.44% |
| 2022 | $2,257 +16.2% | 1.35% |
| 2021 | $1,943 -6.5% | 1.25% |
| 2020 | $2,078 | 1.33% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Armstrong County: tax-to-income at 2.9%
Counties near Armstrong County's effective rate
On effective rate, Armstrong County sits nearest Davison County (SD), Westmoreland County (PA), Cambria County (PA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Russell County (VA), Owsley County (KY), Tallahatchie County (MS).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
IRS county file: no disclosed Armstrong County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Armstrong County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Armstrong County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Armstrong County?
- Armstrong County, Texas scores F (31/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is housing pressure at B+ (2.36×). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- How does Armstrong County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Armstrong County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.23% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Armstrong County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Armstrong County is $2,111, an effective rate of 1.23% on a $171,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Armstrong County?
- Property taxes in Armstrong County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.9% of the $72,750 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Armstrong County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Armstrong County held roughly steady, up 1.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,078 to $2,111, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
What to do with Armstrong County's PAR rate
Inside Texas, Armstrong County's $2,111 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Armstrong County ranks #115 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Armstrong County's PAR effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.23%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,111/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Armstrong County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Armstrong County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Menard County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Armstrong County at $2,111/yr; rate 1.95% vs Armstrong County 1.23%.
Dawson County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,110/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.14% vs Armstrong County 1.23%.
Lake County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,112/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Armstrong County 1.23%.
Marquette County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,109/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.97% vs Armstrong County 1.23%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Armstrong County stamps PAR · MID - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Armstrong County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.