Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bailey County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bailey County pays $1,601 a year, an effective rate of 1.52%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,601
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.52%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -20%
- vs U.S. average
- #43 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Bailey County pay a median $1,601 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.52%, more affordable than 10% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,601
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.52%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2821 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -20%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($105,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 6,913. Owner-occupied homes: 1,765.
The median annual property tax in Bailey County is $1,601, which is 62% lower than the Texas state average and 20% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.52% on a median home value of $105,300. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Bailey County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Bailey County's 1.52% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 90% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Bailey County pay a median annual property tax of $1,601, notably lower than the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $105,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.52% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Bailey County ranks #43 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (83% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Bailey County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $61,420 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bailey 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Bailey County rose 40.0%, from $75,200 to $105,300. The effective rate fell 30.6% over the same span, a steeper move than in 97% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 2.9%, to $1,601. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,648 in 2020 to $1,601 in 2024, a fall of 3%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 457 of 1,765 owner-occupied homes (25.9%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.6% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Bailey County fell from $1,648 to $1,601, a change of -2.9%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Bailey County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bailey County homeowners, 457 of 1,765 owner-occupied homes (25.9%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 17.7% (313)
- $800 to $1,499 25.9% (457)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.4% (237)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.5% (291)
- $3,000 or more 19.2% (338)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
129 homes here (7.3%) 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 Bailey County pay a substantially higher bill, 49% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Bailey County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bailey County's effective rate is higher than 83% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #43 of 250.
Where Bailey County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.52% more affordable than 10% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.52%, Bailey County sits in the top 10% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. That is the rate, not the bill: a high rate on a modest home can still produce a smaller cheque than a low rate on an expensive one, which is why the $1,601 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Bailey County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bailey County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Bailey County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Bailey County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $105,300 median home carries a $1,601 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $160 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Bailey County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,601 +4.4% | 1.52% |
| 2023 | $1,533 -14.8% | 1.47% |
| 2022 | $1,800 +4.6% | 1.60% |
| 2021 | $1,721 +4.4% | 1.85% |
| 2020 | $1,648 | 2.19% |
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.
Bailey County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Bailey County's effective rate
On effective rate, Bailey County sits nearest Northampton County (PA), Allegheny County (PA), Pawnee County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bradley County (AR), Gilmer County (WV), Wolfe County (KY).
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
Bailey County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 2,500 returns from Bailey County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,267 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Bailey County rate FAQs
- How does Bailey County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bailey County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.52% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Bailey County?
- Bailey County, Texas scores F (38/100) 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 A+ (1.71×). 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.
- What is the average property tax in Bailey County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Bailey County is $1,601, an effective rate of 1.52% on a $105,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bailey County?
- Property taxes in Bailey County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $61,420 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bailey County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bailey County eased 2.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,648 to $1,601, 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 Bailey County's STEEP rate
Inside Texas, Bailey County's $1,601 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Bailey County ranks #43 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 Bailey County's STEEP 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: 1.52%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,601/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bailey County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bailey County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Fayette County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bailey County at $1,601/yr; rate 0.94% vs Bailey County 1.52%.
Brown County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,600/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.82% vs Bailey County 1.52%.
Hutchinson County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,602/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.35% vs Bailey County 1.52%.
Worth County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,600/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.10% vs Bailey County 1.52%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Bailey County stamps STEEP · MID - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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 Bailey County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.