Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bee County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bee County pays $1,615 a year, an effective rate of 1.45%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,615
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.45%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -19%
- vs U.S. average
- #56 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Bee County pay a median $1,615 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.45%, more affordable than 13% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,615
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.45%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2737 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -19%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($111,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 31,083. Owner-occupied homes: 6,237.
The median annual property tax in Bee County is $1,615, which is 62% lower than the Texas state average and 19% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.45% on a median home value of $111,300. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Bee County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bee County's 1.45% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 13%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Bee County pay a median annual property tax of $1,615, notably lower than the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $111,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.45% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Bee County ranks #56 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (78% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Bee County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $57,673 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bee 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 held while the market moved
Bee County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 13.0% up, against a median home value that rose 25.5%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 41.8%, from $1,139 to $1,615.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 42% from $1,139 to $1,615. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,716 of 6,237 owner-occupied homes (27.5%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.8% 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.
What Bee County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bee County homeowners, 1,716 of 6,237 owner-occupied homes (27.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.5% (1,716)
- $800 to $1,499 16.3% (1,016)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.3% (706)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.6% (1,163)
- $3,000 or more 19.0% (1,187)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
449 homes here (7.2%) 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 Bee County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+80%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Bee County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bee County's effective rate is higher than 78% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #56 of 250.
Where Bee County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.45% more affordable than 13% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Bee County moved from $1,139 in the 2020 release to $1,615 in 2024, a change of about 42%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Bee County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bee 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 | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Bee County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Bee County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $111,300 median home carries a $1,615 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $162 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Bee County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,615 +10.5% | 1.45% |
| 2023 | $1,461 +3.3% | 1.42% |
| 2022 | $1,414 +13.8% | 1.33% |
| 2021 | $1,242 +9.0% | 1.33% |
| 2020 | $1,139 | 1.28% |
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.
Bee County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Bee County's effective rate
On effective rate, Bee County sits nearest Corson County (SD), Mifflin County (PA), Luzerne County (PA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hillsborough County (FL), Walton County (GA), Caldwell County (MO).
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
Bee County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 220 of 10,920 returns from Bee County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,945 - 32% 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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Bee County rate FAQs
- How does Bee County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bee County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.45% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Bee County?
- Bee County, Texas scores F (35/100) 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+ (1.93×). 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 Bee County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Bee County is $1,615, an effective rate of 1.45% on a $111,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Bee County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bee County jumped 41.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,139 to $1,615, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Bee County?
- Property taxes in Bee County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $57,673 median household income.
What to do with Bee County's STEEP rate
Inside Texas, Bee County's $1,615 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Bee County ranks #56 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 Bee 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: 1.45%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,615/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bee County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bee County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Cass County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bee County at $1,615/yr; rate 0.56% vs Bee County 1.45%.
Lanier County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bee County at $1,615/yr; rate 1.00% vs Bee County 1.45%.
Lincoln County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bee County at $1,615/yr; rate 0.54% vs Bee County 1.45%.
Sweet Grass County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bee County at $1,615/yr; rate 0.49% vs Bee County 1.45%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Bee 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 Bee County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.