Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Blanco County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Blanco County pays $4,510 a year, an effective rate of 0.93%, far above the U.S. average.
- $4,510
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.93%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +126%
- vs U.S. average
- #213 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Blanco County pay a median $4,510 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.93%, more affordable than 41% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $4,510
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.93%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1861 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +126%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($483,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 12,446. Owner-occupied homes: 3,938.
The median annual property tax in Blanco County is $4,510, which is 7% higher than the Texas state average and 126% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.93% on a median home value of $483,500. Property taxes represent 4.9% of the median household income in this county.
Why Blanco County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Blanco County pay a median annual property tax of $4,510, far above the national median and modestly above the Texas state median. On a $483,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.93% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Blanco County ranks #213 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (15% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Blanco County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.9% of the $92,425 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 9.1%, from $4,134 to $4,510. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Blanco County's 0.93% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 41%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Blanco 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 65% from $2,738 to $4,510. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 2,335 of 3,938 owner-occupied homes (59.3%) 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.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 4.9% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
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 Blanco County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Blanco County homeowners, 2,335 of 3,938 owner-occupied homes (59.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 5.3% (208)
- $800 to $1,499 13.0% (511)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.0% (316)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.3% (445)
- $3,000 or more 59.3% (2,335)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
123 homes here (3.1%) 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 Blanco County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+71%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Blanco County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Blanco County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Blanco County's median bill is 7% above the Texas median and 126% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Blanco County moved from $2,738 in the 2020 release to $4,510 in 2024, a change of about 65%. 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.
Blanco County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Blanco County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 4.9% | - | - |
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.
Is Blanco County's $4,510 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Blanco County's $4,510 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $451/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Blanco County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,510 +9.1% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | $4,134 +22.4% | 1.04% |
| 2022 | $3,377 +23.2% | 1.09% |
| 2021 | $2,742 +0.1% | 0.96% |
| 2020 | $2,738 | 1.05% |
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.
Blanco County: tax takes 4.9% of income
Counties near Blanco County's median bill
On effective rate, Blanco County sits nearest Butte County (SD), Washington County (OH), Clinton County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Custer County (ID), Texas County (OK), De Baca County (NM).
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
Blanco County: only 8% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 550 of 6,650 returns from Blanco County reported real estate taxes, averaging $8,798 - 45% of those reporters sat in the $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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Blanco County bill FAQs
- How does Blanco County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Blanco County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.93% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Blanco County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Blanco County is recorded at $4,510 in the 2024 5-year release against $2,738 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 3,938 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the average property tax in Blanco County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Blanco County is $4,510, an effective rate of 0.93% on a $483,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Blanco County?
- Property taxes in Blanco County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.9% of the $92,425 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Blanco County?
- Blanco County, Texas scores F (15/100) 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 rate relief at D (0.93%). 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 to do with Blanco County's HEAVY bill
Blanco County's $4,510 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Blanco County ranks #213 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Blanco County's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.93%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $4,510/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Blanco County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Blanco County (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Douglas County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,507/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 1.69% vs Blanco County 0.93%.
Orange County, VT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,516/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 1.66% vs Blanco County 0.93%.
Carver County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,501/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 0.99% vs Blanco County 0.93%.
Gillespie County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,496/yr (near-tied bill ABS $14); rate 0.98% vs Blanco County 0.93%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Blanco County stamps UNDER · HEAVY - 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 Blanco County (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.