Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Bosque County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Bosque County pays $1,959 a year, an effective rate of 0.98%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $1,959
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.98%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -2%
- vs U.S. average
- #195 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Bosque County pay a median $1,959 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.98%, more affordable than 37% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,959
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.98%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1972 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -2%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($200,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 18,687. Owner-occupied homes: 5,684.
The median annual property tax in Bosque County is $1,959, which is 54% lower than the Texas state average and 2% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.98% on a median home value of $200,900. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Bosque County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Bosque County's 0.98% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 37%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Bosque County pay a median annual property tax of $1,959, roughly in line with the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $200,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.98% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Bosque County ranks #195 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (22% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Bosque County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $68,914 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Bosque 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 48.3%, the median bill rose 37.2% to $1,959: 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 37% from $1,428 to $1,959. 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: 1,540 of 5,684 owner-occupied homes (27.1%) 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.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 2.8% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Bosque County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Bosque County homeowners, 1,540 of 5,684 owner-occupied homes (27.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 17.7% (1,005)
- $800 to $1,499 16.3% (925)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.8% (782)
- $2,000 to $2,999 18.4% (1,045)
- $3,000 or more 27.1% (1,540)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
387 homes here (6.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Bosque County, mortgaged homeowners pay 20% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Bosque County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Bosque County's effective rate is higher than 22% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #195 of 250.
Where Bosque County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.98% more affordable than 37% 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 Bosque County moved from $1,428 in the 2020 release to $1,959 in 2024, a change of about 37%. 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.
Bosque County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Bosque County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median 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.
Bosque County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Bosque County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,959 +5.4% | 0.98% |
| 2023 | $1,859 +16.1% | 1.01% |
| 2022 | $1,601 +12.0% | 1.06% |
| 2021 | $1,429 +0.1% | 1.04% |
| 2020 | $1,428 | 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.
Bosque County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Bosque County's effective rate
On effective rate, Bosque County sits nearest Shelby County (TN), Turner County (SD), Mellette County (SD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Douglas County (SD), Lancaster County (SC), Tishomingo 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
Bosque County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 290 of 8,310 returns from Bosque County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,790 - 31% 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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Bosque County rate FAQs
- How does Bosque County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Bosque County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.98% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Bosque County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Bosque County is $1,959, an effective rate of 0.98% on a $200,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Bosque County?
- Bosque County, Texas scores D (41/100) 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 C- (2.92×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Bosque County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Bosque County jumped 37.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,428 to $1,959, 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 Bosque County?
- Property taxes in Bosque County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $68,914 median household income.
What to do with Bosque County's UNDER rate
Inside Texas, Bosque County's $1,959 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Bosque County ranks #195 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Bosque County's UNDER 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: 0.98%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,959/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Bosque County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Bosque County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Jasper County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bosque County at $1,959/yr; rate 0.80% vs Bosque County 0.98%.
Ransom County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bosque County at $1,959/yr; rate 1.02% vs Bosque County 0.98%.
St. Joseph County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Bosque County at $1,959/yr; rate 1.10% vs Bosque County 0.98%.
Cass County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,958/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 2.02% vs Bosque County 0.98%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Bosque County stamps UNDER · 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 Bosque County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.