Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Brazoria County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Brazoria County pays $5,001 a year, an effective rate of 1.66%, far above the U.S. average.
- $5,001
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.66%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- +151%
- vs U.S. average
- #19 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Brazoria County pay a median $5,001 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.66%, more affordable than 7% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $5,001
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.66%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2923 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +151%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($301,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Brazoria County, TX
7/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median home value relative to Brazoria County's median income
Brazoria County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median tax as a share of Brazoria County's median household income
Brazoria County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Brazoria County
Read the chart values
- Housing pressure: 45/100 (D) · 3.08×
- Rate relief: 6/100 (F) · 1.66%
- Income room: 4/100 (F) · 5.1%
- Bill size: 0/100 (F) · $5,001/yr
- Mortgage premium: 0/100 (F) · +$3,020
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 391,255. Owner-occupied homes: 99,275.
The median annual property tax in Brazoria County is $5,001, which is 18% higher than the Texas state average and 151% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.66% on a median home value of $301,600. Property taxes represent 5.1% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Brazoria County
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Brazoria County pay a median annual property tax of $5,001, far above the national median and notably higher than the Texas state median. On a $301,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.66% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate is a national headwind
Brazoria County's 1.66% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 93% pay more.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Brazoria County ranks #19 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (92% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Brazoria County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 5.1% of the $97,993 median household income.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Brazoria County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.0% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 60% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 41.5%, the median bill rose 27.3% to $5,001: 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 27% from $3,927 to $5,001. 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: 66,063 of 99,275 owner-occupied homes (66.5%) 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 figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 5.1% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Brazoria County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Brazoria County homeowners, 66,063 of 99,275 owner-occupied homes (66.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.0% (7,910)
- $800 to $1,499 6.6% (6,515)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.8% (4,735)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.0% (8,955)
- $3,000 or more 66.5% (66,063)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
5,097 homes here (5.1%) 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 Brazoria County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+93%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Brazoria County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Brazoria County's effective rate is higher than 92% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #19 of 250 for property tax burden.
Where Brazoria County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.66% more affordable than 7% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.66%, Brazoria County sits in the top 7% 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 $5,001 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Brazoria County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Brazoria County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Highest-decile income burden | 5.1% | - | - |
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.
Brazoria County's STEEP · SPIKE lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Brazoria County's published figures (STEEP · SPIKE), a $301,600 median home carries a $5,001 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $500 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Texas.
Property Tax History · STEEP · SPIKE
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,001 +3.5% | 1.66% |
| 2023 | $4,831 +6.6% | 1.75% |
| 2022 | $4,532 +11.8% | 1.76% |
| 2021 | $4,053 +3.2% | 1.80% |
| 2020 | $3,927 | 1.84% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate far above the national average of 0.92% puts Brazoria County in the "Expensive" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Brazoria County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Brazoria County sits nearest Monroe County (PA), Hillsborough County (NH), Ottawa County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Napa County (CA), Multnomah County (OR), Clarke County (AL).
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
What tax filers report in Brazoria County
Of the 173,770 federal returns filed from Brazoria County in 2022, 14,200 (8.2% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $8,186 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 40% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Brazoria County's numbers
- Brazoria County's $5,001 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
- Income burden is elevated here: about 5.1% of Brazoria County's $97,993 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Brazoria County ranks #19 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
- If Brazoria County's assessment looks high versus the $301,600 typical home, check Texas's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($301,600); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Brazoria County, both outside Texas so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.66%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $5,001/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Brazoria County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Brazoria County (STEEP · SPIKE), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP SPIKE
Dallas County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Brazoria County at $5,001/yr; rate 1.41% vs Brazoria County 1.66%.
Prince William County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,999/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.94% vs Brazoria County 1.66%.
Anchorage Municipality, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,982/yr (near-tied bill ABS $19); rate 1.26% vs Brazoria County 1.66%.
Sullivan County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,969/yr (near-tied bill ABS $32); rate 2.00% vs Brazoria County 1.66%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Brazoria County stamps STEEP · SPIKE - 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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Brazoria County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.