Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Brazos County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Brazos County pays $4,568 a year, an effective rate of 1.54%, far above the U.S. average.
- $4,568
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.54%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- +129%
- vs U.S. average
- #37 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Brazos County pay a median $4,568 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.54%, more affordable than 10% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $4,568
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.54%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2835 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +129%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($296,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 242,311. Owner-occupied homes: 42,666.
The median annual property tax in Brazos County is $4,568, which is 8% higher than the Texas state average and 129% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.54% on a median home value of $296,000. Property taxes represent 7.8% of the median household income in this county.
Why Brazos County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Brazos County pay a median annual property tax of $4,568, far above the national median and modestly above the Texas state median. On a $296,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.54% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a heavy tax share
Property taxes in Brazos County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 7.8% of the $58,553 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate is a national headwind
Brazos County's 1.54% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 90% pay more.
Decision signal 4
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Brazos County ranks #37 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (85% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Brazos 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Brazos County's effective rate fell 12.6% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 36.0%, leaving the median bill 18.8% higher at $4,568. That rate move is larger than the one in 52% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $3,844 to $4,568, a gain of 19%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 27,925 of 42,666 owner-occupied homes (65.5%) 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.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 7.8% 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 Brazos County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Brazos County homeowners, 27,925 of 42,666 owner-occupied homes (65.5%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 8.2% (3,517)
- $800 to $1,499 5.5% (2,344)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.7% (2,005)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.6% (4,507)
- $3,000 or more 65.5% (27,925)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2,368 homes here (5.6%) 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 Brazos County pay a substantially higher bill, 36% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Brazos County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Brazos County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Brazos County's median bill is 8% above the Texas median and 129% above the U.S. median.
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.54%, Brazos 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 $4,568 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Brazos County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Brazos 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 | 7.8% | - | - |
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.
Is Brazos County's $4,568 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Brazos County's $4,568 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $457/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Brazos County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,568 -0.3% | 1.54% |
| 2023 | $4,580 +2.6% | 1.64% |
| 2022 | $4,463 +9.6% | 1.71% |
| 2021 | $4,072 +5.9% | 1.77% |
| 2020 | $3,844 | 1.77% |
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.
Brazos County: tax takes 7.8% of income
Counties near Brazos County's median bill
On effective rate, Brazos County sits nearest Jefferson County (NY), Dakota County (NE), La Crosse County (WI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Jefferson County (TN), Dunklin County (MO), Steuben County (NY).
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
Brazos County: only 6% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 5,410 of 91,870 returns from Brazos County reported real estate taxes, averaging $9,407 - 43% 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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Brazos County bill FAQs
- How does Brazos County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Brazos County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.54% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Brazos County?
- Property taxes in Brazos County run well above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 7.8% of the $58,553 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in Brazos County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Brazos County is $4,568, an effective rate of 1.54% on a $296,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Brazos County?
- Brazos County, Texas scores F (4/100) 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 F (1.54%). 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 Brazos County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Brazos County climbed 18.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,844 to $4,568, 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 Brazos County's HEAVY bill
Brazos County's $4,568 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 7.8% of Brazos County's $58,553 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Brazos 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: 1.54%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $4,568/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Brazos County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Brazos County (STEEP · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP HEAVY
Ontario County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,565/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 2.05% vs Brazos County 1.54%.
Geauga County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,564/yr (near-tied bill ABS $4); rate 1.38% vs Brazos County 1.54%.
Bennington County, VT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,580/yr (near-tied bill ABS $12); rate 1.64% vs Brazos County 1.54%.
Waukesha County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $4,554/yr (near-tied bill ABS $14); rate 1.14% vs Brazos County 1.54%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Brazos County stamps STEEP · HEAVY - 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 Brazos County (STEEP · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.