Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Castro County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Castro County pays $876 a year, an effective rate of 0.92%, far below the U.S. average.
- $876
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.92%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -56%
- vs U.S. average
- #218 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Castro County pay a median $876 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.92%, more affordable than 41% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $876
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.92%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1839 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -56%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($95,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 7,344. Owner-occupied homes: 1,534.
The median annual property tax in Castro County is $876, which is 79% lower than the Texas state average and 56% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.92% on a median home value of $95,000. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Castro County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Castro County's 0.92% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 41%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Castro County pay a median annual property tax of $876, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $95,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.92% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Castro County ranks #218 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (13% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Castro County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $56,776 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has declined 17.9%, from $1,067 to $876. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Castro 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,328 in 2020 to $876 in 2024, a fall of 34%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 690 of 1,534 owner-occupied homes (45.0%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 1.5% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Castro County fell from $1,328 to $876, a change of -34.0%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Castro County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Castro County homeowners, 690 of 1,534 owner-occupied homes (45.0%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 45.0% (690)
- $800 to $1,499 12.6% (194)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.0% (76)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.0% (168)
- $3,000 or more 23.4% (359)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
47 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 Castro County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+380%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Castro County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Castro County's effective rate is higher than 13% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #218 of 250.
Where Castro County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.92% more affordable than 41% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Castro County moved from $1,328 in the 2020 release to $876 in 2024, a change of about 34%. 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.
Castro County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Castro County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Castro County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Castro County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $876 -17.9% | 0.92% |
| 2023 | $1,067 -10.4% | 1.12% |
| 2022 | $1,191 -9.2% | 1.24% |
| 2021 | $1,312 -1.2% | 1.52% |
| 2020 | $1,328 | 1.59% |
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.
Castro County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Castro County's effective rate
On effective rate, Castro County sits nearest Miner County (SD), Dickey County (ND), Richmond County (NY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (AK), Garfield County (MT), Wibaux County (MT).
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
Castro County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 3,000 returns from Castro County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,067 - 67% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Castro County rate FAQs
- How does Castro County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Castro County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.92% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Castro County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Castro County is $876, an effective rate of 0.92% on a $95,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Castro County?
- Castro County, Texas scores C+ (60/100) 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+ (1.67×). 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 Castro County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Castro County is recorded at $876 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,328 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 1,534 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Castro County?
- Property taxes in Castro County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $56,776 median household income.
What to do with Castro County's UNDER rate
Castro County's $876 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.5% of Castro County's $56,776 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Castro 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: 0.92%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $876/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Castro County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Castro County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Pawnee County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Castro County at $876/yr; rate 0.67% vs Castro County 0.92%.
Edgefield County, SC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $875/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.43% vs Castro County 0.92%.
Ellis County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $877/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Castro County 0.92%.
Powell County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $875/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Castro County 0.92%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Castro County stamps UNDER · LIGHT - 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 Castro County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.