Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Crosby County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Crosby County pays $1,480 a year, an effective rate of 1.83%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,480
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.83%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -26%
- vs U.S. average
- #5 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Crosby County pay a median $1,480 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.83%, more affordable than 4% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,480
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.83%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3004 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -26%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($80,900). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 5,041. Owner-occupied homes: 1,328.
The median annual property tax in Crosby County is $1,480, which is 65% lower than the Texas state average and 26% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.83% on a median home value of $80,900. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Crosby County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Crosby County's 1.83% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 96% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Crosby County pay a median annual property tax of $1,480, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $80,900 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.83% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Crosby County ranks #5 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (98% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 10.0%, from $1,345 to $1,480. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Crosby County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $52,188 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Crosby 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 28% from $1,157 to $1,480. 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 fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 338 of 1,328 owner-occupied homes (25.5%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 2.8% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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.
Crosby County is an outlier inside Texas
Across the 250 Texas counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 1.21%. Crosby County is at 1.83%, which sits 2.1 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Crosby County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Crosby County homeowners, 338 of 1,328 owner-occupied homes (25.5%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 22.7% (302)
- $800 to $1,499 25.5% (338)
- $1,500 to $1,999 19.8% (263)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.6% (180)
- $3,000 or more 13.4% (178)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
67 homes here (5.0%) 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 Crosby County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+69%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Crosby County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Crosby County's effective rate is higher than 98% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #5 of 250.
Where Crosby County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.83% more affordable than 4% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Crosby County taxes property at 1.83%, about 23% above the Texas average, yet its median bill of $1,480 lands roughly 65% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Crosby County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Crosby County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile 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.
Crosby County's PEAK · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Crosby County's published figures (PEAK · LIGHT), a $80,900 median home carries a $1,480 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $148 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Crosby County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,480 +10.0% | 1.83% |
| 2023 | $1,345 +2.9% | 1.78% |
| 2022 | $1,307 +9.1% | 1.88% |
| 2021 | $1,198 +3.5% | 1.94% |
| 2020 | $1,157 | 1.89% |
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.
Crosby County: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Crosby County's effective rate
On effective rate, Crosby County sits nearest Ingham County (MI), Smith County (KS), Graham County (KS).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lake County (IN), King George County (VA), Taylor County (WV).
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
Crosby County: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 2,140 returns from Crosby County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,367 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $75-100k 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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Crosby County rate FAQs
- How does Crosby County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Crosby County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.83% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Crosby County?
- Crosby County, Texas scores F (34/100) 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+ (1.55×). 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 is the average property tax in Crosby County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Crosby County is $1,480, an effective rate of 1.83% on a $80,900 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Crosby County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Crosby County is recorded at $1,480 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,157 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 1,328 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 Crosby County?
- Property taxes in Crosby County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $52,188 median household income.
What to do with Crosby County's PEAK rate
Crosby County's $1,480 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 →
Crosby County ranks #5 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Crosby County's PEAK 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: 1.83%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,480/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Crosby County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Crosby County (PEAK · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK LIGHT
Doña Ana County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Crosby County at $1,480/yr; rate 0.67% vs Crosby County 1.83%.
Hardin County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Crosby County at $1,480/yr; rate 0.66% vs Crosby County 1.83%.
Howard County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Crosby County at $1,480/yr; rate 0.95% vs Crosby County 1.83%.
Franklin County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,479/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.59% vs Crosby County 1.83%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Crosby County stamps PEAK · LIGHT - 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 Crosby County (PEAK · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.