Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Culberson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Culberson County pays $769 a year, an effective rate of 0.97%, far below the U.S. average.
- $769
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.97%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -61%
- vs U.S. average
- #200 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Culberson County pay a median $769 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.97%, more affordable than 38% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $769
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.97%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1943 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -61%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($79,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 2,195. Owner-occupied homes: 609.
The median annual property tax in Culberson County is $769, which is 82% lower than the Texas state average and 61% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.97% on a median home value of $79,300. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Culberson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Culberson County's 0.97% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 38%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Culberson County pay a median annual property tax of $769, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $79,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.97% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Culberson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $58,777 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Culberson County ranks #200 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (20% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Culberson 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.
The rate gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Culberson County rose 24.5%, from $63,700 to $79,300. The effective rate fell 26.8% over the same span, a steeper move than in 95% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 8.9%, to $769. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $844 in 2020 to $769 in 2024, a fall of 9%. 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: 303 of 609 owner-occupied homes (49.8%) 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 1.3% 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 Culberson County fell from $844 to $769, a change of -8.9%. 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 Culberson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Culberson County homeowners, 303 of 609 owner-occupied homes (49.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 49.8% (303)
- $800 to $1,499 18.4% (112)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.4% (100)
- $2,000 to $2,999 10.2% (62)
- $3,000 or more 2.5% (15)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
17 homes here (2.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
Culberson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Culberson County's effective rate is higher than 20% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #200 of 250.
Where Culberson County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.97% more affordable than 38% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Texas on both measures
Culberson County's effective rate runs 35% under the Texas median and its bill 82% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $769 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Texas norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Culberson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Culberson County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Culberson County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Culberson County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $769 +5.9% | 0.97% |
| 2023 | $726 +1.7% | 0.86% |
| 2022 | $714 -0.4% | 0.86% |
| 2021 | $717 -15.0% | 1.07% |
| 2020 | $844 | 1.32% |
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.
Culberson County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Culberson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Culberson County sits nearest Roberts County (SD), Codington County (SD), Clarion County (PA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Treutlen County (GA), Yell County (AR), Jackson County (CO).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Culberson County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Culberson County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Culberson County rate FAQs
- How does Culberson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Culberson County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.97% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Culberson County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Culberson County is $769, an effective rate of 0.97% on a $79,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Culberson County?
- Culberson County, Texas scores B (72/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 4 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+ (1.35×). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Culberson County?
- Property taxes in Culberson County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $58,777 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Culberson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Culberson County declined 8.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $844 to $769, 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 Culberson County's UNDER rate
Culberson County's $769 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 1.3% of Culberson County's $58,777 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Culberson 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: 0.97%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $769/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Culberson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Culberson County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Clay County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Culberson County at $769/yr; rate 0.56% vs Culberson County 0.97%.
Livingston County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $770/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.61% vs Culberson County 0.97%.
Pike County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $772/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.69% vs Culberson County 0.97%.
Danville city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $774/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.65% vs Culberson County 0.97%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Culberson 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 Culberson County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.