Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Deaf Smith County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Deaf Smith County pays $1,801 a year, an effective rate of 1.48%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,801
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.48%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -10%
- vs U.S. average
- #50 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Deaf Smith County pay a median $1,801 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.48%, more affordable than 12% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,801
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.48%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2774 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -10%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($121,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 18,460. Owner-occupied homes: 4,043.
The median annual property tax in Deaf Smith County is $1,801, which is 57% lower than the Texas state average and 10% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.48% on a median home value of $121,300. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Deaf Smith County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Deaf Smith County's 1.48% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 12%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Deaf Smith County pay a median annual property tax of $1,801, notably lower than the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $121,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.48% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Deaf Smith County ranks #50 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (80% 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 13.3%, from $1,590 to $1,801. 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 Deaf Smith County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $60,799 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Deaf Smith 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 33% from $1,355 to $1,801. 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: 1,287 of 4,043 owner-occupied homes (31.8%) 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 3.0% 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 Deaf Smith County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Deaf Smith County homeowners, 1,287 of 4,043 owner-occupied homes (31.8%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 11.6% (467)
- $800 to $1,499 29.8% (1,205)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.2% (414)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.6% (469)
- $3,000 or more 31.8% (1,287)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
201 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 Deaf Smith County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+165%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Deaf Smith County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Deaf Smith County's effective rate is higher than 80% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #50 of 250.
Where Deaf Smith County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.48% more affordable than 12% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Deaf Smith County moved from $1,355 in the 2020 release to $1,801 in 2024, a change of about 33%. 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.
Deaf Smith County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Deaf Smith County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.0% | - | - |
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.
Deaf Smith County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Deaf Smith County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $121,300 median home carries a $1,801 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $180 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Deaf Smith County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,801 +13.3% | 1.48% |
| 2023 | $1,590 +3.9% | 1.37% |
| 2022 | $1,530 +14.9% | 1.42% |
| 2021 | $1,332 -1.7% | 1.45% |
| 2020 | $1,355 | 1.48% |
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.
Deaf Smith County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Deaf Smith County's effective rate
On effective rate, Deaf Smith County sits nearest Scotts Bluff County (NE), Wilson County (KS), Madison County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cumberland County (VA), Clay County (MN), Todd County (KY).
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
Deaf Smith County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 160 of 7,910 returns from Deaf Smith County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,431 - 25% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Deaf Smith County rate FAQs
- How does Deaf Smith County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Deaf Smith County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.48% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Deaf Smith County?
- Deaf Smith County, Texas scores F (30/100) 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 (2.00×). 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 Deaf Smith County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Deaf Smith County is $1,801, an effective rate of 1.48% on a $121,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Deaf Smith County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Deaf Smith County is recorded at $1,801 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,355 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 4,043 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 Deaf Smith County?
- Property taxes in Deaf Smith County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $60,799 median household income.
What to do with Deaf Smith County's STEEP rate
Inside Texas, Deaf Smith County's $1,801 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Deaf Smith County ranks #50 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 Deaf Smith County's STEEP 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: 1.48%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,801/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Deaf Smith County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Deaf Smith County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Bibb County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Deaf Smith County at $1,801/yr; rate 1.03% vs Deaf Smith County 1.48%.
Ferry County, WA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Deaf Smith County at $1,801/yr; rate 0.64% vs Deaf Smith County 1.48%.
White County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,800/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.65% vs Deaf Smith County 1.48%.
Concho County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,799/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.68% vs Deaf Smith County 1.48%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Deaf Smith County stamps STEEP · MID - 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 Deaf Smith County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.