Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Delta County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Delta County pays $1,563 a year, an effective rate of 0.95%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,563
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.95%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -22%
- vs U.S. average
- #206 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Delta County pay a median $1,563 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.95%, more affordable than 39% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,563
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.95%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1904 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -22%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($164,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 5,438. Owner-occupied homes: 1,800.
The median annual property tax in Delta County is $1,563, which is 63% lower than the Texas state average and 22% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.95% on a median home value of $164,300. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Delta County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Delta County's 0.95% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 39%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Delta County pay a median annual property tax of $1,563, notably lower than the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $164,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.95% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Delta County ranks #206 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (18% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Delta County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $66,575 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 7.3%, from $1,456 to $1,563. 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 Delta 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 27% from $1,231 to $1,563. 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 539 of 1,800 owner-occupied homes (29.9%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 2.3% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Delta County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Delta County homeowners, 539 of 1,800 owner-occupied homes (29.9%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.1% (289)
- $800 to $1,499 29.9% (539)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.6% (155)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.6% (317)
- $3,000 or more 21.9% (395)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
105 homes here (5.8%) 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 Delta County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+104%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Delta County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Delta County's effective rate is higher than 18% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #206 of 250.
Where Delta County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.95% more affordable than 39% 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 Delta County moved from $1,231 in the 2020 release to $1,563 in 2024, a change of about 27%. 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.
Delta County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Delta County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Delta County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Delta County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,563 +7.3% | 0.95% |
| 2023 | $1,456 +2.0% | 0.97% |
| 2022 | $1,427 +2.3% | 0.87% |
| 2021 | $1,395 +13.3% | 1.09% |
| 2020 | $1,231 | 1.14% |
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.
Delta County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Delta County's effective rate
On effective rate, Delta County sits nearest Tripp County (SD), Benton County (OR), Shelby County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hamilton County (IA), Washington County (OK), Josephine County (OR).
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
Delta County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 2,250 returns from Delta County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,933 - 67% 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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Delta County rate FAQs
- How does Delta County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Delta County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.95% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Delta County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Delta County is $1,563, an effective rate of 0.95% on a $164,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Delta County?
- Delta County, Texas scores D (44/100) 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 B (2.47×). 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 Delta County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Delta County is recorded at $1,563 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,231 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 1,800 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 Delta County?
- Property taxes in Delta County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $66,575 median household income.
What to do with Delta County's UNDER rate
Inside Texas, Delta County's $1,563 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Delta County ranks #206 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Delta 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: 0.95%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,563/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Delta County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Delta County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Lake County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Delta County at $1,563/yr; rate 0.71% vs Delta County 0.95%.
Hopewell city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,564/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.86% vs Delta County 0.95%.
Rush County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,562/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.87% vs Delta County 0.95%.
St. Charles Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,562/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.59% vs Delta County 0.95%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Delta County stamps UNDER · MID - 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 Delta County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.