Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Donley County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Donley County pays $1,117 a year, an effective rate of 1.16%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,117
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.16%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -44%
- vs U.S. average
- #138 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Donley County pay a median $1,117 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.16%, more affordable than 25% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,117
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.16%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2350 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -44%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($96,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 3,257. Owner-occupied homes: 883.
The median annual property tax in Donley County is $1,117, which is 74% lower than the Texas state average and 44% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.16% on a median home value of $96,400. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Donley County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Donley County's 1.16% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 25%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Donley County pay a median annual property tax of $1,117, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $96,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.16% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Donley County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $58,750 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Donley County ranks #138 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (45% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Donley 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 Donley County rose 37.3%, from $70,200 to $96,400. The effective rate fell 31.7% over the same span, a steeper move than in 98% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still fell 6.2%, to $1,117. 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 $1,191 in 2020 to $1,117 in 2024, a fall of 6%. 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: 249 of 883 owner-occupied homes (28.2%) 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 1.9% 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 Donley County fell from $1,191 to $1,117, a change of -6.2%. 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 Donley County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Donley County homeowners, 249 of 883 owner-occupied homes (28.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 28.2% (249)
- $800 to $1,499 27.1% (239)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.8% (25)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.3% (153)
- $3,000 or more 18.8% (166)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
51 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 Donley County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+190%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Donley County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Donley County's effective rate is higher than 45% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #138 of 250.
Where Donley County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.16% more affordable than 25% 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
Donley County's effective rate runs 22% under the Texas median and its bill 74% 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 $1,117 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.
Donley County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Donley 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 | 1.9% | - | - |
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.
Donley County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Donley County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,117 +9.6% | 1.16% |
| 2023 | $1,019 -20.9% | 1.13% |
| 2022 | $1,289 +18.8% | 1.30% |
| 2021 | $1,085 -8.9% | 1.62% |
| 2020 | $1,191 | 1.70% |
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.
Donley County: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Donley County's effective rate
On effective rate, Donley County sits nearest Clinton County (PA), Sherman County (NE), Howard County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Jackson County (FL), Chicot County (AR), Twiggs County (GA).
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
Donley County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 1,410 returns from Donley County reported real estate taxes, averaging $3,133 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $25-50k 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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Donley County rate FAQs
- How does Donley County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Donley County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.16% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Donley County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Donley County is $1,117, an effective rate of 1.16% on a $96,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Donley County?
- Donley County, Texas scores C- (50/100) 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+ (1.64×). 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 Donley County?
- Property taxes in Donley County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $58,750 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Donley County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Donley County eased 6.2% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,191 to $1,117, 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 Donley County's PAR rate
Donley County's $1,117 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 1.9% of Donley County's $58,750 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Donley County's PAR 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: 1.16%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,117/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Donley County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Donley County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Bear Lake County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,116/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.41% vs Donley County 1.16%.
Bryan County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,118/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.64% vs Donley County 1.16%.
De Baca County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,118/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Donley County 1.16%.
Montgomery County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,116/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.65% vs Donley County 1.16%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Donley County stamps PAR · 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 Donley County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.