Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Duval County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Duval County pays $1,148 a year, an effective rate of 1.28%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,148
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.28%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -42%
- vs U.S. average
- #94 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Duval County pay a median $1,148 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.28%, more affordable than 20% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,148
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.28%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2519 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -42%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($89,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 9,742. Owner-occupied homes: 2,149.
The median annual property tax in Duval County is $1,148, which is 73% lower than the Texas state average and 42% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.28% on a median home value of $89,400. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
Duval County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Duval County's 1.28% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 20%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Duval County pay a median annual property tax of $1,148, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $89,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.28% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 23.3%, from $931 to $1,148. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Duval County ranks #94 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (62% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Duval County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $49,038 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Duval 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 102% from $567 to $1,148. 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 864 of 2,149 owner-occupied homes (40.2%). 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 2.3% 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.
What Duval County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Duval County homeowners, 864 of 2,149 owner-occupied homes (40.2%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 28.8% (618)
- $800 to $1,499 40.2% (864)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.7% (187)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.5% (205)
- $3,000 or more 5.3% (113)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
162 homes here (7.5%) 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 Duval County pay a substantially higher bill, 50% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Duval County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Duval County's effective rate is higher than 62% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #94 of 250.
Where Duval County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.28% more affordable than 20% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Duval County moved from $567 in the 2020 release to $1,148 in 2024, a change of about 102%. 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.
Duval County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Duval County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High 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.
Duval County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Duval County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,148 +23.3% | 1.28% |
| 2023 | $931 +11.0% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | $839 +15.2% | 1.10% |
| 2021 | $728 +28.4% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | $567 | 0.92% |
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.
Duval County: tax-to-income at 2.3%
Counties near Duval County's effective rate
On effective rate, Duval County sits nearest Spink County (SD), Fulton County (OH), Franklin County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are San Miguel County (CO), De Soto Parish (LA), Tunica County (MS).
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
Duval County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 4,370 returns from Duval County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,829 - 57% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Duval County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Duval County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Duval County is recorded at $1,148 in the 2024 5-year release against $567 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 2,149 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.
- How does Duval County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Duval County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.28% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Duval County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Duval County is $1,148, an effective rate of 1.28% on a $89,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Duval County?
- Duval County, Texas scores D (48/100) 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+ (1.82×). 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 Duval County?
- Property taxes in Duval County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $49,038 median household income.
What to do with Duval County's PAR rate
Duval County's $1,148 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 →
Duval County ranks #94 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 Duval 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: 1.28%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,148/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Duval County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Duval County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Huntington County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Duval County at $1,148/yr; rate 0.71% vs Duval County 1.28%.
Throckmorton County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Duval County at $1,148/yr; rate 1.28% vs Duval County 1.28%.
Bracken County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,149/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Duval County 1.28%.
Spencer County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,147/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Duval County 1.28%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Duval 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 Duval County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.