Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Eastland County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Eastland County pays $1,459 a year, an effective rate of 1.08%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,459
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.08%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -27%
- vs U.S. average
- #166 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Eastland County pay a median $1,459 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.08%, more affordable than 30% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,459
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.08%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2202 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -27%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($134,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 18,011. Owner-occupied homes: 5,180.
The median annual property tax in Eastland County is $1,459, which is 66% lower than the Texas state average and 27% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.08% on a median home value of $134,800. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Eastland County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Eastland County's 1.08% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 30%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Eastland County pay a median annual property tax of $1,459, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $134,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.08% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Eastland County ranks #166 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (34% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Eastland County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $53,549 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Eastland 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Eastland County's effective rate fell 16.8% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 63.2%, leaving the median bill 35.7% higher at $1,459. That rate move is larger than the one in 72% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 36% from $1,075 to $1,459. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,505 of 5,180 owner-occupied homes (29.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.7% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Eastland County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Eastland County homeowners, 1,505 of 5,180 owner-occupied homes (29.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 29.1% (1,505)
- $800 to $1,499 19.8% (1,024)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.9% (460)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.1% (628)
- $3,000 or more 25.6% (1,326)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
237 homes here (4.6%) 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 Eastland County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+80%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Eastland County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Eastland County's effective rate is higher than 34% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #166 of 250.
Where Eastland County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.08% more affordable than 30% 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 Eastland County moved from $1,075 in the 2020 release to $1,459 in 2024, a change of about 36%. 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.
Eastland County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Eastland 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 Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Eastland County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Eastland County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,459 +0.6% | 1.08% |
| 2023 | $1,451 -0.1% | 1.19% |
| 2022 | $1,453 +28.7% | 1.31% |
| 2021 | $1,129 +5.0% | 1.37% |
| 2020 | $1,075 | 1.30% |
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.
Eastland County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Eastland County's effective rate
On effective rate, Eastland County sits nearest Pennington County (SD), Ottawa County (OH), Holmes County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bonner County (ID), Furnas County (NE), Madison County (AL).
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
Eastland County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 210 of 7,660 returns from Eastland County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,219 - 38% of those reporters sat in the $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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Eastland County rate FAQs
- How does Eastland County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Eastland County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.08% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Eastland County?
- Eastland County, Texas scores D (40/100) 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- (2.52×). 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 Eastland County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Eastland County is $1,459, an effective rate of 1.08% on a $134,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Eastland County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Eastland County jumped 35.7% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,075 to $1,459, 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Eastland County?
- Property taxes in Eastland County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $53,549 median household income.
What to do with Eastland County's PAR rate
Eastland County's $1,459 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 →
Eastland County ranks #166 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 Eastland 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: 1.08%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,459/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Eastland County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Eastland County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Hawaii County, HI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Eastland County at $1,459/yr; rate 0.28% vs Eastland County 1.08%.
Scioto County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Eastland County at $1,459/yr; rate 1.06% vs Eastland County 1.08%.
Jackson County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,460/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.93% vs Eastland County 1.08%.
Refugio County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,458/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.47% vs Eastland County 1.08%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Eastland 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 Eastland County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.