Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Edwards County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Edwards County pays $742 a year, an effective rate of N/A, far below the U.S. average.
- $742
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- -63%
- vs U.S. average
The verdict
Homeowners in Edwards County pay a median $742 a year in property tax, an effective rate of N/A (Census ACS 2024).
- $742
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- N/A
- Effective rate on median home
- -63%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value (N/A). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 1,290. Owner-occupied homes: 355.
The median annual property tax in Edwards County is $742, which is 82% lower than the Texas state average and 63% below the national average. Property taxes represent 1.8% of the median household income in this county.
Why Edwards County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Edwards County pay a median annual property tax of $742, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a N/A median home, that works out to an effective rate of N/A once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Edwards County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $40,313 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has declined 9.8%, from $823 to $742. 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 Edwards 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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $883 in 2020 to $742 in 2024, a fall of 16%. 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: 189 of 355 owner-occupied homes (53.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Edwards County fell from $883 to $742, a change of -16.0%. 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 Edwards County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Edwards County homeowners, 189 of 355 owner-occupied homes (53.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 53.2% (189)
- $800 to $1,499 7.9% (28)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.5% (48)
- $2,000 to $2,999 3.9% (14)
- $3,000 or more 12.4% (44)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
32 homes here (9.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
Edwards County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Edwards County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.8% | - | - |
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.
Edwards County is UNRATED · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Edwards County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $742 -9.8% | N/A |
| 2023 | $823 -14.7% | 1.05% |
| 2022 | $965 +10.7% | 1.11% |
| 2021 | $872 -1.2% | 1.24% |
| 2020 | $883 | 1.23% |
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.
Edwards County: tax takes only 1.8% of income
Counties near Edwards County's median bill
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are West Carroll Parish (LA), Carroll County (MS), Hooker County (NE).
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 published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
IRS county file: no disclosed Edwards County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Edwards County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Edwards County bill FAQs
- How does Edwards County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Edwards County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of N/A versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Edwards County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Edwards County is $742, an effective rate of N/A on a N/A median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Edwards County?
- Property taxes in Edwards County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.8% of the $40,313 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Edwards County?
- Edwards County, Texas scores A- (80/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 2 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is bill size at A ($742/yr). 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 Edwards County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Edwards County declined 16.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $883 to $742, 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 Edwards County's LIGHT bill
Edwards County's $742 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 1.8% of Edwards County's $40,313 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Edwards County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $742/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Edwards County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Edwards County (UNRATED · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNRATED LIGHT
Metcalfe County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $743/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.67% vs Edwards County N/A.
Douglas County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $740/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.44% vs Edwards County N/A.
Quitman County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $740/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.06% vs Edwards County N/A.
Arkansas County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $745/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.54% vs Edwards County N/A.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Edwards County stamps UNRATED · 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 Edwards County (UNRATED · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.