Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Foard County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Foard County pays $790 a year, an effective rate of 1.12%, far below the U.S. average.
- $790
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 1.12%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -60%
- vs U.S. average
- #148 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Foard County pay a median $790 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.12%, more affordable than 27% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $790
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.12%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2279 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -60%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($70,700). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 991. Owner-occupied homes: 332.
The median annual property tax in Foard County is $790, which is 81% lower than the Texas state average and 60% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.12% on a median home value of $70,700. Property taxes represent 1.3% of the median household income in this county.
Foard County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Foard County's 1.12% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 27%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Foard County pay a median annual property tax of $790, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $70,700 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.12% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Foard County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $61,563 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Foard County ranks #148 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (41% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Foard 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 Foard County rose 45.8%, from $48,500 to $70,700. The effective rate fell 28.2% over the same span, a steeper move than in 96% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 4.6%, to $790. 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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $755 to $790, a change of 5%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 171 of 332 owner-occupied homes (51.5%) 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 1.3% 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.
What Foard County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Foard County homeowners, 171 of 332 owner-occupied homes (51.5%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 51.5% (171)
- $800 to $1,499 16.0% (53)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.4% (18)
- $2,000 to $2,999 11.4% (38)
- $3,000 or more 15.7% (52)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Foard County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+179%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Foard County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Foard County's effective rate is higher than 41% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #148 of 250.
Where Foard County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.12% more affordable than 27% 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
Foard County's effective rate runs 25% under the Texas median and its bill 81% 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 $790 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.
Foard County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Foard County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.3% | - | - |
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.
Foard County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Foard County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $790 -6.4% | 1.12% |
| 2023 | $844 +6.0% | 1.18% |
| 2022 | $796 +6.6% | 1.22% |
| 2021 | $747 -1.1% | 1.42% |
| 2020 | $755 | 1.56% |
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.
Foard County: tax takes only 1.3% of income
Counties near Foard County's effective rate
On effective rate, Foard County sits nearest Harding County (SD), Fayette County (PA), Allen County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Humphreys County (MS), Nottoway County (VA), Martinsville city (VA).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Foard County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Foard 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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Foard County rate FAQs
- How does Foard County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Foard County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.12% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Foard County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Foard County is $790, an effective rate of 1.12% on a $70,700 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Foard County?
- Foard County, Texas scores C (58/100) 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+ (1.15×). 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 Foard County?
- Property taxes in Foard County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.3% of the $61,563 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Foard County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Foard County ticked up 4.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $755 to $790, 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 Foard County's PAR rate
Foard County's $790 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 1.3% of Foard County's $61,563 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Foard 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: 1.12%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $790/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Foard County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Foard County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Muhlenberg County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Foard County at $790/yr; rate 0.62% vs Foard County 1.12%.
Greene County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $791/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.85% vs Foard County 1.12%.
Sierra County, NM
ABS(median_tax) peer · $789/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.52% vs Foard County 1.12%.
Worth County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $789/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.82% vs Foard County 1.12%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Foard 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 Foard County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.