Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Goliad County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Goliad County pays $1,812 a year, an effective rate of 0.94%, modestly below the U.S. average.
- $1,812
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.94%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -9%
- vs U.S. average
- #211 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Goliad County pay a median $1,812 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.94%, more affordable than 40% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,812
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.94%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1882 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -9%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($192,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 7,141. Owner-occupied homes: 2,441.
The median annual property tax in Goliad County is $1,812, which is 57% lower than the Texas state average and 9% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.94% on a median home value of $192,500. Property taxes represent 3.1% of the median household income in this county.
Goliad County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Goliad County's 0.94% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 40%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Goliad County pay a median annual property tax of $1,812, modestly below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $192,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.94% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Goliad County ranks #211 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (16% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 4.2%, from $1,892 to $1,812. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Goliad County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $59,359 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Goliad 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 35% from $1,340 to $1,812. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 656 of 2,441 owner-occupied homes (26.9%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 3.1% 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 Goliad County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Goliad County homeowners, 656 of 2,441 owner-occupied homes (26.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 26.2% (640)
- $800 to $1,499 16.1% (392)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.3% (202)
- $2,000 to $2,999 17.5% (426)
- $3,000 or more 26.9% (656)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
125 homes here (5.1%) 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 Goliad County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+73%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Goliad County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Goliad County's effective rate is higher than 16% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #211 of 250.
Where Goliad County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.94% more affordable than 40% 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 Goliad County moved from $1,340 in the 2020 release to $1,812 in 2024, a change of about 35%. 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.
Goliad County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Goliad County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 3.1% | - | - |
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.
Goliad County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Goliad County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,812 -4.2% | 0.94% |
| 2023 | $1,892 +12.8% | 1.04% |
| 2022 | $1,677 +15.1% | 0.97% |
| 2021 | $1,457 +8.7% | 0.99% |
| 2020 | $1,340 | 1.04% |
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.
Goliad County: tax-to-income at 3.1%
Counties near Goliad County's effective rate
On effective rate, Goliad County sits nearest Jones County (SD), Huntingdon County (PA), Fayette County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Ouray County (CO), Clark County (IN), Clarendon County (SC).
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
Goliad County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 3,330 returns from Goliad County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,330 - 50% 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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Goliad County rate FAQs
- How does Goliad County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Goliad County run modestly below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.94% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Goliad County?
- Goliad County, Texas scores F (34/100) 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 bill size at D ($1,812/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.
- What is the average property tax in Goliad County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Goliad County is $1,812, an effective rate of 0.94% on a $192,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Goliad County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Goliad County is recorded at $1,812 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,340 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 2,441 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.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Goliad County?
- Property taxes in Goliad County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $59,359 median household income.
What to do with Goliad County's UNDER rate
Inside Texas, Goliad County's $1,812 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Goliad County ranks #211 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 Goliad County's UNDER 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: 0.94%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,812/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Goliad County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Goliad County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Tuscola County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Goliad County at $1,812/yr; rate 1.21% vs Goliad County 0.94%.
Franklin County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,813/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.80% vs Goliad County 0.94%.
Lincoln County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,811/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Goliad County 0.94%.
Perry County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,813/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.95% vs Goliad County 0.94%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Goliad County stamps UNDER · MID - 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 Goliad County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.