Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Gregg County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Gregg County pays $2,368 a year, an effective rate of 1.16%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,368
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.16%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +19%
- vs U.S. average
- #138 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Gregg County pay a median $2,368 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.16%, more affordable than 25% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,368
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.16%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2350 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +19%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($203,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 125,480. Owner-occupied homes: 29,127.
The median annual property tax in Gregg County is $2,368, which is 44% lower than the Texas state average and 19% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.16% on a median home value of $203,400. Property taxes represent 3.6% of the median household income in this county.
Gregg County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Gregg County's 1.16% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 25%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Gregg County pay a median annual property tax of $2,368, notably higher than the national median and well below the Texas state median. On a $203,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.16% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Gregg County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $66,550 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Gregg County ranks #138 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (45% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Gregg 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
Gregg County's effective rate fell 17.4% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 41.0%, leaving the median bill 16.4% higher at $2,368. That rate move is larger than the one in 74% 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $2,035 to $2,368, a gain of 16%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 10,803 of 29,127 owner-occupied homes (37.1%) 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.
Both the income and the rate here sit in the third quarter nationally, and the median bill is 3.6% of median household income. Two above-average figures pulling in opposite directions is why the rate on its own is a poor guide.
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 Gregg County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Gregg County homeowners, 10,803 of 29,127 owner-occupied homes (37.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 16.8% (4,898)
- $800 to $1,499 14.5% (4,236)
- $1,500 to $1,999 10.1% (2,934)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.4% (4,791)
- $3,000 or more 37.1% (10,803)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,465 homes here (5.0%) 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 Gregg County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+62%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Gregg County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Gregg County's effective rate is higher than 45% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #138 of 250.
Where Gregg County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.16% more affordable than 25% 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
Gregg County's effective rate runs 22% under the Texas median and its bill 44% 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 $2,368 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.
Gregg County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Gregg 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 Heavy income burden | 3.6% | - | - |
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.
Gregg County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Gregg County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,368 +4.3% | 1.16% |
| 2023 | $2,271 +4.6% | 1.22% |
| 2022 | $2,171 +7.2% | 1.26% |
| 2021 | $2,025 -0.5% | 1.34% |
| 2020 | $2,035 | 1.41% |
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.
Gregg County: tax-to-income at 3.6%
Counties near Gregg County's effective rate
On effective rate, Gregg County sits nearest Clinton County (PA), Sherman County (NE), Howard County (NE).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Erie County (NY), White County (AR), Muscatine County (IA).
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
Gregg County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,550 of 57,190 returns from Gregg County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,591 - 33% 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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Gregg County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Gregg County?
- Gregg County, Texas scores F (24/100) 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 D (3.06×). 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.
- How does Gregg County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Gregg County run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.16% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Gregg County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Gregg County is $2,368, an effective rate of 1.16% on a $203,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Gregg County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Gregg County climbed 16.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,035 to $2,368, 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 Gregg County?
- Property taxes in Gregg County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.6% of the $66,550 median household income.
What to do with Gregg County's PAR rate
Inside Texas, Gregg County's $2,368 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Gregg County ranks #138 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 Gregg 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: 1.16%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,368/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Gregg County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Gregg County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Calhoun County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Gregg County at $2,368/yr; rate 1.45% vs Gregg County 1.16%.
Latah County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Gregg County at $2,368/yr; rate 0.64% vs Gregg County 1.16%.
Keith County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,369/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.41% vs Gregg County 1.16%.
Kleberg County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,369/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.47% vs Gregg County 1.16%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Gregg County stamps PAR · 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 Gregg County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.