Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Henderson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Henderson County pays $1,991 a year, an effective rate of 0.94%, roughly in line with the U.S. average.
- $1,991
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.94%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +0%
- vs U.S. average
- #211 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Henderson County pay a median $1,991 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.94%, more affordable than 40% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,991
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.94%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1882 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +0%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($211,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 84,862. Owner-occupied homes: 26,126.
The median annual property tax in Henderson County is $1,991, which is 53% lower than the Texas state average and 0% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.94% on a median home value of $211,300. Property taxes represent 3.1% of the median household income in this county.
Henderson County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Henderson 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 Henderson County pay a median annual property tax of $1,991, roughly in line with the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $211,300 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
Henderson County ranks #211 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (16% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Henderson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $65,179 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Henderson 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 Henderson County rose 75.1%, from $120,700 to $211,300. The effective rate fell 20.8% over the same span, a steeper move than in 85% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 38.6%, to $1,991. 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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 39% from $1,436 to $1,991. 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: 9,139 of 26,126 owner-occupied homes (35.0%) 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 Henderson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Henderson County homeowners, 9,139 of 26,126 owner-occupied homes (35.0%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 24.7% (6,448)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (3,523)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.8% (2,558)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.6% (3,302)
- $3,000 or more 35.0% (9,139)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,156 homes here (4.4%) 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 Henderson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+97%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Henderson County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Henderson County's effective rate is higher than 16% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #211 of 250.
Where Henderson 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 Henderson County moved from $1,436 in the 2020 release to $1,991 in 2024, a change of about 39%. 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.
Henderson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Henderson 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.
Henderson County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Henderson County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,991 +7.1% | 0.94% |
| 2023 | $1,859 +7.8% | 0.98% |
| 2022 | $1,725 +16.2% | 1.08% |
| 2021 | $1,484 +3.3% | 1.18% |
| 2020 | $1,436 | 1.19% |
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.
Henderson County: tax-to-income at 3.1%
Counties near Henderson County's effective rate
On effective rate, Henderson County sits nearest Jones County (SD), Huntingdon County (PA), Fayette County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Merced County (CA), Gallatin County (MT), Kershaw 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
Henderson County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,490 of 37,240 returns from Henderson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $8,037 - 34% 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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Henderson County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Henderson County?
- Henderson County, Texas scores F (32/100) 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 rate relief at D (0.94%). 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 Henderson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Henderson County run roughly in line with the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.94% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Henderson County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Henderson County is $1,991, an effective rate of 0.94% on a $211,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Henderson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Henderson County jumped 38.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,436 to $1,991, 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 Henderson County?
- Property taxes in Henderson County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.1% of the $65,179 median household income.
What to do with Henderson County's UNDER rate
Inside Texas, Henderson County's $1,991 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Henderson 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 Henderson 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: $1,991/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Henderson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Henderson County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Foster County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Henderson County at $1,991/yr; rate 1.19% vs Henderson County 0.94%.
Johnson County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,992/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.24% vs Henderson County 0.94%.
Pickens County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,990/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.60% vs Henderson County 0.94%.
Lumpkin County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,989/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.65% vs Henderson County 0.94%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Henderson 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 Henderson County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.