Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kent County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kent County pays $835 a year, an effective rate of 0.68%, far below the U.S. average.
- $835
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.68%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -58%
- vs U.S. average
- #245 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Kent County pay a median $835 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.68%, more affordable than 62% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $835
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.68%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1192 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -58%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($122,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 734. Owner-occupied homes: 244.
The median annual property tax in Kent County is $835, which is 80% lower than the Texas state average and 58% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.68% on a median home value of $122,200. Property taxes represent 1.1% of the median household income in this county.
Kent County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Kent County's 0.68% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 62%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Kent County pay a median annual property tax of $835, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $122,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.68% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Kent County ranks #245 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (2% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Kent County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $72,889 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has declined 15.5%, from $988 to $835. 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 Kent 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 $1,154 in 2020 to $835 in 2024, a fall of 28%. 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: 118 of 244 owner-occupied homes (48.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Above-median earnings meet a slightly-below-median rate, and the median bill amounts to 1.1% of median household income. That is the comfortable middle of this dataset, and comfortable middles are easy to overlook when only rankings get published.
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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Kent County fell from $1,154 to $835, a change of -27.6%. 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 Kent County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Kent County homeowners, 118 of 244 owner-occupied homes (48.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 48.4% (118)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (33)
- $1,500 to $1,999 4.5% (11)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.5% (50)
- $3,000 or more 13.1% (32)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Kent County pay a substantially higher bill, 42% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Kent County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Kent County's effective rate is higher than 2% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #245 of 250.
Where Kent County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.68% Among the most affordable more affordable than 62% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Kent County moved from $1,154 in the 2020 release to $835 in 2024, a change of about 28%. 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.
Kent County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kent County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.1% | - | - |
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.
Kent County is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Kent County rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $835 -15.5% | 0.68% |
| 2023 | $988 +19.8% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | $825 -14.2% | 1.08% |
| 2021 | $962 -16.6% | 1.05% |
| 2020 | $1,154 | 1.78% |
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.
Kent County: tax takes only 1.1% of income
Counties near Kent County's effective rate
On effective rate, Kent County sits nearest Coos County (OR), Stephens County (OK), Grady County (OK).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (AK), Garfield County (MT), Wibaux County (MT).
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 Kent County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Kent 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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Kent County rate FAQs
- How does Kent County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Kent County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.68% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Kent County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Kent County is $835, an effective rate of 0.68% on a $122,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Kent County?
- Kent County, Texas scores B+ (77/100) 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+ (1.68×). 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 Kent County?
- Property taxes in Kent County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.1% of the $72,889 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Kent County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Kent County is recorded at $835 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,154 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 244 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 to do with Kent County's QUIET rate
Kent County's $835 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 1.1% of Kent County's $72,889 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Kent County's QUIET 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: 0.68%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $835/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kent County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kent County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Itawamba County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kent County at $835/yr; rate 0.59% vs Kent County 0.68%.
Carroll County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $834/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Kent County 0.68%.
Hampshire County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $836/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.38% vs Kent County 0.68%.
Jackson County, WV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $834/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.53% vs Kent County 0.68%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Kent County stamps QUIET · 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 Kent County (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.