Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kimble County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kimble County pays $2,559 a year, an effective rate of 1.27%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,559
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.27%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +28%
- vs U.S. average
- #100 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Kimble County pay a median $2,559 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.27%, more affordable than 20% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,559
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.27%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2505 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +28%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($201,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 4,389. Owner-occupied homes: 1,611.
The median annual property tax in Kimble County is $2,559, which is 40% lower than the Texas state average and 28% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.27% on a median home value of $201,300. Property taxes represent 3.7% of the median household income in this county.
Kimble County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Kimble County's 1.27% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 20%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Kimble County pay a median annual property tax of $2,559, well above the national median and well below the Texas state median. On a $201,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.27% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 17.8%, from $2,173 to $2,559. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Kimble County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $69,455 median household income.
Decision signal 5
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Kimble County ranks #100 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (60% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Kimble 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 43% from $1,795 to $2,559. 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: 681 of 1,611 owner-occupied homes (42.3%) 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.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 3.7% of median household income. A high rate is affordable only relative to something, and this is what it is relative to here.
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 Kimble County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Kimble County homeowners, 681 of 1,611 owner-occupied homes (42.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 14.9% (240)
- $800 to $1,499 12.7% (204)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.9% (208)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.3% (246)
- $3,000 or more 42.3% (681)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
32 homes here (2.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Kimble County, mortgaged homeowners pay 26% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Kimble County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Kimble County's effective rate is higher than 60% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #100 of 250.
Where Kimble County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.27% more affordable than 20% 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 Kimble County moved from $1,795 in the 2020 release to $2,559 in 2024, a change of about 43%. 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.
Kimble County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kimble County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.7% | - | - |
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.
Kimble County is PAR · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Kimble County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,559 +17.8% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | $2,173 +2.0% | 1.26% |
| 2022 | $2,130 +15.8% | 1.12% |
| 2021 | $1,839 +2.5% | 1.40% |
| 2020 | $1,795 | 1.18% |
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.
Kimble County: tax-to-income at 3.7%
Counties near Kimble County's effective rate
On effective rate, Kimble County sits nearest Bon Homme County (SD), Venango County (PA), Greene County (PA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pike County (AR), White County (TN), Itasca County (MN).
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
Kimble County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 60 of 2,120 returns from Kimble County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,017 - 67% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Kimble County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Kimble County?
- Kimble County, Texas scores F (25/100) 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 C- (2.90×). 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 Kimble County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Kimble County is $2,559, an effective rate of 1.27% on a $201,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Kimble County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Kimble County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.27% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Kimble County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Kimble County is recorded at $2,559 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,795 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 1,611 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 Kimble County?
- Property taxes in Kimble County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $69,455 median household income.
What to do with Kimble County's PAR rate
Kimble County's $2,559 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Kimble County ranks #100 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Kimble 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: 1.27%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,559/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kimble County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kimble County (PAR · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR MID
Henry County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kimble County at $2,559/yr; rate 1.56% vs Kimble County 1.27%.
Hancock County, ME
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,561/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.83% vs Kimble County 1.27%.
Lake County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,561/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.61% vs Kimble County 1.27%.
Portsmouth city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,557/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.04% vs Kimble County 1.27%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Kimble 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 Kimble County (PAR · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.