Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
King County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in King County pays $564 a year, an effective rate of 1.08%, far below the U.S. average.
- $564
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 1.08%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -72%
- vs U.S. average
- #166 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in King County pay a median $564 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.08%, more affordable than 30% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $564
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.08%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2202 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -72%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($52,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 211. Owner-occupied homes: 66.
The median annual property tax in King County is $564, which is 87% lower than the Texas state average and 72% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.08% on a median home value of $52,100. Property taxes represent 1.2% of the median household income in this county.
Why King County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in King County pay a median annual property tax of $564, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $52,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.08% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in King County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $46,645 median household income.
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
King County's 1.08% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 30%).
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
King County ranks #166 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (34% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in King 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 King County rose 128.5%, from $22,800 to $52,100. The effective rate fell 51.4% over the same span, a steeper move than in 100% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 11.0%, to $564. 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $508 to $564, a gain of 11%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 39 of 66 owner-occupied homes (59.1%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 1.2% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 King County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of King County homeowners, 39 of 66 owner-occupied homes (59.1%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 59.1% (39)
- $800 to $1,499 27.3% (18)
- $1,500 to $1,999 0.0% (0)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.0% (0)
- $3,000 or more 10.6% (7)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
2 homes here (3.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
King County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around King County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
King County's median bill is 87% below the Texas median and 72% below the U.S. median.
Below Texas on both measures
King County's effective rate runs 28% under the Texas median and its bill 87% 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 $564 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.
King County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | King County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 1.2% | - | - |
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.
King County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
King County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $564 +4.3% | 1.08% |
| 2023 | $541 +5.5% | N/A |
| 2022 | $513 +0.2% | N/A |
| 2021 | $512 +0.8% | 2.27% |
| 2020 | $508 | 2.23% |
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.
King County: tax takes only 1.2% of income
Counties near King County's median bill
On effective rate, King County sits nearest Pennington County (SD), Ottawa County (OH), Holmes County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Morgan County (IL), Warren County (NJ), Mecklenburg County (VA).
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 King County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for King 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.
Other Counties in Texas
King County bill FAQs
- How does King County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in King County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.08% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in King County?
- Property taxes in King County run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.2% of the $46,645 median household income.
- What is the average property tax in King County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in King County is $564, an effective rate of 1.08% on a $52,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for King County?
- King County, Texas scores B (73/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 4 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+ (1.12×). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in King County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for King County climbed 11.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $508 to $564, 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 to do with King County's LIGHT bill
King County's $564 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 1.2% of King County's $46,645 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for King County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.08%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $564/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with King County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for King County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Choctaw County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $563/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs King County 1.08%.
Kemper County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $563/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.57% vs King County 1.08%.
Leslie County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $563/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.82% vs King County 1.08%.
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $565/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.32% vs King County 1.08%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
King County stamps PAR · 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 King County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.