Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kinney County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kinney County pays $1,158 a year, an effective rate of 1.41%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,158
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.41%
- Effective rate · High rate
- -42%
- vs U.S. average
- #68 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Kinney County pay a median $1,158 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.41%, more affordable than 14% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,158
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.41%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2688 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -42%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($82,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Kinney County, TX
61/100
5 ACS dimensions · release 2024
Comparative score against U.S. county percentiles on Census ACS medians (effective rate, bill, income share, mortgage gap, home-value/income). Higher means more affordable on those published medians, not a recommendation to buy, sell, appeal, or move, and not your personal tax bill. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Median home value relative to Kinney County's median income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Kinney County
Median tax as a share of Kinney County's median household income
Kinney County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Kinney County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Read the chart values
- Housing pressure: 100/100 (A+) · 1.17×
- Mortgage premium: 86/100 (A) · +$26
- Income room: 79/100 (B+) · 1.7%
- Bill size: 70/100 (B) · $1,158/yr
- Rate relief: 15/100 (F) · 1.41%
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 3,157. Owner-occupied homes: 967.
The median annual property tax in Kinney County is $1,158, which is 73% lower than the Texas state average and 42% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.41% on a median home value of $82,000. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Kinney County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Kinney County pay a median annual property tax of $1,158, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $82,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.41% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Kinney County's 1.41% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 14%).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Kinney County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $70,000 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Kinney County ranks #68 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (73% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Kinney County as reported to the Census Bureau, your own bill can differ based on your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and municipal overlays. Always consult your county assessor, tax collector, or a qualified professional before making decisions that depend on these numbers.
The rate held while the market moved
Kinney County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 24.1% up, against a median home value that rose 0.0%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 24.1%, from $933 to $1,158.
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 $933 to $1,158, a gain of 24%. 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: 351 of 967 owner-occupied homes (36.3%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 1.7% 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 Kinney County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Kinney County homeowners, 351 of 967 owner-occupied homes (36.3%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 36.3% (351)
- $800 to $1,499 32.3% (312)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.4% (81)
- $2,000 to $2,999 7.5% (73)
- $3,000 or more 11.8% (114)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
36 homes here (3.7%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Kinney County pay about the same bill, a 2% gap.
How Kinney County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Kinney County's effective rate is higher than 73% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #68 of 250 for property tax burden.
Where Kinney County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.41% more affordable than 14% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Same rate as Texas, a smaller bill
The effective rate here sits within 5% of the Texas median, yet the median bill runs 73% below it. When the rate matches and the cheque does not, the difference is in what is being taxed, not how heavily: the same percentage applied to cheaper housing produces $1,158 here. That is why comparing counties on rate alone can invert the answer a homeowner actually cares about.
Kinney County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kinney County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Kinney County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Kinney County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $82,000 median home carries a $1,158 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $116 a year at the same rate. Whether an appeal is worth filing depends on your own parcel. Use our free Appeal Savings Estimator to run your own numbers, then read our step-by-step appeal guide for the procedure in Texas.
Property Tax History · STEEP · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,158 -6.9% | 1.41% |
| 2023 | $1,244 +11.6% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | $1,115 -0.8% | 0.99% |
| 2021 | $1,124 +20.5% | 1.14% |
| 2020 | $933 | 1.14% |
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.
Tax Burden
Tax Affordability Score
An effective rate far above the national average of 0.92% puts Kinney County in the "Expensive" band for property tax burden.
How this score is calculated: a 1-10 scale derived mechanically from the ratio of this county's effective rate to the national average effective rate (0.92%) - a ratio at or below 0.5× scores 10, a ratio at or above 2.0× scores 1, with a linear scale between. It is a factual comparison of Census figures only, not a recommendation, quality rating, or endorsement of Kinney County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Kinney County sits nearest Keith County (NE), Gage County (NE), Eaton County (MI).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Shiawassee County (MI), Randolph County (NC), Wayne County (KY).
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
What tax filers report in Kinney County
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Kinney 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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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Kinney County's numbers
- Kinney County's $1,158 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 1.7% of Kinney County's $70,000 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
- Kinney County ranks #68 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
- If Kinney County's assessment looks high versus the $82,000 typical home, check Texas's filing window and evidence rules before the notice deadline passes. How to appeal →
Effective-rate definition
Effective rate is the county median tax divided by the county median home value ($82,000); your parcel's assessed value, exemptions, and local levies determine your actual bill. U.S. Census Bureau ACS · 2024.
Nationwide peers by effective rate & median bill
Two PlainPropertyTax-derived comparison paths for Kinney County, both outside Texas so the link neighborhoods are not the same-state geography lattice. Axes stay disjoint: median-bill peers exclude the effective-rate peer set.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 1.41%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,158/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kinney County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kinney County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Marion County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,157/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.69% vs Kinney County 1.41%.
Mineral County, NV
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,157/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.74% vs Kinney County 1.41%.
Pulaski County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,159/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.61% vs Kinney County 1.41%.
Yancey County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,157/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.48% vs Kinney County 1.41%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Kinney County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - review notice deadlines before quoting the ACS median.
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.
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Editorial standards and provenance
PlainPropertyTax is rendered directly from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on the Census ACS county-level record for Kinney County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.