Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Knox County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Knox County pays $1,237 a year, an effective rate of 1.60%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,237
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.60%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -38%
- vs U.S. average
- #28 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Knox County pay a median $1,237 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.60%, more affordable than 8% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,237
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.60%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2880 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -38%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($77,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Knox County, TX
44/100
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 Knox County's median income
Knox County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median tax as a share of Knox County's median household income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Knox County
Knox County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Read the chart values
- Housing pressure: 100/100 (A+) · 1.36×
- Bill size: 67/100 (B-) · $1,237/yr
- Income room: 60/100 (C+) · 2.2%
- Mortgage premium: 20/100 (F) · +$670
- Rate relief: 8/100 (F) · 1.60%
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 3,307. Owner-occupied homes: 964.
The median annual property tax in Knox County is $1,237, which is 71% lower than the Texas state average and 38% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.60% on a median home value of $77,300. Property taxes represent 2.2% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Knox County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Knox County pay a median annual property tax of $1,237, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $77,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.60% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate is a national headwind
Knox County's 1.60% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 92% pay more.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Knox County ranks #28 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (89% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Knox County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.2% of the $56,667 median household income.
Decision signal 5
The latest release held the bill roughly steady
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has held roughly steady, down 0.6%, from $1,244 to $1,237. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe the median homeowner household in Knox 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 46% from $848 to $1,237. 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 largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 305 of 964 owner-occupied homes (31.6%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 2.2% of median household income. Neither figure is remarkable on its own; the combination is, and the ratio above is the only part of it a household actually feels.
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 Knox County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Knox County homeowners, 305 of 964 owner-occupied homes (31.6%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 31.6% (305)
- $800 to $1,499 24.3% (234)
- $1,500 to $1,999 16.3% (157)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.7% (151)
- $3,000 or more 9.2% (89)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
28 homes here (2.9%) 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 Knox County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+60%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Knox County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Knox County's effective rate is higher than 89% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #28 of 250 for property tax burden.
Where Knox County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.60% more affordable than 8% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the highest-taxed counties in the country
At 1.60%, Knox County sits in the top 8% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. That is the rate, not the bill: a high rate on a modest home can still produce a smaller cheque than a low rate on an expensive one, which is why the $1,237 median bill is the number to compare against another county.
Knox County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Knox County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.2% | - | - |
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.
Knox County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Knox County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $77,300 median home carries a $1,237 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $124 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 | $1,237 -0.6% | 1.60% |
| 2023 | $1,244 +14.3% | 1.86% |
| 2022 | $1,088 +22.2% | 1.97% |
| 2021 | $890 +5.0% | 1.89% |
| 2020 | $848 | 1.96% |
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 Knox 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 Knox County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Knox County sits nearest Erie County (PA), Delaware County (OH), Clarke County (IA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Conway County (AR), Upson County (GA), Orange County (IN).
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 Knox County
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Knox 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 Knox County's numbers
- Knox County's $1,237 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 →
- Knox County ranks #28 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
- If Knox County's assessment looks high versus the $77,300 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 ($77,300); 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 Knox 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: 1.60%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,237/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Knox County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Knox County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Eddy County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Knox County at $1,237/yr; rate 1.00% vs Knox County 1.60%.
Hot Springs County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,236/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.54% vs Knox County 1.60%.
Meigs County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,238/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.04% vs Knox County 1.60%.
Mohave County, AZ
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,238/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.44% vs Knox County 1.60%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Knox 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 Knox County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.