Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Leon County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Leon County pays $1,283 a year, an effective rate of 0.69%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,283
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.69%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -36%
- vs U.S. average
- #243 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Leon County pay a median $1,283 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.69%, more affordable than 61% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,283
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.69%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1228 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -36%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($186,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Leon County, TX
55/100
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.
Leon County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median tax as a share of Leon County's median household income
Leon County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Median home value relative to Leon County's median income
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Leon County
Read the chart values
- Bill size: 65/100 (C+) · $1,283/yr
- Income room: 64/100 (C+) · 2.1%
- Rate relief: 62/100 (C+) · 0.69%
- Housing pressure: 46/100 (D) · 3.03×
- Mortgage premium: 19/100 (F) · +$712
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 16,263. Owner-occupied homes: 5,162.
The median annual property tax in Leon County is $1,283, which is 70% lower than the Texas state average and 36% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.69% on a median home value of $186,400. Property taxes represent 2.1% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Leon County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Leon County pay a median annual property tax of $1,283, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $186,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.69% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Leon County ranks #243 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (3% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Leon County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.1% of the $61,449 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Leon County's 0.69% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 61%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 4.2%, from $1,339 to $1,283. 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 Leon 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 56% from $821 to $1,283. 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: 1,776 of 5,162 owner-occupied homes (34.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Both figures cluster near the middle of the national range, and the median bill comes to 2.1% of median household income. Counties like this are the reason a national average exists at all, and also the reason it explains so little.
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 Leon County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Leon County homeowners, 1,776 of 5,162 owner-occupied homes (34.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 34.4% (1,776)
- $800 to $1,499 17.5% (903)
- $1,500 to $1,999 7.6% (394)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.3% (737)
- $3,000 or more 18.7% (964)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
388 homes here (7.5%) 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 Leon County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+75%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Leon County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Leon County's effective rate is higher than 3% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #243 of 250 for property tax burden.
Where Leon County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.69% Among the most affordable more affordable than 61% 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 Leon County moved from $821 in the 2020 release to $1,283 in 2024, a change of about 56%. 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.
Leon County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Leon County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.1% | - | - |
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.
Leon County stamps QUIET · LIGHT - still check the parcel card
On Leon County's published figures (QUIET · LIGHT), a $186,400 median home carries a $1,283 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $128 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 · QUIET · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,283 -4.2% | 0.69% |
| 2023 | $1,339 +20.4% | 0.75% |
| 2022 | $1,112 +22.5% | 0.70% |
| 2021 | $908 +10.6% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | $821 | 0.68% |
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 well below the national average of 0.92% puts Leon County in the "Very Affordable" 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 Leon County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Leon County sits nearest Wheeler County (OR), Jefferson County (OR), Clatsop County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cibola County (NM), Clayton County (GA), Wasatch County (UT).
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 Leon County
Of the 7,920 federal returns filed from Leon County in 2022, 340 (4.3% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $5,485 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $200k+, who accounted for 32% of the county's reporting returns.
Two things this does not say. The amount is what filers reported, recorded before the $10,000 cap on combined state and local tax deductions applies, so it is not the amount deducted. And the share is of everyone who files a return, not of homeowners: most filers now take the standard deduction, so a minority itemise at all. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data, tax year 2022.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do with Leon County's numbers
- Leon County's $1,283 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 →
- Leon County ranks #243 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
- If Leon County's assessment looks high versus the $186,400 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 ($186,400); 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 Leon 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: 0.69%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,283/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Leon County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Leon County (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Bedford County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,285/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.43% vs Leon County 0.69%.
Buchanan County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,281/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.77% vs Leon County 0.69%.
DeKalb County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,285/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.76% vs Leon County 0.69%.
Rosebud County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,285/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.70% vs Leon County 0.69%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Leon 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.
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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 Leon County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.