Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Live Oak County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Live Oak County pays $1,525 a year, an effective rate of 0.96%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,525
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.96%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -23%
- vs U.S. average
- #202 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Live Oak County pay a median $1,525 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.96%, more affordable than 39% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,525
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.96%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1923 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -23%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($159,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 11,620. Owner-occupied homes: 3,109.
The median annual property tax in Live Oak County is $1,525, which is 64% lower than the Texas state average and 23% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.96% on a median home value of $159,200. Property taxes represent 2.7% of the median household income in this county.
Live Oak County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Live Oak County's 0.96% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 39%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Live Oak County pay a median annual property tax of $1,525, notably lower than the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $159,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.96% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Live Oak County ranks #202 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (19% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has jumped 21.5%, from $1,255 to $1,525. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Live Oak County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $57,150 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Live Oak 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 67% from $915 to $1,525. 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: 908 of 3,109 owner-occupied homes (29.2%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
Earnings are below the national midpoint while the rate is above it, and the median bill equals 2.7% of median household income. The gap between those two positions is the whole story on this page.
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 Live Oak County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Live Oak County homeowners, 908 of 3,109 owner-occupied homes (29.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 29.2% (908)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (419)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.5% (389)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.7% (425)
- $3,000 or more 17.8% (552)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
416 homes here (13.4%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Live Oak County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+85%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Live Oak County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Live Oak County's effective rate is higher than 19% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #202 of 250.
Where Live Oak County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.96% more affordable than 39% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Live Oak County moved from $915 in the 2020 release to $1,525 in 2024, a change of about 67%. 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.
Live Oak County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Live Oak County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.7% | - | - |
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.
Live Oak County is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Live Oak County rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,525 +21.5% | 0.96% |
| 2023 | $1,255 -8.9% | 0.88% |
| 2022 | $1,378 +27.4% | 0.96% |
| 2021 | $1,082 +18.3% | 0.92% |
| 2020 | $915 | 0.86% |
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.
Live Oak County: tax-to-income at 2.7%
Counties near Live Oak County's effective rate
On effective rate, Live Oak County sits nearest Hyde County (SD), Brule County (SD), Multnomah County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Montgomery County (IN), Screven County (GA), Nome Census Area (AK).
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
Live Oak County: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 140 of 4,860 returns from Live Oak County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,293 - 43% of those reporters sat in the $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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Live Oak County rate FAQs
- How does Live Oak County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Live Oak County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.96% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Live Oak County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Live Oak County is recorded at $1,525 in the 2024 5-year release against $915 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 3,109 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 is the average property tax in Live Oak County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Live Oak County is $1,525, an effective rate of 0.96% on a $159,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Live Oak County?
- Live Oak County, Texas scores D (41/100) 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 (2.79×). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Live Oak County?
- Property taxes in Live Oak County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.7% of the $57,150 median household income.
What to do with Live Oak County's UNDER rate
Inside Texas, Live Oak County's $1,525 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Live Oak County ranks #202 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Live Oak County's UNDER 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: 0.96%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,525/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Live Oak County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Live Oak County (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Hale County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Live Oak County at $1,525/yr; rate 1.31% vs Live Oak County 0.96%.
Columbiana County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,527/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.01% vs Live Oak County 0.96%.
Petersburg city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,523/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.81% vs Live Oak County 0.96%.
Uintah County, UT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,523/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.51% vs Live Oak County 0.96%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Live Oak County stamps UNDER · 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 Live Oak County (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.