Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Lynn County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Lynn County pays $2,604 a year, an effective rate of 1.77%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,604
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 1.77%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- +31%
- vs U.S. average
- #9 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Lynn County pay a median $2,604 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.77%, more affordable than 5% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,604
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.77%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2978 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +31%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($147,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 5,752. Owner-occupied homes: 1,616.
The median annual property tax in Lynn County is $2,604, which is 38% lower than the Texas state average and 31% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.77% on a median home value of $147,300. Property taxes represent 3.5% of the median household income in this county.
Lynn County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Lynn County's 1.77% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 95% pay more.
Decision signal 2
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Lynn County ranks #9 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (96% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Lynn County pay a median annual property tax of $2,604, well above the national median and well below the Texas state median. On a $147,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.77% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 14.8%, from $2,268 to $2,604. 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 Lynn County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $73,679 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Lynn 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 69% from $1,538 to $2,604. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 637 of 1,616 owner-occupied homes (39.4%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
The rate is in the national top quarter while earnings are only moderately above the midpoint, so the median bill claims 3.5% 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 Lynn County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Lynn County homeowners, 637 of 1,616 owner-occupied homes (39.4%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 13.6% (219)
- $800 to $1,499 11.8% (191)
- $1,500 to $1,999 9.8% (158)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.5% (332)
- $3,000 or more 39.4% (637)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
79 homes here (4.9%) 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 Lynn County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+62%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Lynn County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Lynn County's effective rate is higher than 96% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #9 of 250.
Where Lynn County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.77% more affordable than 5% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
A high rate, a smaller bill
Lynn County taxes property at 1.77%, about 19% above the Texas average, yet its median bill of $2,604 lands roughly 38% below it. The effective rate is the bill divided by the home's value, so a county can only sit on opposite sides of the state average this way when its homes are worth materially less than the state norm. The rate is the policy; the bill is what the housing market does with it.
Lynn County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Lynn County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.5% | - | - |
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.
Lynn County's STEEP · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Lynn County's published figures (STEEP · MID), a $147,300 median home carries a $2,604 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $260 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Lynn County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,604 +14.8% | 1.77% |
| 2023 | $2,268 +14.4% | 1.73% |
| 2022 | $1,982 +14.6% | 1.70% |
| 2021 | $1,729 +12.4% | 1.83% |
| 2020 | $1,538 | 1.71% |
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.
Lynn County: tax-to-income at 3.5%
Counties near Lynn County's effective rate
On effective rate, Lynn County sits nearest Ulster County (NY), Albany County (NY), Hudson County (NJ).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Benton County (IN), Stewart County (GA), Allendale County (SC).
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
Lynn County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 120 of 2,510 returns from Lynn County reported real estate taxes, averaging $8,233 - 42% 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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Lynn County rate FAQs
- Are property taxes increasing in Lynn County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Lynn County is recorded at $2,604 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,538 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 1,616 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 tax affordability score for Lynn County?
- Lynn County, Texas scores F (20/100) 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 A (2.00×). 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 is the average property tax in Lynn County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Lynn County is $2,604, an effective rate of 1.77% on a $147,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Lynn County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Lynn County run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.77% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Lynn County?
- Property taxes in Lynn County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.5% of the $73,679 median household income.
What to do with Lynn County's STEEP rate
Lynn County's $2,604 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Lynn County ranks #9 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Lynn County's STEEP 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: 1.77%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,604/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Lynn County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Lynn County (STEEP · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP MID
Juneau County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,605/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.47% vs Lynn County 1.77%.
Kennebec County, ME
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,605/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.09% vs Lynn County 1.77%.
Waseca County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,603/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.18% vs Lynn County 1.77%.
Orleans Parish, LA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,606/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.83% vs Lynn County 1.77%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Lynn County stamps STEEP · MID - 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Lynn County (STEEP · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.