Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Menard County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Menard County pays $2,111 a year, an effective rate of 1.95%, modestly above the U.S. average.
- $2,111
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 1.95%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- +6%
- vs U.S. average
- #2 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Menard County pay a median $2,111 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.95%, more affordable than 3% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,111
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.95%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3037 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +6%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($108,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 1,955. Owner-occupied homes: 760.
The median annual property tax in Menard County is $2,111, which is 50% lower than the Texas state average and 6% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.95% on a median home value of $108,500. Property taxes represent 4.0% of the median household income in this county.
Menard County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Menard County's 1.95% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 97% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Menard County pay a median annual property tax of $2,111, modestly above the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $108,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.95% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Menard County ranks #2 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (99% 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 20.8%, from $1,747 to $2,111. 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 Menard County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.0% of the $53,043 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Menard 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 57% from $1,344 to $2,111. 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: 212 of 760 owner-occupied homes (27.9%) 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.
This is the least forgiving PAIRING in the data, bottom-quartile household income with a top-quartile effective rate, putting the median bill at 4.0% 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.
Menard County is an outlier inside Texas
Across the 250 Texas counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 1.21%. Menard County is at 1.95%, which sits 2.5 standard deviations above that average. Fewer than one county in twenty nationally is this far from its own state's centre, so a state-level average is a poor guide to what is owed here.
Standard deviations are computed across every county in the state with a published effective rate for 2024; states with fewer than five such counties are not assessed.
What Menard County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Menard County homeowners, 212 of 760 owner-occupied homes (27.9%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 20.0% (152)
- $800 to $1,499 18.2% (138)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.2% (62)
- $2,000 to $2,999 23.7% (180)
- $3,000 or more 27.9% (212)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
16 homes here (2.1%) 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 Menard County pay about the same bill, a 0% gap.
Menard County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Menard County's effective rate is higher than 99% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #2 of 250.
Where Menard County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.95% more affordable than 3% 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
Menard County taxes property at 1.95%, about 31% above the Texas average, yet its median bill of $2,111 lands roughly 50% 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.
Menard County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Menard County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 4.0% | - | - |
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.
Menard County's PEAK · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Menard County's published figures (PEAK · MID), a $108,500 median home carries a $2,111 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $211 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Menard County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,111 +20.8% | 1.95% |
| 2023 | $1,747 +20.2% | 1.66% |
| 2022 | $1,454 +5.9% | 1.68% |
| 2021 | $1,373 +2.2% | 1.66% |
| 2020 | $1,344 | 1.54% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Menard County: tax-to-income at 4.0%
Counties near Menard County's effective rate
On effective rate, Menard County sits nearest Ness County (KS), Jasper County (IL), Knox County (IL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Prairie County (AR), Mono County (CA), Rosebud County (MT).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
IRS county file: no disclosed Menard County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Menard County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Menard County rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Menard County?
- Menard County, Texas scores F (33/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is mortgage premium at A+ ($-8). 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.
- How does Menard County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Menard County run modestly above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.95% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Menard County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Menard County is recorded at $2,111 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,344 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 760 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 Menard County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Menard County is $2,111, an effective rate of 1.95% on a $108,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Menard County?
- Property taxes in Menard County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.0% of the $53,043 median household income.
What to do with Menard County's PEAK rate
Inside Texas, Menard County's $2,111 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Menard County ranks #2 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 Menard County's PEAK 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: 1.95%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,111/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Menard County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Menard County (PEAK · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK MID
Armstrong County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Menard County at $2,111/yr; rate 1.23% vs Menard County 1.95%.
Dawson County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,110/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.14% vs Menard County 1.95%.
Lake County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,112/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.92% vs Menard County 1.95%.
Marquette County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,109/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.97% vs Menard County 1.95%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Menard County stamps PEAK · 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 Menard County (PEAK · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.