Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Mitchell County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Mitchell County pays $1,599 a year, an effective rate of 1.86%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,599
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.86%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -20%
- vs U.S. average
- #4 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Mitchell County pay a median $1,599 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.86%, more affordable than 4% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,599
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.86%
- Effective rate on median home
- #3012 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -20%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($85,800). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 9,018. Owner-occupied homes: 2,170.
The median annual property tax in Mitchell County is $1,599, which is 62% lower than the Texas state average and 20% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.86% on a median home value of $85,800. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Mitchell County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Mitchell County's 1.86% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 96% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Texas median
Homeowners in Mitchell County pay a median annual property tax of $1,599, notably lower than the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $85,800 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.86% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Mitchell County ranks #4 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (98% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Mitchell County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $60,550 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Mitchell 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Mitchell County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 4.6% down, against a median home value that rose 26.4%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 20.6%, from $1,326 to $1,599.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $1,326 to $1,599, a gain of 21%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 545 of 2,170 owner-occupied homes (25.1%) 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.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 2.6% of median household income. A rate ranking places this county by the rate alone; the ratio above is the figure that accounts for what is earned 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.
Mitchell County is an outlier inside Texas
Across the 250 Texas counties with a published rate, the average effective rate is 1.21%. Mitchell County is at 1.86%, which sits 2.2 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 Mitchell County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Mitchell County homeowners, 545 of 2,170 owner-occupied homes (25.1%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 20.9% (454)
- $800 to $1,499 23.0% (500)
- $1,500 to $1,999 17.1% (372)
- $2,000 to $2,999 8.5% (184)
- $3,000 or more 25.1% (545)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
115 homes here (5.3%) 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 Mitchell County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+112%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Mitchell County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Mitchell County's effective rate is higher than 98% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #4 of 250.
Where Mitchell County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.86% more affordable than 4% 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
Mitchell County taxes property at 1.86%, about 25% above the Texas average, yet its median bill of $1,599 lands roughly 62% 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.
Mitchell County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Mitchell 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 Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Mitchell County's PEAK · MID lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Mitchell County's published figures (PEAK · MID), a $85,800 median home carries a $1,599 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $160 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Mitchell County rate trail · PEAK
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,599 -4.8% | 1.86% |
| 2023 | $1,680 +11.6% | 1.96% |
| 2022 | $1,506 +14.4% | 1.79% |
| 2021 | $1,317 -0.7% | 1.91% |
| 2020 | $1,326 | 1.95% |
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.
Mitchell County: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Mitchell County's effective rate
On effective rate, Mitchell County sits nearest Russell County (KS), Strafford County (NH), Merrimack County (NH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lake County (OH), Pennington County (SD), Jefferson 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
Mitchell County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 2,810 returns from Mitchell County reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,600 - 57% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k 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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Mitchell County rate FAQs
- How does Mitchell County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Mitchell County run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.86% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the tax affordability score for Mitchell County?
- Mitchell County, Texas scores F (32/100) 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+ (1.42×). 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 Mitchell County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Mitchell County is $1,599, an effective rate of 1.86% on a $85,800 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Mitchell County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Mitchell County jumped 20.6% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,326 to $1,599, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Mitchell County?
- Property taxes in Mitchell County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $60,550 median household income.
What to do with Mitchell County's PEAK rate
Inside Texas, Mitchell County's $1,599 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Texas overview →
Mitchell County ranks #4 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 Mitchell 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: 1.86%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,599/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Mitchell County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Mitchell County (PEAK · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PEAK MID
Campbell County, WY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Mitchell County at $1,599/yr; rate 0.57% vs Mitchell County 1.86%.
Seneca County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Mitchell County at $1,599/yr; rate 1.03% vs Mitchell County 1.86%.
Brown County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,600/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.82% vs Mitchell County 1.86%.
Worth County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,600/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.10% vs Mitchell County 1.86%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Mitchell 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 Mitchell County (PEAK · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.