Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Morris County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Morris County pays $1,329 a year, an effective rate of 1.10%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,329
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.10%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -33%
- vs U.S. average
- #156 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Morris County pay a median $1,329 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.10%, more affordable than 28% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,329
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.10%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2246 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -33%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($120,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Tax affordability score · Morris County, TX
46/100
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.
Median home value relative to Morris County's median income
Morris County's median annual property-tax bill vs U.S. counties
Median tax as a share of Morris County's median household income
Morris County's effective rate vs U.S. county percentiles (ACS 2024)
Mortgaged vs free-and-clear median bill gap in Morris County
Read the chart values
- Housing pressure: 87/100 (A) · 2.05×
- Bill size: 63/100 (C+) · $1,329/yr
- Income room: 57/100 (C) · 2.3%
- Rate relief: 29/100 (F) · 1.10%
- Mortgage premium: 14/100 (F) · +$834
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Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 12,076. Owner-occupied homes: 3,617.
The median annual property tax in Morris County is $1,329, which is 69% lower than the Texas state average and 33% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.10% on a median home value of $120,400. Property taxes represent 2.3% of the median household income in this county.
What This Data Tells Us About Morris County
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Morris County pay a median annual property tax of $1,329, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $120,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.10% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Morris County's 1.10% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 28%).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Morris County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.3% of the $58,645 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Morris County ranks #156 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (38% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has ticked up 2.4%, from $1,298 to $1,329. 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 Morris 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 33% from $999 to $1,329. 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: 1,006 of 3,617 owner-occupied homes (27.8%) 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 2.3% 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 Morris County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Morris County homeowners, 1,006 of 3,617 owner-occupied homes (27.8%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.8% (1,006)
- $800 to $1,499 24.0% (869)
- $1,500 to $1,999 11.9% (429)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.0% (542)
- $3,000 or more 12.3% (444)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
327 homes here (9.0%) 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 Morris County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+71%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
How Morris County compares
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Morris County's effective rate is higher than 38% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #156 of 250 for property tax burden.
Where Morris County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.10% more affordable than 28% 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 Morris County moved from $999 in the 2020 release to $1,329 in 2024, a change of about 33%. 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.
Morris County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Morris 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 Below-median income burden | 2.3% | - | - |
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.
Think your Morris County LIGHT bill is out of line at PAR?
On Morris County's published figures (PAR · LIGHT), a $120,400 median home carries a $1,329 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $133 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 · PAR · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,329 +2.4% | 1.10% |
| 2023 | $1,298 +2.6% | 1.18% |
| 2022 | $1,265 +8.4% | 1.16% |
| 2021 | $1,167 +16.8% | 1.19% |
| 2020 | $999 | 1.08% |
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 notably higher than the national average of 0.92% puts Morris County in the "Moderate" 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 Morris County or any other county.
Counties with similar tax profiles
On effective rate, Morris County sits nearest Union County (SD), Moody County (SD), Hughes County (SD).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cedar County (NE), Alameda County (CA), Logan County (KS).
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 Morris County
Of the 5,470 federal returns filed from Morris County in 2022, 120 (2.2% of filers) itemised and reported real estate taxes on Schedule A, averaging $3,525 each. The largest group was filers with adjusted gross income of $100-200k, who accounted for 33% 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 Morris County's numbers
- Morris County's $1,329 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 →
- Morris County ranks #156 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
- If Morris County's assessment looks high versus the $120,400 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 ($120,400); 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 Morris 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: 1.10%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,329/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Morris County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Morris County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Harrison County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,328/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.66% vs Morris County 1.10%.
Person County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,328/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Morris County 1.10%.
Tyrrell County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,331/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.81% vs Morris County 1.10%.
Jasper County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,326/yr (near-tied bill ABS $3); rate 0.97% vs Morris County 1.10%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Morris County stamps PAR · 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 Morris County. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-09.