Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Newton County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Newton County pays $846 a year, an effective rate of 0.82%, far below the U.S. average.
- $846
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 0.82%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -58%
- vs U.S. average
- #236 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Newton County pay a median $846 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.82%, more affordable than 49% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $846
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.82%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1614 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -58%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($103,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 12,093. Owner-occupied homes: 4,011.
The median annual property tax in Newton County is $846, which is 80% lower than the Texas state average and 58% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.82% on a median home value of $103,100. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Why Newton County's ACS bill runs light vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Newton County pay a median annual property tax of $846, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $103,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.82% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
High among Texas counties by effective rate
Newton County ranks #236 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (6% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Newton County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $42,618 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Newton County's 0.82% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 49%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Newton 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Newton County's effective rate fell 16.8% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 27.8%, leaving the median bill 6.3% higher at $846. That rate move is larger than the one in 72% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $796 to $846, a change of 6%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 1,659 of 4,011 owner-occupied homes (41.4%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 2.0% of median household income. The rate alone understates that; it is the pairing that matters.
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 Newton County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Newton County homeowners, 1,659 of 4,011 owner-occupied homes (41.4%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 41.4% (1,659)
- $800 to $1,499 19.8% (793)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.6% (263)
- $2,000 to $2,999 5.9% (235)
- $3,000 or more 12.8% (512)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
549 homes here (13.7%) 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 Newton County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+101%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Newton County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Newton County's LIGHT ACS 2024 figure.
Newton County's median bill is 80% below the Texas median and 58% below the U.S. median.
Below Texas on both measures
Newton County's effective rate runs 45% under the Texas median and its bill 80% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $846 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Texas norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Newton County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Newton County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Newton County is UNDER · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Newton County bill trail · LIGHT
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $846 -1.2% | 0.82% |
| 2023 | $856 -3.2% | 1.03% |
| 2022 | $884 +4.6% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | $845 +6.2% | 1.04% |
| 2020 | $796 | 0.99% |
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.
Newton County: tax takes only 2.0% of income
Counties near Newton County's median bill
On effective rate, Newton County sits nearest Deuel County (SD), Philadelphia County (PA), Lane County (OR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Harding County (NM), Mountrail County (ND), Robeson County (NC).
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
Newton County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 100 of 4,930 returns from Newton County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,400 - 60% 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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Newton County bill FAQs
- How does Newton County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Newton County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.82% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Newton County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Newton County is $846, an effective rate of 0.82% on a $103,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Newton County?
- Property taxes in Newton County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $42,618 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Newton County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Newton County ticked up 6.3% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $796 to $846, 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 is the tax affordability score for Newton County?
- Newton County, Texas scores C (59/100) 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 bill size at A- ($846/yr). 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 to do with Newton County's LIGHT bill
Newton County's $846 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 →
Income burden is light here: about 2.0% of Newton County's $42,618 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Newton County's LIGHT median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.82%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $846/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Newton County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Newton County (UNDER · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER LIGHT
Bland County, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Newton County at $846/yr; rate 0.56% vs Newton County 0.82%.
Burke County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Newton County at $846/yr; rate 0.54% vs Newton County 0.82%.
Grant County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $845/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.91% vs Newton County 0.82%.
Le Flore County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · $845/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.62% vs Newton County 0.82%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Newton County stamps UNDER · 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Newton County (UNDER · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.