Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Real County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Real County pays $1,207 a year, an effective rate of 1.07%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,207
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.07%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -39%
- vs U.S. average
- #168 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Real County pay a median $1,207 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.07%, more affordable than 30% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,207
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.07%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2185 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -39%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($112,500). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 2,802. Owner-occupied homes: 881.
The median annual property tax in Real County is $1,207, which is 71% lower than the Texas state average and 39% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.07% on a median home value of $112,500. Property taxes represent 3.0% of the median household income in this county.
Real County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Real County's 1.07% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 30%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Real County pay a median annual property tax of $1,207, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $112,500 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.07% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Real County ranks #168 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (33% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Real County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $39,605 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Real 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
Real County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 19.1% up, against a median home value that fell 23.4%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill fell 8.8%, from $1,323 to $1,207.
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
This is one of the counties where the typical bill came down, from $1,323 in 2020 to $1,207 in 2024, a fall of 9%. The source reports the change but does not distinguish among rate, value, or household-composition effects.
The fullest band here is the $800 to $1,499 range, holding 286 of 881 owner-occupied homes (32.5%). The band shows where the largest share of reported owner-occupied households falls; it is not an individual-bill estimate.
This county earns in the bottom quarter of the country and taxes above the median rate, so the median bill absorbs 3.0% 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.
The published bill went DOWN here
Between the 2020 and 2024 ACS releases the median annual property tax in Real County fell from $1,323 to $1,207, a change of -8.8%. Fewer than three counties in a hundred recorded any decline over this period; nearly everywhere else the published figure rose. A fall can reflect reassessment, a shifting mix of the homes surveyed, or genuine rate relief, and these estimates cannot separate those causes.
What Real County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Real County homeowners, 286 of 881 owner-occupied homes (32.5%), pays $800 to $1,499 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 27.4% (241)
- $800 to $1,499 32.5% (286)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.1% (107)
- $2,000 to $2,999 9.2% (81)
- $3,000 or more 16.8% (148)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
18 homes here (2.0%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
Real County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Real County's effective rate is higher than 33% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #168 of 250.
Where Real County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.07% more affordable than 30% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Texas on both measures
Real County's effective rate runs 28% under the Texas median and its bill 71% 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 $1,207 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.
Real County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Real 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 Above-median income burden | 3.0% | - | - |
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.
Real County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Real County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,207 -0.5% | 1.07% |
| 2023 | $1,213 -27.2% | N/A |
| 2022 | $1,666 +20.9% | 0.65% |
| 2021 | $1,378 +4.2% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | $1,323 | 0.90% |
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.
Real County: tax-to-income at 3.0%
Counties near Real County's effective rate
On effective rate, Real County sits nearest Blair County (PA), Knox County (OH), Defiance County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Treutlen County (GA), Grant County (NE), Yell County (AR).
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
Real County: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 70 of 1,730 returns from Real County reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,857 - 71% 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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Real County rate FAQs
- How does Real County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Real County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.07% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Real County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Real County is $1,207, an effective rate of 1.07% on a $112,500 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Real County?
- Real County, Texas scores D (43/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 4 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is bill size at B- ($1,207/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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Real County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Real County declined 8.8% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,323 to $1,207, 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 Real County?
- Property taxes in Real County run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.0% of the $39,605 median household income.
What to do with Real County's PAR rate
Real County's $1,207 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 →
Real County ranks #168 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Real County's PAR 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: 1.07%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,207/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Real County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Real County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Beckham County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Real County at $1,207/yr; rate 0.84% vs Real County 1.07%.
Newton County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Real County at $1,207/yr; rate 0.63% vs Real County 1.07%.
Oneida County, ID
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Real County at $1,207/yr; rate 0.44% vs Real County 1.07%.
Pawnee County, NE
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,206/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.52% vs Real County 1.07%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Real 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Real County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.