Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Reeves County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Reeves County pays $1,271 a year, an effective rate of 1.08%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,271
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 1.08%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- -36%
- vs U.S. average
- #166 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Reeves County pay a median $1,271 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.08%, more affordable than 30% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,271
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.08%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2202 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -36%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($118,000). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 12,664. Owner-occupied homes: 3,113.
The median annual property tax in Reeves County is $1,271, which is 70% lower than the Texas state average and 36% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.08% on a median home value of $118,000. Property taxes represent 2.0% of the median household income in this county.
Reeves County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Reeves County's 1.08% 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 Reeves County pay a median annual property tax of $1,271, well below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $118,000 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.08% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Reeves County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $64,297 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Reeves County ranks #166 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (34% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 5.4%, from $1,343 to $1,271. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Reeves 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 44% from $885 to $1,271. 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: 972 of 3,113 owner-occupied homes (31.2%) 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 2.0% 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 Reeves County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Reeves County homeowners, 972 of 3,113 owner-occupied homes (31.2%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 31.2% (972)
- $800 to $1,499 22.4% (698)
- $1,500 to $1,999 12.5% (388)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.8% (398)
- $3,000 or more 15.3% (475)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
182 homes here (5.8%) 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 Reeves County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+96%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Reeves County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Reeves County's effective rate is higher than 34% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #166 of 250.
Where Reeves County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.08% 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
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Reeves County moved from $885 in the 2020 release to $1,271 in 2024, a change of about 44%. 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.
Reeves County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Reeves 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 | 2.0% | - | - |
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.
Reeves County is PAR · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Texas counties.
Reeves County rate trail · PAR
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,271 -5.4% | 1.08% |
| 2023 | $1,343 +12.9% | 1.18% |
| 2022 | $1,190 +24.7% | 1.09% |
| 2021 | $954 +7.8% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | $885 | 0.97% |
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.
Reeves County: tax takes only 2.0% of income
Counties near Reeves County's effective rate
On effective rate, Reeves County sits nearest Pennington County (SD), Ottawa County (OH), Holmes County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Crawford County (IA), Hernando County (FL), Pike County (GA).
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
Reeves County: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 120 of 5,570 returns from Reeves County reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,017 - 33% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k 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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Reeves County rate FAQs
- How does Reeves County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Reeves County run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.08% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Reeves County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Reeves County is $1,271, an effective rate of 1.08% on a $118,000 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Reeves County?
- Reeves County, Texas scores C- (50/100) 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+ (1.84×). 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 Reeves County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Reeves County is recorded at $1,271 in the 2024 5-year release against $885 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 3,113 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Reeves County?
- Property taxes in Reeves County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.0% of the $64,297 median household income.
What to do with Reeves County's PAR rate
Reeves County's $1,271 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 Reeves County's $64,297 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Reeves 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: 1.08%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,271/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Reeves County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Reeves County (PAR · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR LIGHT
Alexander County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,269/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 0.60% vs Reeves County 1.08%.
Glascock County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,273/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.03% vs Reeves County 1.08%.
Montgomery County, MS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,269/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.00% vs Reeves County 1.08%.
Telfair County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,269/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.12% vs Reeves County 1.08%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Reeves 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 Reeves County (PAR · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.