Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Stonewall County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Stonewall County pays $872 a year, an effective rate of 1.79%, far below the U.S. average.
- $872
- Median tax / yr · Low bill
- 1.79%
- Effective rate · Highest-decile rate
- -56%
- vs U.S. average
- #8 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Stonewall County pay a median $872 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.79%, more affordable than 5% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $872
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.79%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2984 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -56%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($48,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 1,227. Owner-occupied homes: 434.
The median annual property tax in Stonewall County is $872, which is 79% lower than the Texas state average and 56% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.79% on a median home value of $48,600. Property taxes represent 1.5% of the median household income in this county.
Stonewall County's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national headwind
Stonewall County's 1.79% effective rate is among the highest of 3,135 tracked counties: only about 95% pay more.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Stonewall County pay a median annual property tax of $872, far below the national median and far below the Texas state median. On a $48,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.79% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Low among Texas counties by effective rate
Stonewall County ranks #8 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (97% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Stonewall County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $56,875 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Stonewall 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
Stonewall County sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 24.1% up, against a median home value that fell 8.6%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 13.4%, from $769 to $872.
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 $769 to $872, a gain of 13%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest reported group here falls at the bottom of the national range: 173 of 434 owner-occupied homes (39.9%) report annual real-estate taxes under $800. This distribution describes reported owner-occupied homes, not an affordability judgment for any property.
A top-quartile rate meets below-median earnings here, and the median bill reaches 1.5% 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.
What Stonewall County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Stonewall County homeowners, 173 of 434 owner-occupied homes (39.9%), pays less than $800 a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 39.9% (173)
- $800 to $1,499 35.3% (153)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.3% (10)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.9% (56)
- $3,000 or more 8.5% (37)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
5 homes here (1.2%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Texas handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Stonewall County pay about the same bill, a 8% gap.
Stonewall County's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Stonewall County's effective rate is higher than 97% of the 250 counties in Texas - ranking #8 of 250.
Where Stonewall County sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
1.79% more affordable than 5% 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
Stonewall County taxes property at 1.79%, about 20% above the Texas average, yet its median bill of $872 lands roughly 79% 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.
Stonewall County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Stonewall County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Highest-decile rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.5% | - | - |
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.
Stonewall County's STEEP · LIGHT lane - is an appeal worth running?
On Stonewall County's published figures (STEEP · LIGHT), a $48,600 median home carries a $872 median bill, so every 10% off an assessed value is worth about $87 a year at the same rate. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Stonewall County rate trail · STEEP
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $872 +17.2% | 1.79% |
| 2023 | $744 +0.4% | 1.36% |
| 2022 | $741 -7.0% | 1.35% |
| 2021 | $797 +3.6% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | $769 | 1.45% |
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.
Stonewall County: tax takes only 1.5% of income
Counties near Stonewall County's effective rate
On effective rate, Stonewall County sits nearest Republic County (KS), Decatur County (KS), Moultrie County (IL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Cecil County (MD), Williamsburg County (SC), Halifax County (VA).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Stonewall County Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Stonewall County. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
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Stonewall County rate FAQs
- How does Stonewall County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Stonewall County run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.79% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Stonewall County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Stonewall County is $872, an effective rate of 1.79% on a $48,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Stonewall County?
- Stonewall County, Texas scores C+ (61/100) 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+ (0.85×). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Stonewall County?
- Property taxes in Stonewall County run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.5% of the $56,875 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Stonewall County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Stonewall County climbed 13.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $769 to $872, 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 to do with Stonewall County's STEEP rate
Stonewall County's $872 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 1.5% of Stonewall County's $56,875 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Stonewall County's STEEP 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: 1.79%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $872/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Stonewall County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Stonewall County (STEEP · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
STEEP LIGHT
Atoka County, OK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Stonewall County at $872/yr; rate 0.55% vs Stonewall County 1.79%.
Howell County, MO
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Stonewall County at $872/yr; rate 0.50% vs Stonewall County 1.79%.
Blackford County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $873/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.81% vs Stonewall County 1.79%.
Clark County, AR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $871/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.56% vs Stonewall County 1.79%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Appeal filing windows
Stonewall County stamps STEEP · LIGHT - 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 Stonewall County (STEEP · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.