Texas · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wilson County Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wilson County pays $3,928 a year, an effective rate of 1.22%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,928
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.22%
- Effective rate · High rate
- +97%
- vs U.S. average
- #117 of 250
- rank in TX
The verdict
Homeowners in Wilson County pay a median $3,928 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.22%, more affordable than 22% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,928
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.22%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2433 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +97%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($321,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Texas. Population: 52,781. Owner-occupied homes: 15,411.
The median annual property tax in Wilson County is $3,928, which is 7% lower than the Texas state average and 97% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.22% on a median home value of $321,300. Property taxes represent 4.2% of the median household income in this county.
Why Wilson County's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Wilson County pay a median annual property tax of $3,928, far above the national median and modestly below the Texas state median. On a $321,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.22% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wilson County's 1.22% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 22%).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Wilson County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.2% of the $94,565 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Texas counties by effective rate
Wilson County ranks #117 of 250 counties in Texas by effective rate (53% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wilson 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 10.8% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 57% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 52.6%, the median bill rose 36.1% to $3,928: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 36% from $2,886 to $3,928. 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 heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 8,528 of 15,411 owner-occupied homes (55.3%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Both figures are in the national top quarter, and the median bill still equals only 4.2% of median household income. A high rate on high earnings produces a large dollar figure, and only the dollar figure tends to get quoted; the ratio above is the other half.
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 Wilson County Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Wilson County homeowners, 8,528 of 15,411 owner-occupied homes (55.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 10.4% (1,603)
- $800 to $1,499 9.1% (1,403)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.3% (971)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.5% (1,930)
- $3,000 or more 55.3% (8,528)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
976 homes here (6.3%) 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 Wilson County pay more than double the bill of those without one (+62%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Wilson County's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Wilson County's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Wilson County's median bill is 7% below the Texas median and 97% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Wilson County moved from $2,886 in the 2020 release to $3,928 in 2024, a change of about 36%. 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.
Wilson County vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wilson County | Texas Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate High rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 4.2% | - | - |
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.
Is Wilson County's $3,928 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Wilson County's $3,928 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $393/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Texas.
Wilson County bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,928 +5.4% | 1.22% |
| 2023 | $3,726 +7.4% | 1.30% |
| 2022 | $3,468 +7.7% | 1.30% |
| 2021 | $3,219 +11.5% | 1.39% |
| 2020 | $2,886 | 1.37% |
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.
Wilson County: tax takes 4.2% of income
Counties near Wilson County's median bill
On effective rate, Wilson County sits nearest Licking County (OH), Erie County (OH), Butler County (OH).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Knox County (OH), Mayes County (OK), Dodge County (MN).
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
Wilson County: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 1,320 of 24,220 returns from Wilson County reported real estate taxes, averaging $7,262 - 38% 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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Wilson County bill FAQs
- How does Wilson County property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wilson County run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.22% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Wilson County?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wilson County jumped 36.1% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,886 to $3,928, 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 average property tax in Wilson County, Texas?
- The median annual property tax in Wilson County is $3,928, an effective rate of 1.22% on a $321,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wilson County?
- Property taxes in Wilson County run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.2% of the $94,565 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Wilson County?
- Wilson County, Texas scores F (15/100) 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 F (3.40×). 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 Wilson County's HEAVY bill
Wilson County's $3,928 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Wilson County ranks #117 of 250 Texas counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Texas overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Wilson County's HEAVY 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: 1.22%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,928/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wilson County
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wilson County (PAR · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR HEAVY
Menominee County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,926/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 3.56% vs Wilson County 1.22%.
Winnebago County, IL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,930/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 2.39% vs Wilson County 1.22%.
Gallatin County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,933/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.59% vs Wilson County 1.22%.
Carroll County, MD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,934/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 0.91% vs Wilson County 1.22%.
Texas county set
State ACS overview for every published Texas county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Wilson County stamps PAR · HEAVY - 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 Wilson County (PAR · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.