Texas Property Tax Data
ACS 2023 property tax data for 252 counties in TX.
The average median property tax in Texas is $2,193/year, which is 14% above the national average of $1,923. The average effective tax rate is 1.28% on a median home value of $171,960. Taxes range from $466 in Crockett County to $7,487 in Travis County.
State Average vs National Average
Median Annual Tax
$2,193
+14% vs US avg
Median Home Value
$171,960
-19% vs US avg
Effective Tax Rate
1.28%
+35% vs US avg
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All Counties in Texas (252)
| County | Median Tax | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | $1,688 | 0.97% |
| Andrews County | $2,500 | 1.33% |
| Angelina County | $1,872 | 1.25% |
| Aransas County | $2,401 | 1.01% |
| Archer County | $2,317 | 1.32% |
| Armstrong County | $2,679 | 1.44% |
| Atascosa County | $2,079 | 1.32% |
| Austin County | $3,464 | 1.28% |
| Bailey County | $1,533 | 1.47% |
| Bandera County | $2,347 | 0.94% |
| Bastrop County | $4,077 | 1.51% |
| Baylor County | $1,163 | 1.25% |
| Bee County | $1,461 | 1.42% |
| Bell County | $3,409 | 1.54% |
| Bexar County | $4,429 | 1.81% |
| Blanco County | $4,134 | 1.04% |
| Borden County | $493 | 0.47% |
| Bosque County | $1,859 | 1.01% |
| Bowie County | $2,091 | 1.30% |
| Brazoria County | $4,831 | 1.75% |
| Brazos County | $4,580 | 1.64% |
| Brewster County | $2,644 | 1.22% |
| Briscoe County | $899 | 1.08% |
| Brooks County | $1,042 | 1.26% |
| Brown County | $1,727 | 1.15% |
| Burleson County | $1,816 | 1.04% |
| Burnet County | $3,495 | 1.13% |
| Caldwell County | $2,871 | 1.33% |
| Calhoun County | $2,095 | 1.40% |
| Callahan County | $1,587 | 1.10% |
| Cameron County | $1,946 | 1.62% |
| Camp County | $1,703 | 1.07% |
| Carson County | $1,915 | 1.36% |
| Cass County | $1,419 | 1.06% |
| Castro County | $1,067 | 1.12% |
| Chambers County | $3,290 | 1.13% |
| Cherokee County | $1,941 | 1.21% |
| Childress County | $1,694 | 1.47% |
| Clay County | $2,194 | 1.36% |
| Cochran County | $684 | 1.19% |
| Coke County | $1,340 | 1.19% |
| Coleman County | $1,248 | 1.37% |
| Collin County | $7,432 | 1.66% |
| Collingsworth County | $1,378 | 1.27% |
| Colorado County | $2,117 | 1.09% |
| Comal County | $4,827 | 1.21% |
| Comanche County | $2,082 | 1.51% |
| Concho County | $1,600 | 1.51% |
| Cooke County | $2,794 | 1.24% |
| Coryell County | $2,509 | 1.41% |
| Cottle County | $623 | 1.15% |
| Crane County | $1,568 | 1.31% |
| Crockett County | $466 | 0.33% |
| Crosby County | $1,345 | 1.78% |
| Culberson County | $726 | 0.86% |
| Dallam County | $2,065 | 1.47% |
| Dallas County | $4,668 | 1.68% |
| Dawson County | $1,567 | 1.73% |
| DeWitt County | $1,437 | 0.86% |
| Deaf Smith County | $1,590 | 1.37% |
| Delta County | $1,456 | 0.97% |
| Denton County | $6,943 | 1.72% |
| Dickens County | $888 | 1.37% |
| Dimmit County | $917 | 1.14% |
| Donley County | $1,019 | 1.13% |
| Duval County | $931 | 1.08% |
| Eastland County | $1,451 | 1.19% |
| Ector County | $2,438 | 1.28% |
| Edwards County | $823 | 1.05% |
| El Paso County | $3,490 | 2.09% |
| Ellis County | $4,472 | 1.46% |
| Erath County | $2,836 | 1.13% |
| Falls County | $1,429 | 1.47% |
| Fannin County | $2,356 | 1.10% |
| Fayette County | $2,734 | 1.01% |
| Fisher County | $1,323 | 1.70% |
| Floyd County | $1,090 | 1.08% |
| Foard County | $844 | 1.18% |
| Fort Bend County | $6,965 | 1.99% |
| Franklin County | $1,944 | 0.91% |
| Freestone County | $1,705 | 1.04% |
| Frio County | $1,751 | 1.59% |
| Gaines County | $2,721 | 1.47% |
| Galveston County | $4,238 | 1.49% |
| Garza County | $1,316 | 1.66% |
| Gillespie County | $4,404 | 1.02% |
| Glasscock County | $1,154 | 0.46% |
| Goliad County | $1,892 | 1.04% |
| Gonzales County | $1,949 | 1.23% |
| Gray County | $1,435 | 1.43% |
| Grayson County | $2,953 | 1.29% |
| Gregg County | $2,271 | 1.22% |
| Grimes County | $2,480 | 1.09% |
| Guadalupe County | $4,270 | 1.49% |
| Hale County | $1,471 | 1.39% |
| Hall County | $972 | 1.21% |
| Hamilton County | $1,918 | 1.54% |
| Hansford County | $2,165 | 1.64% |
| Hardeman County | $905 | 1.18% |
| Hardin County | $2,174 | 1.16% |
| Harris County | $4,382 | 1.72% |
| Harrison County | $1,811 | 1.02% |
| Hartley County | $2,604 | 1.22% |
| Haskell County | $1,028 | 1.12% |
| Hays County | $6,420 | 1.73% |
| Hemphill County | $2,502 | 1.16% |
| Henderson County | $1,859 | 0.98% |
| Hidalgo County | $2,187 | 1.76% |
| Hill County | $2,012 | 1.23% |
| Hockley County | $1,668 | 1.48% |
| Hood County | $3,240 | 1.15% |
| Hopkins County | $2,072 | 1.07% |
| Houston County | $1,429 | 0.92% |
| Howard County | $1,642 | 1.09% |
| Hudspeth County | $677 | 1.18% |
| Hunt County | $2,736 | 1.30% |
| Hutchinson County | $1,515 | 1.48% |
| Irion County | $1,456 | 0.95% |
| Jack County | $2,266 | 1.30% |
| Jackson County | $1,847 | 1.05% |
| Jasper County | $1,304 | 1.04% |
| Jeff Davis County | $1,283 | 0.55% |
| Jefferson County | $2,513 | 1.57% |
| Jim Hogg County | $1,775 | 1.41% |
| Jim Wells County | $1,311 | 1.25% |
| Johnson County | $3,259 | 1.28% |
| Jones County | $1,425 | 1.54% |
| Karnes County | $1,344 | 0.98% |
| Kaufman County | $5,036 | 1.73% |
| Kendall County | $5,890 | 1.20% |
| Kenedy County | N/A | N/A |
| Kent County | $988 | 0.91% |
| Kerr County | $3,115 | 1.09% |
| Kimble County | $2,173 | 1.26% |
| King County | $541 | N/A |
| Kinney County | $1,244 | 1.41% |
| Kleberg County | $2,457 | 1.61% |
| Knox County | $1,244 | 1.86% |
| La Salle County | $1,577 | 1.56% |
| Lamar County | $1,669 | 0.95% |
| Lamb County | $913 | 1.19% |
| Lampasas County | $2,993 | 1.27% |
| Lavaca County | $2,113 | 0.96% |
| Lee County | $2,399 | 0.97% |
| Leon County | $1,339 | 0.75% |
| Liberty County | $2,091 | 1.25% |
| Limestone County | $1,833 | 1.19% |
| Lipscomb County | $1,750 | 1.36% |
| Live Oak County | $1,255 | 0.88% |
| Llano County | $2,587 | 0.80% |
| Loving County | N/A | N/A |
| Lubbock County | $3,119 | 1.56% |
| Lynn County | $2,268 | 1.73% |
| Madison County | $1,722 | 1.15% |
| Marion County | $870 | 0.79% |
| Martin County | $1,434 | 0.88% |
| Mason County | $2,239 | 0.82% |
| Matagorda County | $2,035 | 1.25% |
| Maverick County | $2,112 | 1.39% |
| McCulloch County | $1,435 | 1.37% |
| McLennan County | $3,347 | 1.53% |
| McMullen County | $2,167 | 1.99% |
| Medina County | $2,881 | 1.31% |
| Menard County | $1,747 | 1.66% |
| Midland County | $3,697 | 1.26% |
| Milam County | $1,789 | 1.06% |
| Mills County | $1,762 | 0.88% |
| Mitchell County | $1,680 | 1.96% |
| Montague County | $1,802 | 0.95% |
| Montgomery County | $5,237 | 1.65% |
| Moore County | $2,066 | 1.53% |
| Morris County | $1,298 | 1.18% |
| Motley County | $890 | 1.10% |
| Nacogdoches County | $1,464 | 0.93% |
| Navarro County | $2,119 | 1.33% |
| Newton County | $856 | 1.03% |
| Nolan County | $1,485 | 1.51% |
| Nueces County | $3,268 | 1.68% |
| Ochiltree County | $1,924 | 1.40% |
| Oldham County | $1,878 | 1.30% |
| Orange County | $2,036 | 1.25% |
| Palo Pinto County | $2,147 | 1.28% |
| Panola County | $1,313 | 0.90% |
| Parker County | $4,978 | 1.45% |
| Parmer County | $1,994 | 1.57% |
| Pecos County | $1,477 | 1.03% |
| Polk County | $1,597 | 1.04% |
| Potter County | $2,028 | 1.50% |
| Presidio County | $1,949 | 1.58% |
| Rains County | $2,350 | 1.09% |
| Randall County | $3,587 | 1.58% |
| Reagan County | $1,825 | 1.11% |
| Real County | $1,213 | N/A |
| Red River County | $1,317 | 0.98% |
| Reeves County | $1,343 | 1.18% |
| Refugio County | $1,325 | 1.40% |
| Roberts County | $1,776 | 1.00% |
| Robertson County | $1,583 | 0.92% |
| Rockwall County | $6,341 | 1.64% |
| Runnels County | $1,518 | 1.46% |
| Rusk County | $1,670 | 1.00% |
| Sabine County | $1,315 | 1.00% |
| San Augustine County | $681 | 0.82% |
| San Jacinto County | $2,086 | 1.14% |
| San Patricio County | $2,754 | 1.53% |
| San Saba County | $1,628 | 1.01% |
| Schleicher County | $1,621 | 1.43% |
| Scurry County | $1,761 | 1.59% |
| Shackelford County | $2,276 | 1.29% |
| Shelby County | $1,143 | 1.02% |
| Sherman County | $2,450 | 1.95% |
| Smith County | $2,749 | 1.25% |
| Somervell County | $2,452 | 0.97% |
| Starr County | $1,047 | 1.12% |
| Stephens County | $1,779 | 1.68% |
| Sterling County | $1,535 | 1.07% |
| Stonewall County | $744 | 1.36% |
| Sutton County | $1,938 | 1.38% |
| Swisher County | $1,555 | 1.74% |
| Tarrant County | $5,211 | 1.77% |
| Taylor County | $2,670 | 1.40% |
| Terrell County | $1,222 | 0.80% |
| Terry County | $1,645 | 1.48% |
| Throckmorton County | $969 | 1.15% |
| Titus County | $1,897 | 1.20% |
| Tom Green County | $2,523 | 1.35% |
| Travis County | $7,487 | 1.54% |
| Trinity County | $1,219 | 1.11% |
| Tyler County | $1,428 | 1.03% |
| Upshur County | $2,099 | 1.23% |
| Upton County | $1,197 | 1.13% |
| Uvalde County | $2,260 | 1.57% |
| Val Verde County | $2,233 | 1.47% |
| Van Zandt County | $2,204 | 1.10% |
| Victoria County | $2,941 | 1.49% |
| Walker County | $2,312 | 1.11% |
| Waller County | $3,971 | 1.36% |
| Ward County | $833 | 0.60% |
| Washington County | $3,105 | 1.15% |
| Webb County | $3,312 | 1.85% |
| Wharton County | $2,749 | 1.50% |
| Wheeler County | $1,411 | 1.45% |
| Wichita County | $2,501 | 1.77% |
| Wilbarger County | $1,456 | 1.47% |
| Willacy County | $1,164 | 1.91% |
| Williamson County | $7,079 | 1.71% |
| Wilson County | $3,726 | 1.30% |
| Winkler County | $1,154 | 0.95% |
| Wise County | $3,293 | 1.19% |
| Wood County | $1,818 | 0.93% |
| Yoakum County | $1,795 | 0.98% |
| Young County | $2,006 | 1.21% |
| Zapata County | $912 | 1.03% |
| Zavala County | $1,254 | 1.42% |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average property tax in Texas? ▼
The average median property tax paid in Texas is $2,193 per year, based on ACS 2023 data. The average effective tax rate is 1.28%.
How does Texas compare to the national average? ▼
Texas property taxes are 14% above the national average. Homeowners here pay a median of $2,193 per year compared to $1,923 nationally.
Which county in Texas has the lowest property taxes? ▼
Crockett County has the lowest median property tax in Texas at $466 per year with an effective rate of 0.33%. The highest is Travis County at $7,487.
How are property taxes calculated? ▼
Property taxes are calculated by multiplying the assessed value of a property by the local tax rate (mill rate). Rates vary by county, city, and school district. The effective tax rate shown here is the median tax paid divided by the median home value, which provides a standardized comparison across counties.