Texas Property Tax Data

By Kiznis Studio Editorial · May 2026

ACS 2024 property tax data for 252 counties in TX.

The average median property tax in Texas is $2,233/year, which is 12% above the national average of $1,993. The average effective tax rate is 1.21% on a median home value of $185,237. Taxes range from $400 in McMullen County to $7,727 in Travis County.

What This Data Tells Us About Texas

Across 252 counties in Texas, the average median property tax is $2,233 per year, 12% above the national median of $1,993. The statewide effective rate of 1.21% on a median home value of $185,237 reflects how Texas's assessment rules and local millage combine at the household level.

Within Texas, median annual tax ranges from $400 in McMullen County (effective rate 0.41%) to $7,727 in Travis County (effective rate 1.48%). Median home values in Texas ($185,237) compared with $227,791 nationally help explain why the same effective rate produces different dollar bills in different states. Within-state variation often tracks local school levies, county bonds, and municipal overlays rather than a single statewide rate.

This page is for informational purposes only and is not tax, legal, or financial advice. Figures describe median homeowner households reported to the Census Bureau — individual bills can differ based on assessed value, exemptions, special districts, and local overlays. Always confirm current rates with your county assessor or a qualified professional before making decisions that rely on these numbers.

State Average vs National Average

Median Annual Tax

$2,233

+12% vs US avg

Median Home Value

$185,237

-19% vs US avg

Effective Tax Rate

1.21%

+32% vs US avg

Lowest Property Taxes in Texas

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Highest Property Taxes in Texas

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Top 5 Lowest Tax Counties

Top 5 Highest Tax Counties

Tax Affordability Score

5.1

Moderate

Based on the average effective tax rate of 1.21% compared to the national average of 0.92%. Texas has property tax rates near the national average.

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All Counties in Texas (252)

County	Median Tax	Effective Rate	Home Value	Population
Anderson County	$1,702	0.92%	$185,300	12,716
Andrews County	$2,509	1.28%	$195,700	5,374
Angelina County	$1,775	1.09%	$163,500	20,650
Aransas County	$2,705	1.02%	$265,400	9,578
Archer County	$2,296	1.21%	$189,100	2,929
Armstrong County	$2,111	1.23%	$171,500	615
Atascosa County	$2,254	1.29%	$174,800	12,986
Austin County	$3,433	1.16%	$296,900	9,279
Bailey County	$1,601	1.52%	$105,300	1,765
Bandera County	$2,438	0.88%	$278,400	7,949
Bastrop County	$4,453	1.41%	$314,800	28,186
Baylor County	$1,288	1.25%	$103,100	1,013
Bee County	$1,615	1.45%	$111,300	6,237
Bell County	$3,476	1.44%	$241,000	80,418
Bexar County	$4,535	1.73%	$262,200	441,921
Blanco County	$4,510	0.93%	$483,500	3,938
Borden County	$460	0.42%	$108,900	161
Bosque County	$1,959	0.98%	$200,900	5,684
Bowie County	$2,037	1.18%	$173,000	22,253
Brazoria County	$5,001	1.66%	$301,600	99,275
Brazos County	$4,568	1.54%	$296,000	42,666
Brewster County	$2,574	1.13%	$227,000	3,094
Briscoe County	$981	1.09%	$90,300	458
Brooks County	$1,060	1.31%	$81,000	1,572
Brown County	$1,770	1.11%	$158,900	10,223
Burleson County	$1,816	0.95%	$191,000	6,456
Burnet County	$3,639	1.06%	$344,000	16,000
Caldwell County	$3,235	1.35%	$240,500	12,537
Calhoun County	$2,153	1.26%	$171,200	6,699
Callahan County	$1,318	0.91%	$145,500	4,240
Cameron County	$2,042	1.50%	$136,500	90,278
Camp County	$1,901	1.10%	$173,100	3,733
Carson County	$1,705	1.19%	$143,000	1,816
Cass County	$1,375	0.94%	$146,400	9,041
Castro County	$876	0.92%	$95,000	1,534
Chambers County	$3,474	1.05%	$329,500	14,052
Cherokee County	$1,963	1.16%	$169,300	13,453
Childress County	$1,496	1.19%	$125,400	1,305
Clay County	$2,182	1.27%	$171,500	3,602
Cochran County	$583	1.10%	$53,200	596
Coke County	$1,372	1.16%	$117,900	1,134
Coleman County	$1,252	1.35%	$92,500	2,580
Collin County	$7,521	1.58%	$475,600	268,813
Collingsworth County	$1,314	1.26%	$104,000	720
Colorado County	$2,204	1.05%	$209,800	6,311
Comal County	$4,833	1.13%	$427,200	54,667
Comanche County	$2,096	1.35%	$155,600	4,308
Concho County	$1,799	1.68%	$107,400	655
Cooke County	$2,864	1.19%	$240,400	11,873
Coryell County	$2,654	1.36%	$195,300	15,803
Cottle County	$680	1.15%	$59,300	480
Crane County	$1,346	1.04%	$129,400	1,367
Crockett County	$416	N/A	N/A	903
Crosby County	$1,480	1.83%	$80,900	1,328
Culberson County	$769	0.97%	$79,300	609
Dallam County	$1,736	1.15%	$151,400	1,654
Dallas County	$4,798	1.58%	$303,000	498,911
Dawson County	$1,677	1.62%	$103,400	2,856
DeWitt County	$1,469	0.86%	$170,900	5,116
Deaf Smith County	$1,801	1.48%	$121,300	4,043
Delta County	$1,563	0.95%	$164,300	1,800
Denton County	$7,055	1.61%	$437,200	235,923
Dickens County	$939	1.44%	$65,300	578
Dimmit County	$1,223	1.43%	$85,500	1,995
Donley County	$1,117	1.16%	$96,400	883
Duval County	$1,148	1.28%	$89,400	2,149
Eastland County	$1,459	1.08%	$134,800	5,180
Ector County	$2,538	1.27%	$200,200	41,753
Edwards County	$742	N/A	N/A	355
El Paso County	$3,660	2.03%	$180,400	192,456
Ellis County	$4,697	1.35%	$348,600	54,389
Erath County	$2,887	1.07%	$269,100	10,619
Falls County	$1,522	1.37%	$110,900	4,851
Fannin County	$2,529	1.08%	$233,700	10,051
Fayette County	$2,611	0.89%	$293,900	8,257
Fisher County	$1,359	1.73%	$78,600	1,258
Floyd County	$1,107	1.24%	$89,600	1,430
Foard County	$790	1.12%	$70,700	332
Fort Bend County	$6,965	1.86%	$374,500	225,271
Franklin County	$2,023	0.89%	$226,300	3,197
Freestone County	$1,580	0.94%	$168,000	5,348
Frio County	$1,670	1.55%	$107,700	3,205
Gaines County	$3,142	1.57%	$200,700	5,171
Galveston County	$4,442	1.41%	$314,600	95,138
Garza County	$1,220	1.57%	$77,800	1,032
Gillespie County	$4,496	0.98%	$460,700	8,624
Glasscock County	$1,346	0.55%	$245,200	315
Goliad County	$1,812	0.94%	$192,500	2,441
Gonzales County	$2,084	1.31%	$159,100	5,248
Gray County	$1,408	1.37%	$102,900	6,103
Grayson County	$3,146	1.27%	$248,400	36,895
Gregg County	$2,368	1.16%	$203,400	29,127
Grimes County	$2,414	1.02%	$237,400	8,196
Guadalupe County	$4,343	1.43%	$304,400	50,915
Hale County	$1,525	1.31%	$116,500	6,674
Hall County	$1,086	1.26%	$86,100	860
Hamilton County	$1,863	1.26%	$147,700	2,455
Hansford County	$2,261	1.81%	$124,800	1,508
Hardeman County	$848	1.04%	$81,900	909
Hardin County	$2,238	1.09%	$205,700	18,294
Harris County	$4,489	1.62%	$276,600	961,437
Harrison County	$1,758	0.97%	$180,400	20,205
Hartley County	$2,645	1.01%	$262,500	1,215
Haskell County	$1,140	1.16%	$98,700	1,564
Hays County	$6,649	1.66%	$399,800	64,042
Hemphill County	$2,390	1.16%	$205,700	1,049
Henderson County	$1,991	0.94%	$211,300	26,126
Hidalgo County	$2,279	1.62%	$140,900	182,271
Hill County	$2,078	1.16%	$179,200	10,767
Hockley County	$1,760	1.39%	$127,000	5,715
Hood County	$3,217	1.05%	$306,400	20,716
Hopkins County	$2,221	1.00%	$221,100	9,957
Houston County	$1,387	0.84%	$164,900	5,639
Howard County	$1,480	0.95%	$155,600	8,474
Hudspeth County	$801	1.25%	$64,000	620
Hunt County	$3,002	1.24%	$241,700	27,435
Hutchinson County	$1,602	1.35%	$119,100	5,829
Irion County	$1,424	0.70%	$204,400	487
Jack County	$2,453	0.98%	$251,200	2,156
Jackson County	$2,085	1.02%	$203,900	4,265
Jasper County	$1,326	0.97%	$136,400	10,941
Jeff Davis County	$1,365	0.60%	$226,200	850
Jefferson County	$2,600	1.53%	$169,500	59,256
Jim Hogg County	$1,258	0.97%	$129,400	721
Jim Wells County	$1,426	1.15%	$123,600	9,090
Johnson County	$3,557	1.24%	$285,900	48,903
Jones County	$1,535	1.59%	$96,500	4,755
Karnes County	$1,392	0.93%	$149,000	2,953
Kaufman County	$5,377	1.68%	$320,900	39,818
Kendall County	$5,656	1.10%	$512,700	14,103
Kenedy County	N/A	N/A	N/A	29
Kent County	$835	0.68%	$122,200	244
Kerr County	$3,103	0.97%	$321,200	15,863
Kimble County	$2,559	1.27%	$201,300	1,611
King County	$564	1.08%	$52,100	66
Kinney County	$1,158	1.41%	$82,000	967
Kleberg County	$2,369	1.47%	$161,300	6,225
Knox County	$1,237	1.60%	$77,300	964
La Salle County	$1,434	1.47%	$97,800	1,252
Lamar County	$1,748	0.87%	$200,700	13,226
Lamb County	$919	1.12%	$82,400	3,463
Lampasas County	$2,929	1.17%	$250,400	6,724
Lavaca County	$2,041	0.89%	$228,300	6,640
Lee County	$2,584	0.96%	$267,800	5,434
Leon County	$1,283	0.69%	$186,400	5,162
Liberty County	$2,133	1.17%	$181,700	25,669
Limestone County	$1,953	1.19%	$164,200	6,051
Lipscomb County	$1,748	1.41%	$124,300	845
Live Oak County	$1,525	0.96%	$159,200	3,109
Llano County	$2,658	0.75%	$356,500	8,237
Loving County	N/A	N/A	N/A	3
Lubbock County	$3,241	1.51%	$214,100	70,060
Lynn County	$2,604	1.77%	$147,300	1,616
Madison County	$1,726	0.98%	$176,200	3,181
Marion County	$749	0.74%	$101,500	3,302
Martin County	$1,587	0.91%	$174,800	1,540
Mason County	$2,461	0.84%	$293,600	1,364
Matagorda County	$2,328	1.35%	$172,900	10,515
Maverick County	$1,976	1.25%	$158,700	12,751
McCulloch County	$1,494	0.99%	$150,500	2,195
McLennan County	$3,471	1.42%	$243,600	60,155
McMullen County	$400	0.41%	$97,100	162
Medina County	$3,165	1.32%	$239,600	14,924
Menard County	$2,111	1.95%	$108,500	760
Midland County	$3,832	1.23%	$312,700	45,749
Milam County	$1,875	0.99%	$189,800	7,805
Mills County	$1,740	0.78%	$223,700	1,444
Mitchell County	$1,599	1.86%	$85,800	2,170
Montague County	$1,902	0.92%	$206,400	6,820
Montgomery County	$5,268	1.52%	$346,200	177,657
Moore County	$1,985	1.30%	$152,600	4,470
Morris County	$1,329	1.10%	$120,400	3,617
Motley County	$904	1.03%	$88,000	352
Nacogdoches County	$1,399	0.83%	$169,200	14,993
Navarro County	$2,075	1.20%	$172,600	13,224
Newton County	$846	0.82%	$103,100	4,011
Nolan County	$1,475	1.53%	$96,300	4,008
Nueces County	$3,330	1.59%	$208,800	78,272
Ochiltree County	$1,906	1.42%	$134,400	2,676
Oldham County	$1,780	1.09%	$162,800	452
Orange County	$2,152	1.24%	$173,400	24,383
Palo Pinto County	$2,204	1.11%	$198,000	7,978
Panola County	$1,242	0.79%	$158,100	7,111
Parker County	$5,249	1.40%	$375,900	45,567
Parmer County	$1,872	1.28%	$146,700	2,329
Pecos County	$1,707	1.03%	$165,700	3,769
Polk County	$1,661	0.90%	$184,800	15,241
Potter County	$2,145	1.46%	$147,300	24,395
Presidio County	$1,506	1.24%	$121,300	1,870
Rains County	$2,458	1.02%	$241,100	4,010
Randall County	$3,610	1.51%	$238,800	38,556
Reagan County	$1,579	0.92%	$171,500	723
Real County	$1,207	1.07%	$112,500	881
Red River County	$1,224	1.01%	$121,500	3,559
Reeves County	$1,271	1.08%	$118,000	3,113
Refugio County	$1,458	1.47%	$99,000	1,921
Roberts County	$1,786	1.11%	$161,500	275
Robertson County	$1,882	1.01%	$185,900	4,852
Rockwall County	$6,396	1.54%	$415,500	34,034
Runnels County	$1,498	1.37%	$109,300	2,857
Rusk County	$1,793	1.05%	$171,300	14,213
Sabine County	$1,260	0.82%	$153,100	3,983
San Augustine County	$676	0.68%	$99,900	2,208
San Jacinto County	$2,066	0.99%	$209,300	9,201
San Patricio County	$2,866	1.49%	$192,400	16,941
San Saba County	$1,513	0.90%	$168,700	1,498
Schleicher County	$1,532	1.25%	$122,700	813
Scurry County	$1,445	1.27%	$113,800	4,514
Shackelford County	$2,004	1.15%	$174,800	1,017
Shelby County	$1,024	1.01%	$101,500	6,932
Sherman County	$2,531	1.72%	$146,900	643
Smith County	$2,804	1.16%	$240,700	57,215
Somervell County	$2,634	0.91%	$289,500	2,972
Starr County	$1,083	1.14%	$95,100	13,320
Stephens County	$1,633	1.48%	$110,200	2,868
Sterling County	$1,894	1.29%	$147,000	310
Stonewall County	$872	1.79%	$48,600	434
Sutton County	$1,907	1.22%	$155,700	968
Swisher County	$1,487	1.72%	$86,300	1,583
Tarrant County	$5,334	1.65%	$323,900	463,669
Taylor County	$2,728	1.37%	$198,600	33,257
Terrell County	$1,259	0.92%	$137,500	403
Terry County	$1,779	1.69%	$105,400	2,858
Throckmorton County	$1,148	1.28%	$89,500	501
Titus County	$2,096	1.20%	$174,000	7,876
Tom Green County	$2,532	1.29%	$197,000	30,460
Travis County	$7,727	1.48%	$523,000	304,165
Trinity County	$1,264	1.06%	$119,500	4,824
Tyler County	$1,404	0.89%	$157,300	5,800
Upshur County	$1,993	1.19%	$167,800	12,569
Upton County	$1,177	1.08%	$109,000	1,050
Uvalde County	$2,173	1.44%	$150,800	5,939
Val Verde County	$2,354	1.43%	$164,600	11,608
Van Zandt County	$2,298	1.03%	$222,100	18,482
Victoria County	$3,061	1.46%	$209,900	22,750
Walker County	$2,669	1.18%	$226,900	14,694
Waller County	$4,046	1.27%	$318,700	13,209
Ward County	$965	0.64%	$150,700	3,445
Washington County	$3,143	1.09%	$288,100	10,804
Webb County	$3,421	1.80%	$189,900	52,630
Wharton County	$2,881	1.52%	$189,900	11,482
Wheeler County	$1,470	1.39%	$106,100	1,470
Wichita County	$2,522	1.64%	$153,700	30,106
Wilbarger County	$1,432	1.60%	$89,400	3,210
Willacy County	$1,240	1.68%	$73,600	4,254
Williamson County	$7,205	1.61%	$447,000	167,540
Wilson County	$3,928	1.22%	$321,300	15,411
Winkler County	$1,119	0.76%	$148,200	2,375
Wise County	$3,466	1.14%	$304,900	20,458
Wood County	$1,900	0.88%	$216,500	14,965
Yoakum County	$1,715	0.94%	$182,600	1,744
Young County	$1,957	1.11%	$175,800	5,661
Zapata County	$920	0.95%	$97,100	3,285
Zavala County	$1,512	1.53%	$98,800	2,258

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average property tax in Texas? ▼

The average median property tax paid in Texas is $2,233 per year, based on ACS 2024 data. The average effective tax rate is 1.21%.

How does Texas compare to the national average? ▼

Texas property taxes are 12% above the national average. Homeowners here pay a median of $2,233 per year compared to $1,993 nationally.

Which county in Texas has the lowest property taxes? ▼

McMullen County has the lowest median property tax in Texas at $400 per year with an effective rate of 0.41%. The highest is Travis County at $7,727.

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.

What is the median home value in Texas? ▼

The median home value across Texas is $185,237, compared to $227,791 nationally. Home values directly impact property tax bills since taxes are assessed as a percentage of property value.

Can I appeal my property taxes in Texas? ▼

Yes. Every Texas homeowner has the right to appeal their property tax assessment. The process typically starts at your county assessor's office within 30-90 days of receiving your assessment notice. You can challenge the assessed value by providing comparable sales data, evidence of property condition, or errors in the assessment. See our guide on how to appeal property taxes for detailed steps.