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Texas property tax rates by county
Texas homeowners paid 1.40% of their home’s value in property tax (2020–2024 survey), the 45th lowest of 51 (50 states and D.C.), with a median bill of $4,232 a year on a median home value of $283,800. Across counties, rates ran from 0.62% (Leon County) to 1.80% (El Paso County).
- 1.40%Effective rate (2020–2024)−0.07 pts vs 2019–2023
- $4,232Median tax per yearU.S.: $3,119
- $283,800Median home valueU.S.: $332,700
- 6,879,255Owner-occupied homes63% of households own
How Texas compares
- U.S. effective rate: 0.94%; median bill $3,119. Texas is 49% above the national rate.
- Change from the 2019–2023 survey: −0.07 pts in the rate, +$121 (+2.9%) in the median bill (U.S.: −0.03 pts, +$150 (+5.1%)).
- With a mortgage, Texas owners’ median bill was $5,327; without one, $2,847.
- 173 of 254 counties have estimates reliable enough to rank (at least 500 owner-occupied homes and a margin of error under 25% of the rate).
Every Texas county
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median value | Owner homes | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | 0.91% | $1,702 | $185,300 | 12,716 | Reliable |
| Andrews County | 1.13% | $2,509 | $195,700 | 5,374 | Reliable |
| Angelina County | 1.13% | $1,775 | $163,500 | 20,650 | Reliable |
| Aransas County | 1.01% | $2,705 | $265,400 | 9,578 | Reliable |
| Archer County | 1.29% | $2,296 | $189,100 | 2,929 | Reliable |
| Armstrong County | 1.06% | $2,111 | $171,500 | 615 | Small sample |
| Atascosa County | 1.15% | $2,254 | $174,800 | 12,986 | Reliable |
| Austin County | 1.00% | $3,433 | $296,900 | 9,279 | Reliable |
| Bailey County | 0.74% | $1,601 | $105,300 | 1,765 | Small sample |
| Bandera County | 0.81% | $2,438 | $278,400 | 7,949 | Reliable |
| Bastrop County | 1.17% | $4,453 | $314,800 | 28,186 | Reliable |
| Baylor County | 0.54% | $1,288 | $103,100 | 1,013 | Small sample |
| Bee County | 1.25% | $1,615 | $111,300 | 6,237 | Reliable |
| Bell County | 1.21% | $3,476 | $241,000 | 80,418 | Reliable |
| Bexar County | 1.55% | $4,535 | $262,200 | 441,921 | Reliable |
| Blanco County | 1.02% | $4,510 | $483,500 | 3,938 | Reliable |
| Borden County | 0.22% | $460 | $108,900 | 161 | Small sample |
| Bosque County | 0.86% | $1,959 | $200,900 | 5,684 | Reliable |
| Bowie County | 1.17% | $2,037 | $173,000 | 22,253 | Reliable |
| Brazoria County | 1.69% | $5,001 | $301,600 | 99,275 | Reliable |
| Brazos County | 1.38% | $4,568 | $296,000 | 42,666 | Reliable |
| Brewster County | 0.98% | $2,574 | $227,000 | 3,094 | Reliable |
| Briscoe County | 0.74% | $981 | $90,300 | 458 | Small sample |
| Brooks County | 1.15% | $1,060 | $81,000 | 1,572 | Small sample |
| Brown County | 1.13% | $1,770 | $158,900 | 10,223 | Reliable |
| Burleson County | 1.01% | $1,816 | $191,000 | 6,456 | Reliable |
| Burnet County | 0.94% | $3,639 | $344,000 | 16,000 | Reliable |
| Caldwell County | 1.05% | $3,235 | $240,500 | 12,537 | Reliable |
| Calhoun County | 1.00% | $2,153 | $171,200 | 6,699 | Reliable |
| Callahan County | 0.78% | $1,318 | $145,500 | 4,240 | Small sample |
| Cameron County | 1.35% | $2,042 | $136,500 | 90,278 | Reliable |
| Camp County | 0.98% | $1,901 | $173,100 | 3,733 | Reliable |
| Carson County | 1.36% | $1,705 | $143,000 | 1,816 | Reliable |
| Cass County | 0.67% | $1,375 | $146,400 | 9,041 | Small sample |
| Castro County | 1.20% | $876 | $95,000 | 1,534 | Reliable |
| Chambers County | 1.01% | $3,474 | $329,500 | 14,052 | Reliable |
| Cherokee County | 0.95% | $1,963 | $169,300 | 13,453 | Reliable |
| Childress County | 1.40% | $1,496 | $125,400 | 1,305 | Small sample |
| Clay County | 1.01% | $2,182 | $171,500 | 3,602 | Reliable |
| Cochran County | 1.01% | $583 | $53,200 | 596 | Small sample |
| Coke County | 0.94% | $1,372 | $117,900 | 1,134 | Reliable |
| Coleman County | 0.94% | $1,252 | $92,500 | 2,580 | Small sample |
| Collin County | 1.48% | $7,521 | $475,600 | 268,813 | Reliable |
| Collingsworth County | 0.91% | $1,314 | $104,000 | 720 | Small sample |
| Colorado County | 0.77% | $2,204 | $209,800 | 6,311 | Reliable |
| Comal County | 1.04% | $4,833 | $427,200 | 54,667 | Reliable |
| Comanche County | 0.98% | $2,096 | $155,600 | 4,308 | Reliable |
| Concho County | 0.99% | $1,799 | $107,400 | 655 | Small sample |
| Cooke County | 1.06% | $2,864 | $240,400 | 11,873 | Reliable |
| Coryell County | 1.00% | $2,654 | $195,300 | 15,803 | Reliable |
| Cottle County | 1.15% | $680 | $59,300 | 480 | Small sample |
| Crane County | 0.95% | $1,346 | $129,400 | 1,367 | Small sample |
| Crockett County | 1.24% | $416 | n/a | 903 | Small sample |
| Crosby County | 1.16% | $1,480 | $80,900 | 1,328 | Small sample |
| Culberson County | 1.14% | $769 | $79,300 | 609 | Small sample |
| Dallam County | 1.20% | $1,736 | $151,400 | 1,654 | Small sample |
| Dallas County | 1.45% | $4,798 | $303,000 | 498,911 | Reliable |
| Dawson County | 1.46% | $1,677 | $103,400 | 2,856 | Reliable |
| DeWitt County | 0.86% | $1,469 | $170,900 | 5,116 | Reliable |
| Deaf Smith County | 1.45% | $1,801 | $121,300 | 4,043 | Reliable |
| Delta County | 1.16% | $1,563 | $164,300 | 1,800 | Reliable |
| Denton County | 1.46% | $7,055 | $437,200 | 235,923 | Reliable |
| Dickens County | 0.92% | $939 | $65,300 | 578 | Small sample |
| Dimmit County | 0.82% | $1,223 | $85,500 | 1,995 | Small sample |
| Donley County | 0.76% | $1,117 | $96,400 | 883 | Small sample |
| Duval County | 0.99% | $1,148 | $89,400 | 2,149 | Small sample |
| Eastland County | 0.99% | $1,459 | $134,800 | 5,180 | Reliable |
| Ector County | 1.27% | $2,538 | $200,200 | 41,753 | Reliable |
| Edwards County | 0.66% | $742 | n/a | 355 | Small sample |
| El Paso County | 1.80% | $3,660 | $180,400 | 192,456 | Reliable |
| Ellis County | 1.24% | $4,697 | $348,600 | 54,389 | Reliable |
| Erath County | 0.88% | $2,887 | $269,100 | 10,619 | Reliable |
| Falls County | 0.97% | $1,522 | $110,900 | 4,851 | Reliable |
| Fannin County | 0.86% | $2,529 | $233,700 | 10,051 | Reliable |
| Fayette County | 0.73% | $2,611 | $293,900 | 8,257 | Reliable |
| Fisher County | 1.01% | $1,359 | $78,600 | 1,258 | Small sample |
| Floyd County | 1.45% | $1,107 | $89,600 | 1,430 | Reliable |
| Foard County | 1.34% | $790 | $70,700 | 332 | Small sample |
| Fort Bend County | 1.77% | $6,965 | $374,500 | 225,271 | Reliable |
| Franklin County | 0.81% | $2,023 | $226,300 | 3,197 | Reliable |
| Freestone County | 0.98% | $1,580 | $168,000 | 5,348 | Reliable |
| Frio County | 1.33% | $1,670 | $107,700 | 3,205 | Small sample |
| Gaines County | 1.50% | $3,142 | $200,700 | 5,171 | Reliable |
| Galveston County | 1.40% | $4,442 | $314,600 | 95,138 | Reliable |
| Garza County | 1.33% | $1,220 | $77,800 | 1,032 | Small sample |
| Gillespie County | 0.83% | $4,496 | $460,700 | 8,624 | Reliable |
| Glasscock County | 0.60% | $1,346 | $245,200 | 315 | Small sample |
| Goliad County | 0.95% | $1,812 | $192,500 | 2,441 | Reliable |
| Gonzales County | 0.91% | $2,084 | $159,100 | 5,248 | Reliable |
| Gray County | 1.44% | $1,408 | $102,900 | 6,103 | Reliable |
| Grayson County | 1.23% | $3,146 | $248,400 | 36,895 | Reliable |
| Gregg County | 1.16% | $2,368 | $203,400 | 29,127 | Reliable |
| Grimes County | 0.90% | $2,414 | $237,400 | 8,196 | Reliable |
| Guadalupe County | 1.19% | $4,343 | $304,400 | 50,915 | Reliable |
| Hale County | 1.30% | $1,525 | $116,500 | 6,674 | Reliable |
| Hall County | 1.18% | $1,086 | $86,100 | 860 | Reliable |
| Hamilton County | 0.81% | $1,863 | $147,700 | 2,455 | Reliable |
| Hansford County | 1.43% | $2,261 | $124,800 | 1,508 | Reliable |
| Hardeman County | 0.86% | $848 | $81,900 | 909 | Small sample |
| Hardin County | 1.16% | $2,238 | $205,700 | 18,294 | Reliable |
| Harris County | 1.50% | $4,489 | $276,600 | 961,437 | Reliable |
| Harrison County | 0.96% | $1,758 | $180,400 | 20,205 | Reliable |
| Hartley County | 1.08% | $2,645 | $262,500 | 1,215 | Small sample |
| Haskell County | 0.96% | $1,140 | $98,700 | 1,564 | Reliable |
| Hays County | 1.40% | $6,649 | $399,800 | 64,042 | Reliable |
| Hemphill County | 1.24% | $2,390 | $205,700 | 1,049 | Reliable |
| Henderson County | 0.98% | $1,991 | $211,300 | 26,126 | Reliable |
| Hidalgo County | 1.63% | $2,279 | $140,900 | 182,271 | Reliable |
| Hill County | 1.05% | $2,078 | $179,200 | 10,767 | Reliable |
| Hockley County | 0.94% | $1,760 | $127,000 | 5,715 | Small sample |
| Hood County | 0.97% | $3,217 | $306,400 | 20,716 | Reliable |
| Hopkins County | 0.68% | $2,221 | $221,100 | 9,957 | Reliable |
| Houston County | 0.75% | $1,387 | $164,900 | 5,639 | Reliable |
| Howard County | 1.11% | $1,480 | $155,600 | 8,474 | Reliable |
| Hudspeth County | 0.95% | $801 | $64,000 | 620 | Small sample |
| Hunt County | 1.18% | $3,002 | $241,700 | 27,435 | Reliable |
| Hutchinson County | 1.45% | $1,602 | $119,100 | 5,829 | Reliable |
| Irion County | 1.17% | $1,424 | $204,400 | 487 | Small sample |
| Jack County | 0.84% | $2,453 | $251,200 | 2,156 | Reliable |
| Jackson County | 1.06% | $2,085 | $203,900 | 4,265 | Reliable |
| Jasper County | 0.89% | $1,326 | $136,400 | 10,941 | Reliable |
| Jeff Davis County | 0.51% | $1,365 | $226,200 | 850 | Small sample |
| Jefferson County | 1.50% | $2,600 | $169,500 | 59,256 | Reliable |
| Jim Hogg County | 1.34% | $1,258 | $129,400 | 721 | Small sample |
| Jim Wells County | 1.21% | $1,426 | $123,600 | 9,090 | Reliable |
| Johnson County | 1.19% | $3,557 | $285,900 | 48,903 | Reliable |
| Jones County | 1.20% | $1,535 | $96,500 | 4,755 | Reliable |
| Karnes County | 0.61% | $1,392 | $149,000 | 2,953 | Small sample |
| Kaufman County | 1.49% | $5,377 | $320,900 | 39,818 | Reliable |
| Kendall County | 1.00% | $5,656 | $512,700 | 14,103 | Reliable |
| Kenedy County | 0.81% | n/a | n/a | 29 | Small sample |
| Kent County | 0.52% | $835 | $122,200 | 244 | Small sample |
| Kerr County | 0.89% | $3,103 | $321,200 | 15,863 | Reliable |
| Kimble County | 0.88% | $2,559 | $201,300 | 1,611 | Reliable |
| King County | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Small sample |
| Kinney County | 1.25% | $1,158 | $82,000 | 967 | Small sample |
| Kleberg County | 1.44% | $2,369 | $161,300 | 6,225 | Reliable |
| Knox County | 1.54% | $1,237 | $77,300 | 964 | Reliable |
| La Salle County | 1.26% | $1,434 | $97,800 | 1,252 | Small sample |
| Lamar County | 0.88% | $1,748 | $200,700 | 13,226 | Reliable |
| Lamb County | 1.12% | $919 | $82,400 | 3,463 | Reliable |
| Lampasas County | 0.76% | $2,929 | $250,400 | 6,724 | Small sample |
| Lavaca County | 0.76% | $2,041 | $228,300 | 6,640 | Reliable |
| Lee County | 0.88% | $2,584 | $267,800 | 5,434 | Reliable |
| Leon County | 0.62% | $1,283 | $186,400 | 5,162 | Reliable |
| Liberty County | 1.20% | $2,133 | $181,700 | 25,669 | Reliable |
| Limestone County | 0.94% | $1,953 | $164,200 | 6,051 | Reliable |
| Lipscomb County | 1.35% | $1,748 | $124,300 | 845 | Reliable |
| Live Oak County | 0.75% | $1,525 | $159,200 | 3,109 | Small sample |
| Llano County | 0.68% | $2,658 | $356,500 | 8,237 | Reliable |
| Loving County | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Small sample |
| Lubbock County | 1.50% | $3,241 | $214,100 | 70,060 | Reliable |
| Lynn County | 1.33% | $2,604 | $147,300 | 1,616 | Reliable |
| Madison County | 0.96% | $1,726 | $176,200 | 3,181 | Small sample |
| Marion County | 0.90% | $749 | $101,500 | 3,302 | Small sample |
| Martin County | 0.72% | $1,587 | $174,800 | 1,540 | Small sample |
| Mason County | 0.64% | $2,461 | $293,600 | 1,364 | Small sample |
| Matagorda County | 1.22% | $2,328 | $172,900 | 10,515 | Reliable |
| Maverick County | 1.33% | $1,976 | $158,700 | 12,751 | Reliable |
| McCulloch County | 1.05% | $1,494 | $150,500 | 2,195 | Small sample |
| McLennan County | 1.36% | $3,471 | $243,600 | 60,155 | Reliable |
| McMullen County | 0.84% | $400 | $97,100 | 162 | Small sample |
| Medina County | 1.23% | $3,165 | $239,600 | 14,924 | Reliable |
| Menard County | 1.13% | $2,111 | $108,500 | 760 | Small sample |
| Midland County | 1.19% | $3,832 | $312,700 | 45,749 | Reliable |
| Milam County | 0.92% | $1,875 | $189,800 | 7,805 | Reliable |
| Mills County | 0.67% | $1,740 | $223,700 | 1,444 | Reliable |
| Mitchell County | 1.68% | $1,599 | $85,800 | 2,170 | Reliable |
| Montague County | 0.88% | $1,902 | $206,400 | 6,820 | Reliable |
| Montgomery County | 1.44% | $5,268 | $346,200 | 177,657 | Reliable |
| Moore County | 1.35% | $1,985 | $152,600 | 4,470 | Reliable |
| Morris County | 0.96% | $1,329 | $120,400 | 3,617 | Reliable |
| Motley County | 0.96% | $904 | $88,000 | 352 | Small sample |
| Nacogdoches County | 0.86% | $1,399 | $169,200 | 14,993 | Reliable |
| Navarro County | 1.05% | $2,075 | $172,600 | 13,224 | Reliable |
| Newton County | 0.87% | $846 | $103,100 | 4,011 | Reliable |
| Nolan County | 1.40% | $1,475 | $96,300 | 4,008 | Reliable |
| Nueces County | 1.40% | $3,330 | $208,800 | 78,272 | Reliable |
| Ochiltree County | 1.44% | $1,906 | $134,400 | 2,676 | Small sample |
| Oldham County | 1.14% | $1,780 | $162,800 | 452 | Small sample |
| Orange County | 1.23% | $2,152 | $173,400 | 24,383 | Reliable |
| Palo Pinto County | 1.07% | $2,204 | $198,000 | 7,978 | Reliable |
| Panola County | 0.88% | $1,242 | $158,100 | 7,111 | Reliable |
| Parker County | 1.27% | $5,249 | $375,900 | 45,567 | Reliable |
| Parmer County | 1.24% | $1,872 | $146,700 | 2,329 | Reliable |
| Pecos County | 0.80% | $1,707 | $165,700 | 3,769 | Small sample |
| Polk County | 0.92% | $1,661 | $184,800 | 15,241 | Reliable |
| Potter County | 1.41% | $2,145 | $147,300 | 24,395 | Reliable |
| Presidio County | 1.02% | $1,506 | $121,300 | 1,870 | Small sample |
| Rains County | 1.12% | $2,458 | $241,100 | 4,010 | Reliable |
| Randall County | 1.37% | $3,610 | $238,800 | 38,556 | Reliable |
| Reagan County | 0.86% | $1,579 | $171,500 | 723 | Small sample |
| Real County | 0.71% | $1,207 | $112,500 | 881 | Small sample |
| Red River County | 0.74% | $1,224 | $121,500 | 3,559 | Reliable |
| Reeves County | 0.97% | $1,271 | $118,000 | 3,113 | Small sample |
| Refugio County | 1.09% | $1,458 | $99,000 | 1,921 | Reliable |
| Roberts County | 0.93% | $1,786 | $161,500 | 275 | Small sample |
| Robertson County | 0.69% | $1,882 | $185,900 | 4,852 | Small sample |
| Rockwall County | 1.42% | $6,396 | $415,500 | 34,034 | Reliable |
| Runnels County | 1.38% | $1,498 | $109,300 | 2,857 | Reliable |
| Rusk County | 0.91% | $1,793 | $171,300 | 14,213 | Reliable |
| Sabine County | 0.79% | $1,260 | $153,100 | 3,983 | Reliable |
| San Augustine County | 0.52% | $676 | $99,900 | 2,208 | Small sample |
| San Jacinto County | 0.94% | $2,066 | $209,300 | 9,201 | Reliable |
| San Patricio County | 1.31% | $2,866 | $192,400 | 16,941 | Reliable |
| San Saba County | 0.58% | $1,513 | $168,700 | 1,498 | Small sample |
| Schleicher County | 1.06% | $1,532 | $122,700 | 813 | Small sample |
| Scurry County | 1.36% | $1,445 | $113,800 | 4,514 | Reliable |
| Shackelford County | 1.20% | $2,004 | $174,800 | 1,017 | Reliable |
| Shelby County | 0.64% | $1,024 | $101,500 | 6,932 | Small sample |
| Sherman County | 1.59% | $2,531 | $146,900 | 643 | Reliable |
| Smith County | 1.15% | $2,804 | $240,700 | 57,215 | Reliable |
| Somervell County | 0.65% | $2,634 | $289,500 | 2,972 | Reliable |
| Starr County | 1.22% | $1,083 | $95,100 | 13,320 | Reliable |
| Stephens County | 1.14% | $1,633 | $110,200 | 2,868 | Reliable |
| Sterling County | 0.89% | $1,894 | $147,000 | 310 | Small sample |
| Stonewall County | 1.46% | $872 | $48,600 | 434 | Small sample |
| Sutton County | 1.59% | $1,907 | $155,700 | 968 | Small sample |
| Swisher County | 1.39% | $1,487 | $86,300 | 1,583 | Small sample |
| Tarrant County | 1.54% | $5,334 | $323,900 | 463,669 | Reliable |
| Taylor County | 1.25% | $2,728 | $198,600 | 33,257 | Reliable |
| Terrell County | 0.96% | $1,259 | $137,500 | 403 | Small sample |
| Terry County | 1.45% | $1,779 | $105,400 | 2,858 | Small sample |
| Throckmorton County | 1.00% | $1,148 | $89,500 | 501 | Small sample |
| Titus County | 1.10% | $2,096 | $174,000 | 7,876 | Reliable |
| Tom Green County | 1.29% | $2,532 | $197,000 | 30,460 | Reliable |
| Travis County | 1.31% | $7,727 | $523,000 | 304,165 | Reliable |
| Trinity County | 0.98% | $1,264 | $119,500 | 4,824 | Reliable |
| Tyler County | 0.97% | $1,404 | $157,300 | 5,800 | Small sample |
| Upshur County | 1.09% | $1,993 | $167,800 | 12,569 | Reliable |
| Upton County | 1.07% | $1,177 | $109,000 | 1,050 | Small sample |
| Uvalde County | 1.16% | $2,173 | $150,800 | 5,939 | Reliable |
| Val Verde County | 1.31% | $2,354 | $164,600 | 11,608 | Reliable |
| Van Zandt County | 0.84% | $2,298 | $222,100 | 18,482 | Reliable |
| Victoria County | 1.42% | $3,061 | $209,900 | 22,750 | Reliable |
| Walker County | 1.06% | $2,669 | $226,900 | 14,694 | Small sample |
| Waller County | 1.27% | $4,046 | $318,700 | 13,209 | Reliable |
| Ward County | 0.33% | $965 | $150,700 | 3,445 | Small sample |
| Washington County | 0.79% | $3,143 | $288,100 | 10,804 | Reliable |
| Webb County | 1.58% | $3,421 | $189,900 | 52,630 | Reliable |
| Wharton County | 1.31% | $2,881 | $189,900 | 11,482 | Reliable |
| Wheeler County | 1.44% | $1,470 | $106,100 | 1,470 | Reliable |
| Wichita County | 1.55% | $2,522 | $153,700 | 30,106 | Reliable |
| Wilbarger County | 1.48% | $1,432 | $89,400 | 3,210 | Reliable |
| Willacy County | 1.46% | $1,240 | $73,600 | 4,254 | Reliable |
| Williamson County | 1.50% | $7,205 | $447,000 | 167,540 | Reliable |
| Wilson County | 1.20% | $3,928 | $321,300 | 15,411 | Reliable |
| Winkler County | 0.76% | $1,119 | $148,200 | 2,375 | Small sample |
| Wise County | 1.09% | $3,466 | $304,900 | 20,458 | Reliable |
| Wood County | 0.73% | $1,900 | $216,500 | 14,965 | Reliable |
| Yoakum County | 1.12% | $1,715 | $182,600 | 1,744 | Small sample |
| Young County | 1.18% | $1,957 | $175,800 | 5,661 | Reliable |
| Zapata County | 0.69% | $920 | $97,100 | 3,285 | Small sample |
| Zavala County | 1.30% | $1,512 | $98,800 | 2,258 | Small sample |
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table-based summary file: B25090 (aggregate real estate taxes), B25082 (aggregate home value), B25103 (median real estate taxes), B25077 (median home value) and B25003 (tenure); files dated January 29, 2026.
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates, same tables (files dated October 31, 2024), for the comparison column.
- Geography names: Census Bureau Geos20245YR.txt (file dated January 22, 2026).
Effective rate = total real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied homes ÷ their total value, as reported by owners to the Census Bureau. It is not a millage rate. Your bill depends on your assessed value, exemptions (such as homestead) and local levies.