Texas— Property Tax & Closing Costs
Texas property tax by county
Property tax rates, median home values, and closing cost estimates for all 249 counties in Texas. The average effective rate across the state is 1.21%, ranking Texas 12 of 51 (above-average property taxes). Data is sourced from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates.
Average rate
1.21%
across 249 counties
National rank
#12
of 51states & DC
Median home value
$169,300
county median in state
Rate range
0.41%–2.03%
McMullen County → El Paso County
Lowest property tax rates in Texas
The five Texas counties with the lowest effective property tax rates, useful for buyers comparing total cost of ownership across the state.
Highest property tax rates in Texas
The five Texascounties with the highest effective property tax rates. High rates often reflect strong school district funding or municipal services rather than weakness — but they materially change a buyer's monthly carrying cost.
| County | Rate | Median home | Median taxes |
|---|
| El Paso County | 2.03% | $180,400 | $3,660 |
| Menard County | 1.95% | $108,500 | $2,111 |
| Mitchell County | 1.86% | $85,800 | $1,599 |
| Fort Bend County | 1.86% | $374,500 | $6,965 |
| Crosby County | 1.83% | $80,900 | $1,480 |
All 249 counties in Texas
Effective property tax rate, median home value, and median annual taxes paid for every county in Texas. Click a county to open its full property tax calculator and closing cost breakdown.
| County | Rate | Median home | Median taxes |
|---|
| Anderson County | 0.92% | $185,300 | $1,702 |
| Andrews County | 1.28% | $195,700 | $2,509 |
| Angelina County | 1.09% | $163,500 | $1,775 |
| Aransas County | 1.02% | $265,400 | $2,705 |
| Archer County | 1.21% | $189,100 | $2,296 |
| Armstrong County | 1.23% | $171,500 | $2,111 |
| Atascosa County | 1.29% | $174,800 | $2,254 |
| Austin County | 1.16% | $296,900 | $3,433 |
| Bailey County | 1.52% | $105,300 | $1,601 |
| Bandera County | 0.88% | $278,400 | $2,438 |
| Bastrop County | 1.42% | $314,800 | $4,453 |
| Baylor County | 1.25% | $103,100 | $1,288 |
| Bee County | 1.45% | $111,300 | $1,615 |
| Bell County | 1.44% | $241,000 | $3,476 |
| Bexar County | 1.73% | $262,200 | $4,535 |
| Blanco County | 0.93% | $483,500 | $4,510 |
| Borden County | 0.42% | $108,900 | $460 |
| Bosque County | 0.97% | $200,900 | $1,959 |
| Bowie County | 1.18% | $173,000 | $2,037 |
| Brazoria County | 1.66% | $301,600 | $5,001 |
| Brazos County | 1.54% | $296,000 | $4,568 |
| Brewster County | 1.13% | $227,000 | $2,574 |
| Briscoe County | 1.09% | $90,300 | $981 |
| Brooks County | 1.31% | $81,000 | $1,060 |
| Brown County | 1.11% | $158,900 | $1,770 |
| Burleson County | 0.95% | $191,000 | $1,816 |
| Burnet County | 1.06% | $344,000 | $3,639 |
| Caldwell County | 1.34% | $240,500 | $3,235 |
| Calhoun County | 1.26% | $171,200 | $2,153 |
| Callahan County | 0.91% | $145,500 | $1,318 |
| Cameron County | 1.50% | $136,500 | $2,042 |
| Camp County | 1.10% | $173,100 | $1,901 |
| Carson County | 1.19% | $143,000 | $1,705 |
| Cass County | 0.94% | $146,400 | $1,375 |
| Castro County | 0.92% | $95,000 | $876 |
| Chambers County | 1.05% | $329,500 | $3,474 |
| Cherokee County | 1.16% | $169,300 | $1,963 |
| Childress County | 1.19% | $125,400 | $1,496 |
| Clay County | 1.27% | $171,500 | $2,182 |
| Cochran County | 1.10% | $53,200 | $583 |
| Coke County | 1.16% | $117,900 | $1,372 |
| Coleman County | 1.35% | $92,500 | $1,252 |
| Collin County | 1.58% | $475,600 | $7,521 |
| Collingsworth County | 1.26% | $104,000 | $1,314 |
| Colorado County | 1.05% | $209,800 | $2,204 |
| Comal County | 1.13% | $427,200 | $4,833 |
| Comanche County | 1.35% | $155,600 | $2,096 |
| Concho County | 1.68% | $107,400 | $1,799 |
| Cooke County | 1.19% | $240,400 | $2,864 |
| Coryell County | 1.36% | $195,300 | $2,654 |
| Cottle County | 1.15% | $59,300 | $680 |
| Crane County | 1.04% | $129,400 | $1,346 |
| Crosby County | 1.83% | $80,900 | $1,480 |
| Culberson County | 0.97% | $79,300 | $769 |
| Dallam County | 1.15% | $151,400 | $1,736 |
| Dallas County | 1.58% | $303,000 | $4,798 |
| Dawson County | 1.62% | $103,400 | $1,677 |
| Deaf Smith County | 1.49% | $121,300 | $1,801 |
| Delta County | 0.95% | $164,300 | $1,563 |
| Denton County | 1.61% | $437,200 | $7,055 |
| DeWitt County | 0.86% | $170,900 | $1,469 |
| Dickens County | 1.44% | $65,300 | $939 |
| Dimmit County | 1.43% | $85,500 | $1,223 |
| Donley County | 1.16% | $96,400 | $1,117 |
| Duval County | 1.28% | $89,400 | $1,148 |
| Eastland County | 1.08% | $134,800 | $1,459 |
| Ector County | 1.27% | $200,200 | $2,538 |
| El Paso County | 2.03% | $180,400 | $3,660 |
| Ellis County | 1.35% | $348,600 | $4,697 |
| Erath County | 1.07% | $269,100 | $2,887 |
| Falls County | 1.37% | $110,900 | $1,522 |
| Fannin County | 1.08% | $233,700 | $2,529 |
| Fayette County | 0.89% | $293,900 | $2,611 |
| Fisher County | 1.73% | $78,600 | $1,359 |
| Floyd County | 1.23% | $89,600 | $1,107 |
| Foard County | 1.12% | $70,700 | $790 |
| Fort Bend County | 1.86% | $374,500 | $6,965 |
| Franklin County | 0.89% | $226,300 | $2,023 |
| Freestone County | 0.94% | $168,000 | $1,580 |
| Frio County | 1.55% | $107,700 | $1,670 |
| Gaines County | 1.57% | $200,700 | $3,142 |
| Galveston County | 1.41% | $314,600 | $4,442 |
| Garza County | 1.57% | $77,800 | $1,220 |
| Gillespie County | 0.98% | $460,700 | $4,496 |
| Glasscock County | 0.55% | $245,200 | $1,346 |
| Goliad County | 0.94% | $192,500 | $1,812 |
| Gonzales County | 1.31% | $159,100 | $2,084 |
| Gray County | 1.37% | $102,900 | $1,408 |
| Grayson County | 1.27% | $248,400 | $3,146 |
| Gregg County | 1.16% | $203,400 | $2,368 |
| Grimes County | 1.02% | $237,400 | $2,414 |
| Guadalupe County | 1.43% | $304,400 | $4,343 |
| Hale County | 1.31% | $116,500 | $1,525 |
| Hall County | 1.26% | $86,100 | $1,086 |
| Hamilton County | 1.26% | $147,700 | $1,863 |
| Hansford County | 1.81% | $124,800 | $2,261 |
| Hardeman County | 1.03% | $81,900 | $848 |
| Hardin County | 1.09% | $205,700 | $2,238 |
| Harris County | 1.62% | $276,600 | $4,489 |
| Harrison County | 0.97% | $180,400 | $1,758 |
| Hartley County | 1.01% | $262,500 | $2,645 |
| Haskell County | 1.16% | $98,700 | $1,140 |
| Hays County | 1.66% | $399,800 | $6,649 |
| Hemphill County | 1.16% | $205,700 | $2,390 |
| Henderson County | 0.94% | $211,300 | $1,991 |
| Hidalgo County | 1.62% | $140,900 | $2,279 |
| Hill County | 1.16% | $179,200 | $2,078 |
| Hockley County | 1.39% | $127,000 | $1,760 |
| Hood County | 1.05% | $306,400 | $3,217 |
| Hopkins County | 1.00% | $221,100 | $2,221 |
| Houston County | 0.84% | $164,900 | $1,387 |
| Howard County | 0.95% | $155,600 | $1,480 |
| Hudspeth County | 1.25% | $64,000 | $801 |
| Hunt County | 1.24% | $241,700 | $3,002 |
| Hutchinson County | 1.34% | $119,100 | $1,602 |
| Irion County | 0.70% | $204,400 | $1,424 |
| Jack County | 0.98% | $251,200 | $2,453 |
| Jackson County | 1.02% | $203,900 | $2,085 |
| Jasper County | 0.97% | $136,400 | $1,326 |
| Jeff Davis County | 0.60% | $226,200 | $1,365 |
| Jefferson County | 1.53% | $169,500 | $2,600 |
| Jim Hogg County | 0.97% | $129,400 | $1,258 |
| Jim Wells County | 1.15% | $123,600 | $1,426 |
| Johnson County | 1.24% | $285,900 | $3,557 |
| Jones County | 1.59% | $96,500 | $1,535 |
| Karnes County | 0.93% | $149,000 | $1,392 |
| Kaufman County | 1.68% | $320,900 | $5,377 |
| Kendall County | 1.10% | $512,700 | $5,656 |
| Kent County | 0.68% | $122,200 | $835 |
| Kerr County | 0.97% | $321,200 | $3,103 |
| Kimble County | 1.27% | $201,300 | $2,559 |
| King County | 1.08% | $52,100 | $564 |
| Kinney County | 1.41% | $82,000 | $1,158 |
| Kleberg County | 1.47% | $161,300 | $2,369 |
| Knox County | 1.60% | $77,300 | $1,237 |
| La Salle County | 1.47% | $97,800 | $1,434 |
| Lamar County | 0.87% | $200,700 | $1,748 |
| Lamb County | 1.11% | $82,400 | $919 |
| Lampasas County | 1.17% | $250,400 | $2,929 |
| Lavaca County | 0.89% | $228,300 | $2,041 |
| Lee County | 0.97% | $267,800 | $2,584 |
| Leon County | 0.69% | $186,400 | $1,283 |
| Liberty County | 1.17% | $181,700 | $2,133 |
| Limestone County | 1.19% | $164,200 | $1,953 |
| Lipscomb County | 1.41% | $124,300 | $1,748 |
| Live Oak County | 0.96% | $159,200 | $1,525 |
| Llano County | 0.75% | $356,500 | $2,658 |
| Lubbock County | 1.51% | $214,100 | $3,241 |
| Lynn County | 1.77% | $147,300 | $2,604 |
| Madison County | 0.98% | $176,200 | $1,726 |
| Marion County | 0.74% | $101,500 | $749 |
| Martin County | 0.91% | $174,800 | $1,587 |
| Mason County | 0.84% | $293,600 | $2,461 |
| Matagorda County | 1.35% | $172,900 | $2,328 |
| Maverick County | 1.24% | $158,700 | $1,976 |
| McCulloch County | 0.99% | $150,500 | $1,494 |
| McLennan County | 1.43% | $243,600 | $3,471 |
| McMullen County | 0.41% | $97,100 | $400 |
| Medina County | 1.32% | $239,600 | $3,165 |
| Menard County | 1.95% | $108,500 | $2,111 |
| Midland County | 1.23% | $312,700 | $3,832 |
| Milam County | 0.99% | $189,800 | $1,875 |
| Mills County | 0.78% | $223,700 | $1,740 |
| Mitchell County | 1.86% | $85,800 | $1,599 |
| Montague County | 0.92% | $206,400 | $1,902 |
| Montgomery County | 1.52% | $346,200 | $5,268 |
| Moore County | 1.30% | $152,600 | $1,985 |
| Morris County | 1.10% | $120,400 | $1,329 |
| Motley County | 1.03% | $88,000 | $904 |
| Nacogdoches County | 0.83% | $169,200 | $1,399 |
| Navarro County | 1.20% | $172,600 | $2,075 |
| Newton County | 0.82% | $103,100 | $846 |
| Nolan County | 1.53% | $96,300 | $1,475 |
| Nueces County | 1.59% | $208,800 | $3,330 |
| Ochiltree County | 1.42% | $134,400 | $1,906 |
| Oldham County | 1.09% | $162,800 | $1,780 |
| Orange County | 1.24% | $173,400 | $2,152 |
| Palo Pinto County | 1.11% | $198,000 | $2,204 |
| Panola County | 0.79% | $158,100 | $1,242 |
| Parker County | 1.40% | $375,900 | $5,249 |
| Parmer County | 1.28% | $146,700 | $1,872 |
| Pecos County | 1.03% | $165,700 | $1,707 |
| Polk County | 0.90% | $184,800 | $1,661 |
| Potter County | 1.46% | $147,300 | $2,145 |
| Presidio County | 1.24% | $121,300 | $1,506 |
| Rains County | 1.02% | $241,100 | $2,458 |
| Randall County | 1.51% | $238,800 | $3,610 |
| Reagan County | 0.92% | $171,500 | $1,579 |
| Real County | 1.07% | $112,500 | $1,207 |
| Red River County | 1.01% | $121,500 | $1,224 |
| Reeves County | 1.08% | $118,000 | $1,271 |
| Refugio County | 1.47% | $99,000 | $1,458 |
| Roberts County | 1.11% | $161,500 | $1,786 |
| Robertson County | 1.01% | $185,900 | $1,882 |
| Rockwall County | 1.54% | $415,500 | $6,396 |
| Runnels County | 1.37% | $109,300 | $1,498 |
| Rusk County | 1.05% | $171,300 | $1,793 |
| Sabine County | 0.82% | $153,100 | $1,260 |
| San Augustine County | 0.68% | $99,900 | $676 |
| San Jacinto County | 0.99% | $209,300 | $2,066 |
| San Patricio County | 1.49% | $192,400 | $2,866 |
| San Saba County | 0.90% | $168,700 | $1,513 |
| Schleicher County | 1.25% | $122,700 | $1,532 |
| Scurry County | 1.27% | $113,800 | $1,445 |
| Shackelford County | 1.15% | $174,800 | $2,004 |
| Shelby County | 1.01% | $101,500 | $1,024 |
| Sherman County | 1.72% | $146,900 | $2,531 |
| Smith County | 1.17% | $240,700 | $2,804 |
| Somervell County | 0.91% | $289,500 | $2,634 |
| Starr County | 1.14% | $95,100 | $1,083 |
| Stephens County | 1.48% | $110,200 | $1,633 |
| Sterling County | 1.29% | $147,000 | $1,894 |
| Sutton County | 1.23% | $155,700 | $1,907 |
| Swisher County | 1.72% | $86,300 | $1,487 |
| Tarrant County | 1.65% | $323,900 | $5,334 |
| Taylor County | 1.37% | $198,600 | $2,728 |
| Terrell County | 0.92% | $137,500 | $1,259 |
| Terry County | 1.69% | $105,400 | $1,779 |
| Throckmorton County | 1.28% | $89,500 | $1,148 |
| Titus County | 1.21% | $174,000 | $2,096 |
| Tom Green County | 1.29% | $197,000 | $2,532 |
| Travis County | 1.48% | $523,000 | $7,727 |
| Trinity County | 1.06% | $119,500 | $1,264 |
| Tyler County | 0.89% | $157,300 | $1,404 |
| Upshur County | 1.19% | $167,800 | $1,993 |
| Upton County | 1.08% | $109,000 | $1,177 |
| Uvalde County | 1.44% | $150,800 | $2,173 |
| Val Verde County | 1.43% | $164,600 | $2,354 |
| Van Zandt County | 1.03% | $222,100 | $2,298 |
| Victoria County | 1.46% | $209,900 | $3,061 |
| Walker County | 1.18% | $226,900 | $2,669 |
| Waller County | 1.27% | $318,700 | $4,046 |
| Ward County | 0.64% | $150,700 | $965 |
| Washington County | 1.09% | $288,100 | $3,143 |
| Webb County | 1.80% | $189,900 | $3,421 |
| Wharton County | 1.52% | $189,900 | $2,881 |
| Wheeler County | 1.39% | $106,100 | $1,470 |
| Wichita County | 1.64% | $153,700 | $2,522 |
| Wilbarger County | 1.60% | $89,400 | $1,432 |
| Willacy County | 1.69% | $73,600 | $1,240 |
| Williamson County | 1.61% | $447,000 | $7,205 |
| Wilson County | 1.22% | $321,300 | $3,928 |
| Winkler County | 0.76% | $148,200 | $1,119 |
| Wise County | 1.14% | $304,900 | $3,466 |
| Wood County | 0.88% | $216,500 | $1,900 |
| Yoakum County | 0.94% | $182,600 | $1,715 |
| Young County | 1.11% | $175,800 | $1,957 |
| Zapata County | 0.95% | $97,100 | $920 |
| Zavala County | 1.53% | $98,800 | $1,512 |
Source: US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, tables B25077 (median home value) and B25103 (median real estate taxes paid). Effective rate is computed as median taxes paid divided by median home value at the county level and represents the typical owner-occupied home — actual bills vary by purchase price, exemptions, and special assessments.