TEXAS PROPERTY TAX · 2026
Texas property tax calculator
Texas's effective property tax rate is 1.402%: owner-occupiers paid a median $4,232 a year on homes with a median value of $283,800. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $4,206.00 a year.
Property tax estimate
- Property tax a year
- $4,206.00
- A month
- $350.50
- Rate
- 1.402%, statewide
Texas property tax by county
| County | Effective rate | Median tax | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | 0.911% | $1,702 | $185,300 |
| Andrews County | 1.132% | $2,509 | $195,700 |
| Angelina County | 1.133% | $1,775 | $163,500 |
| Aransas County | 1.007% | $2,705 | $265,400 |
| Archer County | 1.287% | $2,296 | $189,100 |
| Armstrong County | 1.059% | $2,111 | $171,500 |
| Atascosa County | 1.151% | $2,254 | $174,800 |
| Austin County | 1.002% | $3,433 | $296,900 |
| Bailey County | 0.737% | $1,601 | $105,300 |
| Bandera County | 0.811% | $2,438 | $278,400 |
| Bastrop County | 1.166% | $4,453 | $314,800 |
| Baylor County | 0.541% | $1,288 | $103,100 |
| Bee County | 1.248% | $1,615 | $111,300 |
| Bell County | 1.211% | $3,476 | $241,000 |
| Bexar County | 1.555% | $4,535 | $262,200 |
| Blanco County | 1.023% | $4,510 | $483,500 |
| Borden County | 0.224% | $460 | $108,900 |
| Bosque County | 0.859% | $1,959 | $200,900 |
| Bowie County | 1.171% | $2,037 | $173,000 |
| Brazoria County | 1.69% | $5,001 | $301,600 |
| Brazos County | 1.379% | $4,568 | $296,000 |
| Brewster County | 0.978% | $2,574 | $227,000 |
| Briscoe County | 0.736% | $981 | $90,300 |
| Brooks County | 1.15% | $1,060 | $81,000 |
| Brown County | 1.129% | $1,770 | $158,900 |
| Burleson County | 1.007% | $1,816 | $191,000 |
| Burnet County | 0.943% | $3,639 | $344,000 |
| Caldwell County | 1.046% | $3,235 | $240,500 |
| Calhoun County | 0.997% | $2,153 | $171,200 |
| Callahan County | 0.778% | $1,318 | $145,500 |
| Cameron County | 1.346% | $2,042 | $136,500 |
| Camp County | 0.978% | $1,901 | $173,100 |
| Carson County | 1.356% | $1,705 | $143,000 |
| Cass County | 0.665% | $1,375 | $146,400 |
| Castro County | 1.201% | $876 | $95,000 |
| Chambers County | 1.015% | $3,474 | $329,500 |
| Cherokee County | 0.95% | $1,963 | $169,300 |
| Childress County | 1.401% | $1,496 | $125,400 |
| Clay County | 1.014% | $2,182 | $171,500 |
| Cochran County | 1.008% | $583 | $53,200 |
| Coke County | 0.944% | $1,372 | $117,900 |
| Coleman County | 0.942% | $1,252 | $92,500 |
| Collin County | 1.479% | $7,521 | $475,600 |
| Collingsworth County | 0.914% | $1,314 | $104,000 |
| Colorado County | 0.775% | $2,204 | $209,800 |
| Comal County | 1.042% | $4,833 | $427,200 |
| Comanche County | 0.983% | $2,096 | $155,600 |
| Concho County | 0.995% | $1,799 | $107,400 |
| Cooke County | 1.062% | $2,864 | $240,400 |
| Coryell County | 1.001% | $2,654 | $195,300 |
| Cottle County | 1.145% | $680 | $59,300 |
| Crane County | 0.954% | $1,346 | $129,400 |
| Crockett County | 1.237% | $416 | — |
| Crosby County | 1.159% | $1,480 | $80,900 |
| Culberson County | 1.141% | $769 | $79,300 |
| Dallam County | 1.202% | $1,736 | $151,400 |
| Dallas County | 1.445% | $4,798 | $303,000 |
| Dawson County | 1.463% | $1,677 | $103,400 |
| Deaf Smith County | 1.453% | $1,801 | $121,300 |
| Delta County | 1.157% | $1,563 | $164,300 |
| Denton County | 1.455% | $7,055 | $437,200 |
| DeWitt County | 0.864% | $1,469 | $170,900 |
| Dickens County | 0.918% | $939 | $65,300 |
| Dimmit County | 0.817% | $1,223 | $85,500 |
| Donley County | 0.763% | $1,117 | $96,400 |
| Duval County | 0.989% | $1,148 | $89,400 |
| Eastland County | 0.994% | $1,459 | $134,800 |
| Ector County | 1.275% | $2,538 | $200,200 |
| Edwards County | 0.66% | $742 | — |
| El Paso County | 1.802% | $3,660 | $180,400 |
| Ellis County | 1.238% | $4,697 | $348,600 |
| Erath County | 0.88% | $2,887 | $269,100 |
| Falls County | 0.969% | $1,522 | $110,900 |
| Fannin County | 0.859% | $2,529 | $233,700 |
| Fayette County | 0.729% | $2,611 | $293,900 |
| Fisher County | 1.009% | $1,359 | $78,600 |
| Floyd County | 1.449% | $1,107 | $89,600 |
| Foard County | 1.344% | $790 | $70,700 |
| Fort Bend County | 1.768% | $6,965 | $374,500 |
| Franklin County | 0.812% | $2,023 | $226,300 |
| Freestone County | 0.983% | $1,580 | $168,000 |
| Frio County | 1.329% | $1,670 | $107,700 |
| Gaines County | 1.498% | $3,142 | $200,700 |
| Galveston County | 1.399% | $4,442 | $314,600 |
| Garza County | 1.332% | $1,220 | $77,800 |
| Gillespie County | 0.831% | $4,496 | $460,700 |
| Glasscock County | 0.604% | $1,346 | $245,200 |
| Goliad County | 0.954% | $1,812 | $192,500 |
| Gonzales County | 0.907% | $2,084 | $159,100 |
| Gray County | 1.438% | $1,408 | $102,900 |
| Grayson County | 1.227% | $3,146 | $248,400 |
| Gregg County | 1.159% | $2,368 | $203,400 |
| Grimes County | 0.905% | $2,414 | $237,400 |
| Guadalupe County | 1.189% | $4,343 | $304,400 |
| Hale County | 1.305% | $1,525 | $116,500 |
| Hall County | 1.185% | $1,086 | $86,100 |
| Hamilton County | 0.813% | $1,863 | $147,700 |
| Hansford County | 1.43% | $2,261 | $124,800 |
| Hardeman County | 0.863% | $848 | $81,900 |
| Hardin County | 1.157% | $2,238 | $205,700 |
| Harris County | 1.505% | $4,489 | $276,600 |
| Harrison County | 0.958% | $1,758 | $180,400 |
| Hartley County | 1.08% | $2,645 | $262,500 |
| Haskell County | 0.961% | $1,140 | $98,700 |
| Hays County | 1.403% | $6,649 | $399,800 |
| Hemphill County | 1.24% | $2,390 | $205,700 |
| Henderson County | 0.976% | $1,991 | $211,300 |
| Hidalgo County | 1.633% | $2,279 | $140,900 |
| Hill County | 1.05% | $2,078 | $179,200 |
| Hockley County | 0.943% | $1,760 | $127,000 |
| Hood County | 0.974% | $3,217 | $306,400 |
| Hopkins County | 0.676% | $2,221 | $221,100 |
| Houston County | 0.748% | $1,387 | $164,900 |
| Howard County | 1.114% | $1,480 | $155,600 |
| Hudspeth County | 0.948% | $801 | $64,000 |
| Hunt County | 1.182% | $3,002 | $241,700 |
| Hutchinson County | 1.448% | $1,602 | $119,100 |
| Irion County | 1.165% | $1,424 | $204,400 |
| Jack County | 0.838% | $2,453 | $251,200 |
| Jackson County | 1.058% | $2,085 | $203,900 |
| Jasper County | 0.89% | $1,326 | $136,400 |
| Jeff Davis County | 0.515% | $1,365 | $226,200 |
| Jefferson County | 1.501% | $2,600 | $169,500 |
| Jim Hogg County | 1.339% | $1,258 | $129,400 |
| Jim Wells County | 1.213% | $1,426 | $123,600 |
| Johnson County | 1.194% | $3,557 | $285,900 |
| Jones County | 1.2% | $1,535 | $96,500 |
| Karnes County | 0.614% | $1,392 | $149,000 |
| Kaufman County | 1.488% | $5,377 | $320,900 |
| Kendall County | 1.004% | $5,656 | $512,700 |
| Kenedy County | 0.806% | — | — |
| Kent County | 0.517% | $835 | $122,200 |
| Kerr County | 0.89% | $3,103 | $321,200 |
| Kimble County | 0.881% | $2,559 | $201,300 |
| Kinney County | 1.247% | $1,158 | $82,000 |
| Kleberg County | 1.443% | $2,369 | $161,300 |
| Knox County | 1.538% | $1,237 | $77,300 |
| La Salle County | 1.257% | $1,434 | $97,800 |
| Lamar County | 0.879% | $1,748 | $200,700 |
| Lamb County | 1.116% | $919 | $82,400 |
| Lampasas County | 0.761% | $2,929 | $250,400 |
| Lavaca County | 0.757% | $2,041 | $228,300 |
| Lee County | 0.876% | $2,584 | $267,800 |
| Leon County | 0.621% | $1,283 | $186,400 |
| Liberty County | 1.2% | $2,133 | $181,700 |
| Limestone County | 0.944% | $1,953 | $164,200 |
| Lipscomb County | 1.353% | $1,748 | $124,300 |
| Live Oak County | 0.754% | $1,525 | $159,200 |
| Llano County | 0.68% | $2,658 | $356,500 |
| Lubbock County | 1.497% | $3,241 | $214,100 |
| Lynn County | 1.331% | $2,604 | $147,300 |
| Madison County | 0.958% | $1,726 | $176,200 |
| Marion County | 0.9% | $749 | $101,500 |
| Martin County | 0.718% | $1,587 | $174,800 |
| Mason County | 0.642% | $2,461 | $293,600 |
| Matagorda County | 1.224% | $2,328 | $172,900 |
| Maverick County | 1.325% | $1,976 | $158,700 |
| McCulloch County | 1.046% | $1,494 | $150,500 |
| McLennan County | 1.358% | $3,471 | $243,600 |
| McMullen County | 0.844% | $400 | $97,100 |
| Medina County | 1.234% | $3,165 | $239,600 |
| Menard County | 1.131% | $2,111 | $108,500 |
| Midland County | 1.191% | $3,832 | $312,700 |
| Milam County | 0.921% | $1,875 | $189,800 |
| Mills County | 0.67% | $1,740 | $223,700 |
| Mitchell County | 1.676% | $1,599 | $85,800 |
| Montague County | 0.876% | $1,902 | $206,400 |
| Montgomery County | 1.444% | $5,268 | $346,200 |
| Moore County | 1.349% | $1,985 | $152,600 |
| Morris County | 0.956% | $1,329 | $120,400 |
| Motley County | 0.964% | $904 | $88,000 |
| Nacogdoches County | 0.857% | $1,399 | $169,200 |
| Navarro County | 1.046% | $2,075 | $172,600 |
| Newton County | 0.872% | $846 | $103,100 |
| Nolan County | 1.396% | $1,475 | $96,300 |
| Nueces County | 1.397% | $3,330 | $208,800 |
| Ochiltree County | 1.445% | $1,906 | $134,400 |
| Oldham County | 1.141% | $1,780 | $162,800 |
| Orange County | 1.228% | $2,152 | $173,400 |
| Palo Pinto County | 1.066% | $2,204 | $198,000 |
| Panola County | 0.883% | $1,242 | $158,100 |
| Parker County | 1.273% | $5,249 | $375,900 |
| Parmer County | 1.235% | $1,872 | $146,700 |
| Pecos County | 0.795% | $1,707 | $165,700 |
| Polk County | 0.919% | $1,661 | $184,800 |
| Potter County | 1.415% | $2,145 | $147,300 |
| Presidio County | 1.018% | $1,506 | $121,300 |
| Rains County | 1.116% | $2,458 | $241,100 |
| Randall County | 1.369% | $3,610 | $238,800 |
| Reagan County | 0.86% | $1,579 | $171,500 |
| Real County | 0.707% | $1,207 | $112,500 |
| Red River County | 0.742% | $1,224 | $121,500 |
| Reeves County | 0.972% | $1,271 | $118,000 |
| Refugio County | 1.093% | $1,458 | $99,000 |
| Roberts County | 0.927% | $1,786 | $161,500 |
| Robertson County | 0.69% | $1,882 | $185,900 |
| Rockwall County | 1.421% | $6,396 | $415,500 |
| Runnels County | 1.384% | $1,498 | $109,300 |
| Rusk County | 0.908% | $1,793 | $171,300 |
| Sabine County | 0.793% | $1,260 | $153,100 |
| San Augustine County | 0.524% | $676 | $99,900 |
| San Jacinto County | 0.943% | $2,066 | $209,300 |
| San Patricio County | 1.307% | $2,866 | $192,400 |
| San Saba County | 0.576% | $1,513 | $168,700 |
| Schleicher County | 1.065% | $1,532 | $122,700 |
| Scurry County | 1.365% | $1,445 | $113,800 |
| Shackelford County | 1.198% | $2,004 | $174,800 |
| Shelby County | 0.641% | $1,024 | $101,500 |
| Sherman County | 1.586% | $2,531 | $146,900 |
| Smith County | 1.148% | $2,804 | $240,700 |
| Somervell County | 0.653% | $2,634 | $289,500 |
| Starr County | 1.218% | $1,083 | $95,100 |
| Stephens County | 1.138% | $1,633 | $110,200 |
| Sterling County | 0.892% | $1,894 | $147,000 |
| Stonewall County | 1.463% | $872 | $48,600 |
| Sutton County | 1.59% | $1,907 | $155,700 |
| Swisher County | 1.389% | $1,487 | $86,300 |
| Tarrant County | 1.535% | $5,334 | $323,900 |
| Taylor County | 1.247% | $2,728 | $198,600 |
| Terrell County | 0.958% | $1,259 | $137,500 |
| Terry County | 1.451% | $1,779 | $105,400 |
| Throckmorton County | 1.001% | $1,148 | $89,500 |
| Titus County | 1.102% | $2,096 | $174,000 |
| Tom Green County | 1.293% | $2,532 | $197,000 |
| Travis County | 1.314% | $7,727 | $523,000 |
| Trinity County | 0.976% | $1,264 | $119,500 |
| Tyler County | 0.972% | $1,404 | $157,300 |
| Upshur County | 1.089% | $1,993 | $167,800 |
| Upton County | 1.074% | $1,177 | $109,000 |
| Uvalde County | 1.157% | $2,173 | $150,800 |
| Val Verde County | 1.315% | $2,354 | $164,600 |
| Van Zandt County | 0.844% | $2,298 | $222,100 |
| Victoria County | 1.416% | $3,061 | $209,900 |
| Walker County | 1.061% | $2,669 | $226,900 |
| Waller County | 1.275% | $4,046 | $318,700 |
| Ward County | 0.33% | $965 | $150,700 |
| Washington County | 0.789% | $3,143 | $288,100 |
| Webb County | 1.578% | $3,421 | $189,900 |
| Wharton County | 1.307% | $2,881 | $189,900 |
| Wheeler County | 1.436% | $1,470 | $106,100 |
| Wichita County | 1.553% | $2,522 | $153,700 |
| Wilbarger County | 1.481% | $1,432 | $89,400 |
| Willacy County | 1.46% | $1,240 | $73,600 |
| Williamson County | 1.504% | $7,205 | $447,000 |
| Wilson County | 1.195% | $3,928 | $321,300 |
| Winkler County | 0.756% | $1,119 | $148,200 |
| Wise County | 1.089% | $3,466 | $304,900 |
| Wood County | 0.734% | $1,900 | $216,500 |
| Yoakum County | 1.119% | $1,715 | $182,600 |
| Young County | 1.176% | $1,957 | $175,800 |
| Zapata County | 0.687% | $920 | $97,100 |
| Zavala County | 1.304% | $1,512 | $98,800 |
Texas homestead exemption
- Texas exempts $140,000 of a homestead's value from school district taxes, and any taxing unit may exempt up to 20% of the value (at least $5,000).
- Owners 65 or older or disabled get another $60,000 off for school taxes, and their school taxes cannot rise while they live in the home.
- A homestead's appraised value can rise at most 10% a year, plus new improvements.
- Apply to the county appraisal district before May 1.
This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.
Texas property tax questions
How much is property tax in Texas?
Texas's effective property tax rate is 1.402%: owner-occupiers paid a median $4,232 a year on homes with a median value of $283,800. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $4,206.00 a year.
Which county in Texas has the highest property tax?
El Paso County, with an effective rate of 1.802%; Borden County has the lowest, at 0.224%. On a $300,000 home that is $5,406.00 a year in El Paso County and $672.00 in Borden County.
Does Texas have a homestead exemption?
Texas exempts $140,000 of a homestead's value from school district taxes, and any taxing unit may exempt up to 20% of the value (at least $5,000). The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.
Why might a Texas tax bill differ from this estimate?
The rate is what owner-occupiers in Texas paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
What the calculator leaves out
- The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
- The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
- An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
- Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.
Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.
Sources
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25090: aggregate real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25082: aggregate value of owner-occupied homes
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25103: median real estate taxes paid
- Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 table B25077: median home value
- Texas Comptroller: property tax exemptions
- Texas Tax Code chapter 11
- Texas Tax Code chapter 23