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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Property Tax Bills in Texas

Ranked by dollars actually paid rather than by rate. This list looks very different from the rate ranking: expensive coastal counties appear here on the strength of their home values alone, even where the percentage is unremarkable.

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Texas ranked

#County Annual taxMedian homeEffective rate
1 Travis County $7,487$487,6001.535%
2 Collin County $7,432$447,6001.660%
3 Williamson County $7,079$414,6001.707%
4 Fort Bend County $6,965$350,3001.988%
5 Denton County $6,943$403,4001.721%
6 Hays County $6,420$371,4001.729%
7 Rockwall County $6,341$386,0001.643%
8 Kendall County $5,890$489,8001.203%
9 Montgomery County $5,237$317,5001.649%
10 Tarrant County $5,211$294,1001.772%
11 Kaufman County $5,036$290,8001.732%
12 Parker County $4,978$343,6001.449%
13 Brazoria County $4,831$276,8001.745%
14 Comal County $4,827$398,8001.210%
15 Dallas County $4,668$277,9001.680%
16 Brazos County $4,580$279,7001.637%
17 Ellis County $4,472$306,4001.460%
18 Bexar County $4,429$244,1001.814%
19 Gillespie County $4,404$432,3001.019%
20 Harris County $4,382$255,0001.718%
21 Guadalupe County $4,270$285,9001.494%
22 Galveston County $4,238$284,9001.488%
23 Blanco County $4,134$396,2001.043%
24 Bastrop County $4,077$269,5001.513%
25 Waller County $3,971$292,0001.360%
26 Wilson County $3,726$286,3001.301%
27 Midland County $3,697$293,0001.262%
28 Randall County $3,587$227,5001.577%
29 Burnet County $3,495$310,5001.126%
30 El Paso County $3,490$167,3002.086%
31 Austin County $3,464$270,9001.279%
32 Bell County $3,409$221,1001.542%
33 McLennan County $3,347$219,2001.527%
34 Webb County $3,312$178,9001.851%
35 Wise County $3,293$277,2001.188%
36 Chambers County $3,290$289,9001.135%
37 Nueces County $3,268$194,7001.678%
38 Johnson County $3,259$254,6001.280%
39 Hood County $3,240$281,3001.152%
40 Lubbock County $3,119$199,6001.563%
41 Kerr County $3,115$285,1001.093%
42 Washington County $3,105$270,1001.150%
43 Lampasas County $2,993$236,0001.268%
44 Grayson County $2,953$228,3001.293%
45 Victoria County $2,941$197,6001.488%
46 Medina County $2,881$220,0001.310%
47 Caldwell County $2,871$215,6001.332%
48 Erath County $2,836$251,9001.126%
49 Cooke County $2,794$224,6001.244%
50 San Patricio County $2,754$180,4001.527%
51 Smith County $2,749$220,8001.245%
52 Wharton County $2,749$182,7001.505%
53 Hunt County $2,736$210,9001.297%
54 Fayette County $2,734$271,1001.008%
55 Gaines County $2,721$185,3001.468%
56 Armstrong County $2,679$185,7001.443%
57 Taylor County $2,670$190,3001.403%
58 Brewster County $2,644$216,0001.224%
59 Hartley County $2,604$213,2001.221%
60 Llano County $2,587$322,3000.803%
61 Tom Green County $2,523$186,7001.351%
62 Jefferson County $2,513$159,6001.575%
63 Coryell County $2,509$177,4001.414%
64 Hemphill County $2,502$214,9001.164%
65 Wichita County $2,501$141,6001.766%
66 Andrews County $2,500$188,2001.328%
67 Grimes County $2,480$226,6001.094%
68 Kleberg County $2,457$152,2001.614%
69 Somervell County $2,452$253,6000.967%
70 Sherman County $2,450$125,5001.952%
71 Ector County $2,438$190,5001.280%
72 Aransas County $2,401$236,8001.014%
73 Lee County $2,399$247,5000.969%
74 Fannin County $2,356$213,5001.104%
75 Rains County $2,350$214,9001.094%
76 Bandera County $2,347$249,8000.940%
77 Archer County $2,317$175,3001.322%
78 Walker County $2,312$207,9001.112%
79 Shackelford County $2,276$176,9001.287%
80 Gregg County $2,271$185,8001.222%
81 Lynn County $2,268$130,8001.734%
82 Jack County $2,266$174,8001.296%
83 Uvalde County $2,260$144,4001.565%
84 Mason County $2,239$274,6000.815%
85 Val Verde County $2,233$151,5001.474%
86 Van Zandt County $2,204$199,5001.105%
87 Clay County $2,194$161,3001.360%
88 Hidalgo County $2,187$124,0001.764%
89 Hardin County $2,174$188,2001.155%
90 Kimble County $2,173$173,1001.255%
91 McMullen County $2,167$108,8001.992%
92 Hansford County $2,165$132,1001.639%
93 Palo Pinto County $2,147$167,3001.283%
94 Navarro County $2,119$159,9001.325%
95 Colorado County $2,117$194,0001.091%
96 Lavaca County $2,113$220,9000.957%
97 Maverick County $2,112$151,5001.394%
98 Upshur County $2,099$171,2001.226%
99 Calhoun County $2,095$150,0001.397%
100 Bowie County $2,091$161,3001.296%
101 Liberty County $2,091$167,1001.251%
102 San Jacinto County $2,086$183,1001.139%
103 Comanche County $2,082$137,8001.511%
104 Atascosa County $2,079$157,4001.321%
105 Hopkins County $2,072$193,2001.072%
106 Moore County $2,066$135,4001.526%
107 Dallam County $2,065$140,5001.470%
108 Orange County $2,036$163,4001.246%
109 Matagorda County $2,035$162,2001.255%
110 Potter County $2,028$134,9001.503%
111 Hill County $2,012$163,1001.234%
112 Young County $2,006$165,3001.214%
113 Parmer County $1,994$127,3001.566%
114 Gonzales County $1,949$158,9001.227%
115 Presidio County $1,949$123,1001.583%
116 Cameron County $1,946$120,0001.622%
117 Franklin County $1,944$213,2000.912%
118 Cherokee County $1,941$160,3001.211%
119 Sutton County $1,938$140,6001.378%
120 Ochiltree County $1,924$137,2001.402%
121 Hamilton County $1,918$124,8001.537%
122 Carson County $1,915$140,6001.362%
123 Titus County $1,897$157,9001.201%
124 Goliad County $1,892$182,8001.035%
125 Oldham County $1,878$144,8001.297%
126 Angelina County $1,872$149,8001.250%
127 Bosque County $1,859$184,5001.008%
128 Henderson County $1,859$189,6000.980%
129 Jackson County $1,847$175,5001.052%
130 Limestone County $1,833$154,4001.187%
131 Reagan County $1,825$163,7001.115%
132 Wood County $1,818$195,1000.932%
133 Burleson County $1,816$174,0001.044%
134 Harrison County $1,811$178,2001.016%
135 Montague County $1,802$189,4000.951%
136 Yoakum County $1,795$183,0000.981%
137 Milam County $1,789$168,9001.059%
138 Stephens County $1,779$105,7001.683%
139 Roberts County $1,776$176,8001.005%
140 Jim Hogg County $1,775$125,6001.413%
141 Mills County $1,762$200,2000.880%
142 Scurry County $1,761$110,8001.589%
143 Frio County $1,751$110,1001.590%
144 Lipscomb County $1,750$128,4001.363%
145 Menard County $1,747$105,3001.659%
146 Brown County $1,727$149,9001.152%
147 Madison County $1,722$149,1001.155%
148 Freestone County $1,705$164,4001.037%
149 Camp County $1,703$159,9001.065%
150 Childress County $1,694$115,1001.472%
151 Anderson County $1,688$173,4000.973%
152 Mitchell County $1,680$85,7001.960%
153 Rusk County $1,670$166,9001.001%
154 Lamar County $1,669$175,5000.951%
155 Hockley County $1,668$112,7001.480%
156 Terry County $1,645$111,2001.479%
157 Howard County $1,642$150,3001.092%
158 San Saba County $1,628$161,8001.006%
159 Schleicher County $1,621$113,4001.429%
160 Concho County $1,600$105,8001.512%
161 Polk County $1,597$154,0001.037%
162 Deaf Smith County $1,590$116,0001.371%
163 Callahan County $1,587$144,8001.096%
164 Robertson County $1,583$172,7000.917%
165 La Salle County $1,577$101,0001.561%
166 Crane County $1,568$119,9001.308%
167 Dawson County $1,567$90,8001.726%
168 Swisher County $1,555$89,2001.743%
169 Sterling County $1,535$143,2001.072%
170 Bailey County $1,533$104,4001.468%
171 Runnels County $1,518$103,7001.464%
172 Hutchinson County $1,515$102,2001.482%
173 Nolan County $1,485$98,3001.511%
174 Pecos County $1,477$142,9001.034%
175 Hale County $1,471$106,1001.386%
176 Nacogdoches County $1,464$158,2000.925%
177 Bee County $1,461$102,8001.421%
178 Delta County $1,456$149,4000.975%
179 Irion County $1,456$152,6000.954%
180 Wilbarger County $1,456$98,8001.474%
181 Eastland County $1,451$121,7001.192%
182 DeWitt County $1,437$167,2000.859%
183 Gray County $1,435$100,4001.429%
184 McCulloch County $1,435$104,4001.375%
185 Martin County $1,434$162,2000.884%
186 Falls County $1,429$97,3001.469%
187 Houston County $1,429$155,1000.921%
188 Tyler County $1,428$138,4001.032%
189 Jones County $1,425$92,7001.537%
190 Cass County $1,419$133,5001.063%
191 Wheeler County $1,411$97,6001.446%
192 Collingsworth County $1,378$108,4001.271%
193 Crosby County $1,345$75,5001.781%
194 Karnes County $1,344$136,9000.982%
195 Reeves County $1,343$113,7001.181%
196 Coke County $1,340$112,9001.187%
197 Leon County $1,339$177,4000.755%
198 Refugio County $1,325$94,4001.404%
199 Fisher County $1,323$77,6001.705%
200 Red River County $1,317$133,8000.984%
201 Garza County $1,316$79,3001.660%
202 Sabine County $1,315$131,9000.997%
203 Panola County $1,313$146,0000.899%
204 Jim Wells County $1,311$104,8001.251%
205 Jasper County $1,304$125,9001.036%
206 Morris County $1,298$110,2001.178%
207 Jeff Davis County $1,283$234,4000.547%
208 Live Oak County $1,255$142,3000.882%
209 Zavala County $1,254$88,1001.423%
210 Coleman County $1,248$91,2001.368%
211 Kinney County $1,244$88,5001.406%
212 Knox County $1,244$66,8001.862%
213 Terrell County $1,222$152,2000.803%
214 Trinity County $1,219$110,1001.107%
215 Upton County $1,197$106,3001.126%
216 Willacy County $1,164$60,8001.914%
217 Baylor County $1,163$93,3001.247%
218 Glasscock County $1,154$248,6000.464%
219 Winkler County $1,154$121,2000.952%
220 Shelby County $1,143$111,7001.023%
221 Floyd County $1,090$101,0001.079%
222 Castro County $1,067$94,9001.124%
223 Starr County $1,047$93,3001.122%
224 Brooks County $1,042$82,7001.260%
225 Haskell County $1,028$92,0001.117%
226 Donley County $1,019$90,5001.126%
227 Kent County $988$108,9000.907%
228 Hall County $972$80,2001.212%
229 Throckmorton County $969$84,2001.151%
230 Duval County $931$86,4001.078%
231 Dimmit County $917$80,3001.142%
232 Lamb County $913$76,6001.192%
233 Zapata County $912$88,8001.027%
234 Hardeman County $905$76,5001.183%
235 Briscoe County $899$82,9001.084%
236 Motley County $890$81,1001.097%
237 Dickens County $888$65,0001.366%
238 Marion County $870$110,5000.787%
239 Newton County $856$83,1001.030%
240 Foard County $844$71,4001.182%
241 Ward County $833$138,8000.600%
242 Edwards County $823$78,3001.051%
243 Stonewall County $744$54,7001.360%
244 Culberson County $726$84,5000.859%
245 Cochran County $684$57,7001.185%
246 San Augustine County $681$83,5000.816%
247 Hudspeth County $677$57,4001.179%
248 Cottle County $623$54,1001.152%
249 Borden County $493$105,4000.468%
250 Crockett County $466$140,0000.333%

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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