As the state with the second highest property tax rates in the U.S., it’s no surprise that many Texans find themselves looking at their hefty annual home tax bills and asking themselves, “Where do my property tax dollars go?” For those in the Greater Houston metro area, property tax rates are some of the highest in the state, leaving many Houston homeowners struggling to pay their annual property tax bills. Each year, city and county governments, school districts, and special districts set budgets and request property taxes to cover these expenses. Prior to sending out annual property tax bills, your city should publish proposed budgets, and in many situations, you may be able to attend public meetings to give feedback regarding the proposed budgets. In this blog, you can find information about property tax rates in the Greater Houston metro area from the most recent tax season.
Municipal Taxes
This funding is used to support the needs of the city, including funding local government, road work, and other necessary expenditures. This year’s municipal property tax breakdown in the Greater Houston area is as follows:
- Alvin – 0.79%
- Ames – 0.61%
- Anahuac – 0.71%
- Angleton – 0.71%
- Arcola – 0.84%
- Bailey’s Prairie – 0.07%
- Bayou Vista – 0.39%
- Baytown – 0.82%
- Beasley – 0.37%
- Bellaire – 0.42%
- Bellville – 0.28%
- Brazoria – 0.72%
- Brookshire – 0.64%
- Brookside Village – 0.53%
- Bunker Hill Village – 0.28%
- Cleveland – 0.77%
- Clute – 0.63%
- Conroe – 0.42%
- Daisetta – 0.55%
- Danbury – 0.77%
- Dayton – 0.67%
- Deer Park – 0.72%
- Dickinson – 0.41%
- El Lago – 0.53%
- Freeport – 0.63%
- Friendswood – 0.53%
- Fulshear – 0.16%
- Galena Park – 1.04%
- Galveston – 0.56%
- Hardin – 0.24%
- Hedwig Village – 0.27%
- Hempstead – 0.46%
- Hitchcock – 0.50%
- Houston – 0.58%
- Humble – 0.23%
- Hunters Creek Village – 0.18%
- Iowa Colony – 0.43%
- Jacinto City – 0.78%
- Jersey Village – 0.74%
- Katy – 0.49%
- Kemah – 0.19%
- La Marque – 0.49%
- La Porte – 0.71%
- Lake Jackson – 0.34%
- League City – 0.57%
- Liberty – 0.61%
- Liverpool – 0.19%
- Magnolia – 0.47%
- Manvel – 0.57%
- Meadows Place – 0.83%
- Missouri City – 0.60%
- Mont Belvieu – 0.44%
- Montgomery – 0.42%
- Nassau Bay – 0.74%
- Needville – 0.40%
- Oak Ridge North – 0.45%
- Orchard – 0.36%
- Pasadena – 0.58%
- Patton Village – 0.26%
- Pearland – 0.69%
- Pinehurst – 0.70%
- Piney Point Village – 0.26%
- Prairie View – 0.73%
- Richmond – 0.71%
- Roman Forest – 0.74%
- Rosenberg – 0.46%
- San Felipe – 0.15%
- Santa Fe – 0.33%
- Seabrook – 0.57%
- Sealy – 0.42%
- Shenandoah – 0.21%
- Shoreacres – 0.79%
- Simonton – 0.22%
- South Houston – 0.64%
- Southside Place – 0.32%
- Splendora – 0.41%
- Spring Valley Village – 0.43%
- Stagecoach – 0.46%
- Sugar Land – 0.32%
- Surfside Beach – 0.36%
- Sweeny – 0.86%
- Taylor Lake Village – 0.27%
- Texas City – 0.58%
- The Woodlands – 0.23%
- Tiki Island – 0.32%
- Tomball – 0.34%
- Waller – 0.47%
- Wallis – 0.66%
- Webster – 0.32%
- West Columbia – 0.82%
- West University Place – 0.32%
- Willis – 0.64%
- Woodbranch Village – 0.38%
County Taxes
County taxes cover the budgetary needs of the county. This year’s county property tax breakdown in the Greater Houston area is as follows:
- Austin – 0.55%
- Brazoria – 0.44%
- Chambers – 0.54%
- Fort Bend – 0.45%
- Galveston – 0.55%
- Harris – 0.64%
- Liberty – 0.58%
- Montgomery – 0.64%
- Waller – 0.62%
School District Taxes
In the state of Texas, school district taxes make up the bulk of the annual property tax percentages. This year’s school district property tax breakdown in the Greater Houston area is as follows:
- Aldine ISD – 1.37%
- Alief ISD – 1.33%
- Alvin ISD – 1.45%
- Anahuac ISD – 1.47%
- Angleton ISD – 1.46%
- Barbers Hill ISD – 1.33%
- Bellville ISD – 1.26%
- Brazos ISD – 1.43%
- Brazosport ISD – 1.26%
- Channelview ISD – 1.40%
- Clear Creek ISD – 1.40%
- Cleveland ISD – 1.42%
- Columbia-Brazoria ISD – 1.27%
- Conroe ISD – 1.28%
- Crosby ISD – 1.67%
- Cypress-Fairbanks ISD – 1.44%
- Damon ISD – 1.17%
- Danbury ISD – 1.25%
- Dayton ISD – 1.39%
- Deer Park ISD – 1.56%
- Devers ISD – 1.13%
- Dickinson ISD – 1.52%
- East Chambers ISD – 1.29%
- Fort Bend ISD – 1.32%
- Friendswood ISD – 1.37%
- Galena Park ISD – 1.56%
- Galveston ISD – 1.16%
- Goose Creek CISD – 1.43%
- Hardin ISD – 1.33%
- Hempstead ISD – 1.38%
- High Island ISD – 1.27%
- Hitchcock ISD – 1.52%
- Houston ISD – 1.21%
- Huffman ISD – 1.40%
- Hull-Daisetta ISD – 1.31%
- Humble ISD – 1.52%
- Katy ISD – 1.52%
- Klein ISD – 1.43%
- La Porte ISD – 1.38%
- Lamar CISD – 1.39%
- Liberty ISD – 1.39%
- Magnolia ISD – 1.38%
- Montgomery ISD – 1.37%
- Needville ISD – 1.54%
- New Caney ISD – 1.67%
- Pasadena ISD – 1.48%
- Pearland ISD – 1.42%
- Royal ISD – 1.53%
- Santa Fe ISD – 1.40%
- Sealy ISD – 1.39%
- Sheldon ISD – 1.47%
- Splendora ISD 1.60%
- Spring Branch ISD – 1.39%
- Spring ISD – 1.51%
- Stafford MSD 1.23%
- Sweeny ISD – 1.21%
- Tarkington ISD – 1.15%
- Texas City ISD – 1.43%
- Tomball ISD – 1.34%
- Waller ISD – 1.44%
- Willis ISD – 1.39%
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