Property Tax & Income in Austin County, Texas
Austin County has an effective property tax rate of 1.16%. On the median home value of $296,900, that's roughly $3,433 per year. Median household income is $75,789.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Austin County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.16% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $296,900 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 8.20% combined | 8.20% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Austin County, TX
Austin County’s effective property tax rate of 1.156% sits just under Texas’s statewide median of 1.183%, placing it 137th among the state’s 250 counties. That ranking signals a middle-of-the-pack position within Texas, where rates tend to run well above the national median of 0.794%. A median home value of $296,900 generates an annual real-estate tax bill of about $3,433, while median household income reaches $75,789 and per-capita income $37,650. The gap between the county’s rate and the national figure reflects broader regional patterns rather than anything distinctive about Austin County itself. Communities such as Sealy, Bellville, and San Felipe fall within its boundaries, and homeowners there face tax levels broadly consistent with what much of Texas charges.