Property Tax & Income in Calhoun County, Texas
Calhoun County has an effective property tax rate of 1.26%. On the median home value of $171,200, that's roughly $2,153 per year. Median household income is $79,959.
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 | Calhoun County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.26% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $171,200 | — |
| 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 Calhoun County, TX
In Calhoun County, Texas, the median home value sits at $171,200, and the annual property tax bill on that home comes to about $2,153. That works out to an effective rate of 1.258%, which lands above Texas's statewide median of 1.183% and ranks 104th among the state's 250 counties. Nationally, the picture shifts: the U.S. median effective rate is just 0.794%, so buyers here pay a steeper share of home value in taxes than the average American. Still, the dollar figure matters for budgeting. With median household income at $79,959 and per-capita income of $44,362, the yearly tax obligation equals roughly 2.7% of a household's earnings. Port Lavaca, the largest community in the county, anchors much of the local housing stock.