Property Tax & Income in Cherokee County, Texas
Cherokee County has an effective property tax rate of 1.16%. On the median home value of $169,300, that's roughly $1,963 per year. Median household income is $61,261.
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 | Cherokee County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.16% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $169,300 | — |
| 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 Cherokee County, TX
Buying a home in Cherokee County, Texas, comes with a median price tag of $169,300, and the resulting annual property tax bill averages $1,963. That reflects an effective rate of 1.159%, which sits just under Texas's statewide median of 1.183% and ranks 135th among the state's 250 counties. Compared with the national median rate of 0.794%, though, this county's taxes run noticeably higher. Households here earn a median of $61,261, with per-capita income at $28,734, so the yearly tax obligation amounts to roughly three percent of a typical household's earnings. Communities like Jacksonville, along with Cuney and Gallatin, anchor the county. For someone weighing a move, the combination of below-average home prices and a tax rate that edges out most of Texas — even if it trails the nation — shapes what carrying costs look like over time.