Property Tax & Income in Cochran County, Texas
Cochran County has an effective property tax rate of 1.10%. On the median home value of $53,200, that's roughly $583 per year. Median household income is $45,313.
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 | Cochran County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.10% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $53,200 | — |
| 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 Cochran County, TX
Cochran County’s effective property tax rate of 1.096% sits below Texas’s statewide median of 1.183%, placing it 156th among the state’s 250 counties. That gap signals a lighter tax load than many Texas communities carry, though it remains well above the national median of 0.794%. With a median home value of $53,200, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to about $583. Households here earn a median of $45,313, and per-capita income is $22,752. Among the county’s communities, which include Bledsoe, Whiteface, and Levelland, property values and tax bills stay comparatively contained. The county’s position below the state median but above the national one reflects a middle ground: cheaper than much of Texas, yet still carrying costs that exceed what many homeowners elsewhere in the country pay.