Property Tax & Income in Dimmit County, Texas
Dimmit County has an effective property tax rate of 1.43%. On the median home value of $85,500, that's roughly $1,223 per year. Median household income is $38,808.
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 | Dimmit County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.43% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $85,500 | — |
| 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 Dimmit County, TX
Dimmit County's property tax rate of 1.430% sits well above both the Texas median of 1.183% and the national median of 0.794%, placing it 60th among the state's 250 counties. That ranking signals a heavier reliance on property taxes here than in much of Texas. A median home value of $85,500 produces an annual tax bill of about $1,223, a figure shaped as much by low home prices as by the rate itself. Households earning a median of $38,808, with per-capita income at $24,227, feel that bill differently than wealthier parts of the state would. Carrizo Springs, the largest community among Asherton, Big Wells, and Carrizo Springs, anchors a county where property taxes claim a larger share of local income than the statewide norm.