Property Tax & Income in Duval County, Texas
Duval County has an effective property tax rate of 1.28%. On the median home value of $89,400, that's roughly $1,148 per year. Median household income is $49,038.
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 | Duval County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.28% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $89,400 | — |
| 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 Duval County, TX
Duval County’s effective property tax rate of 1.284% sits above Texas’s statewide median of 1.183% and well above the national median of 0.794%. Within Texas, the county ranks 91st out of 250 counties by rate, placing it in the higher half statewide. That gap signals homeowners here face a heavier tax load than many elsewhere. The median home value is $89,400, producing a median annual real-estate tax bill of $1,148. With median household income at $49,038 and per-capita income at $22,146, property taxes take a meaningful share of local earnings. Communities such as Freer, Benavides, and Concepcion fall under this county’s taxing structure, so the rate applies across these smaller towns. Compared with national norms, Duval County’s rate is notably steeper, reflecting a local reliance on property taxation that exceeds what most U.S. homeowners encounter.