Property Tax & Income in Gregg County, Texas
Gregg County has an effective property tax rate of 1.16%. On the median home value of $203,400, that's roughly $2,368 per year. Median household income is $66,550.
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 | Gregg County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.16% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $203,400 | — |
| 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 Gregg County, TX
Gregg County’s property tax rate of 1.164% sits just under Texas’s statewide median of 1.183%, placing it 132nd among the state’s 250 counties. That ranking lands the county near the middle of the pack, suggesting homeowners in Longview and neighboring communities like Gladewater and Easton pay a rate close to what is customary across Texas. Measured against the national median of 0.794%, however, the county’s rate runs noticeably higher, a reflection of Texas’s broader reliance on property taxes rather than other revenue sources. On a median home value of $203,400, that rate yields an annual bill of about $2,368, set against a median household income of $66,550 and per-capita income of $33,893. The figures point to a county whose tax rate is unremarkable within its own state but elevated compared with most of the country.