Property Tax & Income in Hamilton County, Texas
Hamilton County has an effective property tax rate of 1.26%. On the median home value of $147,700, that's roughly $1,863 per year. Median household income is $58,219.
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 | Hamilton County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.26% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $147,700 | — |
| 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 Hamilton County, TX
In Hamilton County, Texas, the median home value sits at $147,700, well below what buyers would pay in many larger markets. That lower price point comes with an effective property tax rate of 1.261%, which runs above the statewide median of 1.183% and ranks 103rd among the state's 250 counties. The resulting annual tax bill lands near $1,863, a figure that stays contained largely because home prices here are affordable to begin with. Households earning the median income of $58,219 would devote a little over three percent of that total to property taxes each year. Pottsville and Goldthwaite anchor the county, offering small-town living where the combination of cheap housing and a slightly elevated tax rate still yields one of the lower overall ownership costs around.