Property Tax & Income in Hidalgo County, Texas
Hidalgo County has an effective property tax rate of 1.62%. On the median home value of $140,900, that's roughly $2,279 per year. Median household income is $54,338.
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 | Hidalgo County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.62% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $140,900 | — |
| 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 Hidalgo County, TX
Property taxes in Hidalgo County run well above both state and national norms. The county's 1.617% effective rate outpaces Texas's 1.183% median and more than doubles the national figure of 0.794%, placing it 24th among the state's 250 counties. That higher rate shows up in actual bills: with a median home value of $140,900, the median annual real-estate tax comes to $2,279. Against a median household income of $54,338 and per-capita income of $23,117, that levy takes a noticeable bite. Homeowners in Edinburg, McAllen, Mission and elsewhere across the county face a rate that reflects Texas's reliance on property taxes in place of a state income tax, a structure that weighs more heavily here than in most of the country.