Property Tax & Income in Jones County, Texas
Jones County has an effective property tax rate of 1.59%. On the median home value of $96,500, that's roughly $1,535 per year. Median household income is $59,464.
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 | Jones County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.59% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $96,500 | — |
| 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 Jones County, TX
Buying a home in Jones County, Texas, comes with a lower sticker price than much of the country: the median home value sits at $96,500, and the median annual property tax bill lands at $1,535. That tax figure reflects an effective rate of 1.591%, which climbs above Texas's statewide median of 1.183% and ranks 30th among the state's 250 counties. Nationally, the picture shifts further, since the U.S. median effective rate is just 0.794%. Households here bring in a median of $59,464, with per-capita income at $24,595, so the tax bill consumes a meaningful share of earnings even though the dollar amount stays low. Anyone eyeing Anson, Hawley, Merkel, or the surrounding rural stretches should weigh the cheaper purchase price against a rate that outpaces both state and national norms.