Property Tax & Income in La Salle County, Texas
La Salle County has an effective property tax rate of 1.47%. On the median home value of $97,800, that's roughly $1,434 per year. Median household income is $57,716.
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 | La Salle County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.47% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $97,800 | — |
| 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 La Salle County, TX
La Salle County carries an effective property tax rate of 1.466%, placing it above Texas's statewide median of 1.183% and well above the national figure of 0.794%. That gap signals a heavier reliance on property taxes here than in most U.S. communities. The county ranks 53rd out of 250 Texas counties by rate, so it sits in the higher tier within its own state. On a median home value of $97,800, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to about $1,434. Households earning a median of $57,716 face that charge against per-capita income of $18,745, a figure that underscores how varied earnings are across the area. Encinal is among the principal communities, alongside Artesia Wells and Fowlerton. Anyone weighing a move to this part of South Texas should expect property taxes to run above both state and national norms.