Property Tax & Income in Limestone County, Texas
Limestone County has an effective property tax rate of 1.19%. On the median home value of $164,200, that's roughly $1,953 per year. Median household income is $60,573.
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 | Limestone County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.19% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $164,200 | — |
| 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 Limestone County, TX
In Limestone County, Texas, the median home value of $164,200 produces an annual real-estate tax bill of about $1,953, based on an effective rate of 1.189%. That rate edges past Texas's statewide median of 1.183% and sits well above the national median of 0.794%, so buyers here pay a bit more in taxes than the average Texan. Still, the county ranks 124th of 250 Texas counties by rate, placing it squarely in the middle. With median household income at $60,573 and per-capita income of $28,496, the yearly tax equals roughly three percent of household earnings. Groesbeck, the largest of the county's towns alongside Coolidge and Prairie Hill, anchors much of the local housing stock. For someone weighing a move, the appeal lies in low entry prices rather than low tax rates.