Property Tax & Income in McCulloch County, Texas
McCulloch County has an effective property tax rate of 0.99%. On the median home value of $150,500, that's roughly $1,494 per year. Median household income is $54,043.
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 | McCulloch County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.99% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $150,500 | — |
| 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 McCulloch County, TX
McCulloch County's effective property tax rate of 0.993% falls below Texas's statewide median of 1.183%, placing the county 189th out of 250 counties for tax rate. That gap matters for homeowners in Brady, the county's largest town, where the median home value of $150,500 carries an annual real-estate tax bill of about $1,494. Compared with the national median rate of 0.794%, however, McCulloch County sits higher, so the county's advantage is regional rather than absolute. Households here earn a median of $54,043, with per-capita income at $34,124, meaning the tax bill absorbs a noticeable share of yearly earnings. The county's below-state rate signals a lighter property tax load than much of Texas, though buyers relocating from lower-tax states may find the overall cost higher than what they left behind.