Property Tax & Income in Milam County, Texas
Milam County has an effective property tax rate of 0.99%. On the median home value of $189,800, that's roughly $1,875 per year. Median household income is $66,141.
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 | Milam County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.99% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $189,800 | — |
| 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 Milam County, TX
Milam County's effective property tax rate of 0.988% sits below Texas's statewide median of 1.183%, placing it 190th among the state's 250 counties. That gap signals milder tax pressure than many Texas communities face, though the county still lands above the national median of 0.794%. On a median home value of $189,800, the annual real-estate tax bill comes to about $1,875. With median household income at $66,141 and per-capita income at $35,880, that bill amounts to a smaller share of earnings than a homeowner would shoulder in higher-rate parts of the state. Communities such as Cameron, Buckholts, and Davilla fall under this county's tax structure, so buyers weighing a move here can reasonably expect property taxes that undercut the Texas norm while remaining higher than what a median American county charges.