Property Tax & Income in Morris County, Texas
Morris County has an effective property tax rate of 1.10%. On the median home value of $120,400, that's roughly $1,329 per year. Median household income is $58,645.
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 | Morris County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.10% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $120,400 | — |
| 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 Morris County, TX
Morris County, Texas, carries an effective property tax rate of 1.104%, which sits below the statewide median of 1.183%. Among Texas's 250 counties, that places it at 153rd — squarely in the middle of the pack, though on the lighter side relative to the state as a whole. Compare it to the national median of 0.794%, however, and the picture shifts: property taxes here run noticeably higher than what a typical American county collects. A median home value of $120,400 generates an annual tax bill of about $1,329. With median household income at $58,645 and per-capita income at $27,778, that tax load is meaningful but not extreme. Communities like Omaha and Cookville anchor this predominantly rural county, where home values remain well below national norms and help keep absolute tax bills lower than the rate alone might imply.