Property Tax & Income in Pecos County, Texas
Pecos County has an effective property tax rate of 1.03%. On the median home value of $165,700, that's roughly $1,707 per year. Median household income is $72,750.
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 | Pecos County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.03% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $165,700 | — |
| 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 Pecos County, TX
Pecos County's effective property tax rate of 1.030% sits below Texas's statewide median of 1.183%, ranking it 178th among the state's 250 counties. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the county's rate runs noticeably higher — a pattern common across Texas, where reliance on property taxes in place of a state income tax pushes levies above what many other states collect. On a median home value of $165,700, that rate yields an annual tax bill of about $1,707. With median household income at $72,750 and per-capita income of $33,205, the tax load stays moderate relative to local earnings. Fort Stockton, the county's largest community, anchors a region where home values remain affordable and the tax rate, while above national norms, trails much of the Lone Star State.