Property Tax & Income in Swisher County, Texas
Swisher County has an effective property tax rate of 1.72%. On the median home value of $86,300, that's roughly $1,487 per year. Median household income is $36,165.
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 | Swisher County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.72% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $86,300 | — |
| 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 Swisher County, TX
Buying in Swisher County means a strikingly low entry price: the median home sits at $86,300, and the median annual property tax bill comes to $1,487. That combination keeps upfront costs down, though the effective rate of 1.723% runs well above Texas's 1.183% median and ranks 13th among the state's 250 counties. Nationally, the picture shifts further, since the median rate across the country is 0.794%. Affordability here depends heavily on income: median household earnings of $36,165 and per-capita income of $22,512 mean the tax bill absorbs a meaningful share of what people earn, even though the dollar amount stays low by most standards. For a buyer weighing a cheap house against a comparatively steep rate, the math favors those who can pay cash or carry little debt, since the annual tax on a modestly priced home remains a real line item against local wages.