Property Tax & Income in Upton County, Texas
Upton County has an effective property tax rate of 1.08%. On the median home value of $109,000, that's roughly $1,177 per year. Median household income is $49,167.
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 | Upton County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.08% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $109,000 | — |
| 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 Upton County, TX
In Upton County, Texas, buying a home costs far less than in many parts of the country: the median home value sits at $109,000, and the median annual property tax bill comes to $1,177. That works out to an effective rate of 1.080%, which lands below Texas's statewide median of 1.183% and places the county at 165th out of 250 counties statewide for property tax rate. Nationally, though, the picture shifts — the U.S. median effective rate is 0.794%, so buyers here pay a higher share of home value in taxes than the country as a whole. Rankin, the county's principal town, anchors this market. Household income averages $49,167, with per-capita income at $28,892. Low purchase prices keep entry costs down, but the tax rate still runs above the national figure, an important trade-off for anyone weighing a move here.