Property Tax & Income in Victoria County, Texas
Victoria County has an effective property tax rate of 1.46%. On the median home value of $209,900, that's roughly $3,061 per year. Median household income is $70,896.
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 | Victoria County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.46% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $209,900 | — |
| 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 Victoria County, TX
Buying a home in Victoria County means weighing a lower-than-average price tag against a higher-than-average tax rate. The median home value here sits at $209,900, and the resulting annual property tax bill comes to $3,061. That rate of 1.458% outpaces the Texas median of 1.183%, and ranks 54th among the state's 250 counties — so owners pay noticeably more per dollar of value than many other Texans do. Nationally, the gap widens further, since the U.S. median effective rate is just 0.794%. Income levels help offset some of that pressure: the median household earns $70,896, while per-capita income is $33,635. Victoria, the county's largest city, anchors a market that includes Bloomington and Inez. For a prospective buyer, the tradeoff is clear — affordable home prices paired with a comparatively steep tax bill each year.