Property Tax & Income in Walker County, Texas
Walker County has an effective property tax rate of 1.18%. On the median home value of $226,900, that's roughly $2,669 per year. Median household income is $52,324.
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 | Walker County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $226,900 | — |
| 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 Walker County, TX
Walker County’s effective property tax rate of 1.176% sits just under Texas’s statewide median of 1.183%, placing it 127th among the state’s 250 counties — almost exactly mid-pack within Texas. That narrow gap signals a county broadly in step with its state’s tax climate rather than an outlier in either direction. Against the national median of 0.794%, however, the rate runs noticeably higher, a pattern common across Texas, where reliance on property taxes is greater. On a median home value of $226,900, the annual tax bill comes to $2,669, set against a median household income of $52,324 and per-capita income of $25,170. Huntsville, the largest community here, anchors a county whose tax load tracks close to the Texas norm while exceeding what most American homeowners pay.