Property Tax & Income in Wilson County, Texas
Wilson County has an effective property tax rate of 1.22%. On the median home value of $321,300, that's roughly $3,928 per year. Median household income is $94,565.
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 | Wilson County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.22% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $321,300 | — |
| 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 Wilson County, TX
Buying a home in Wilson County means weighing a tax rate that runs a bit hotter than most of Texas. The county's effective property tax rate of 1.223% edges past the statewide median of 1.183% and sits well above the national figure of 0.794%. On a median home value of $321,300, that rate yields an annual real-estate tax bill of $3,928. Set against a median household income of $94,565, the yearly tax equals roughly four percent of what a household here earns — a real cost, though one that comes with home prices far below what buyers face in many metro areas. The county ranks 117th of 250 Texas counties for property tax rate, placing it in the middle of the pack. Communities such as Poth, Stockdale, and Pandora anchor much of the county's residential life, offering small-town settings where a household earning near the county median can still absorb the tax load without straining.