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Property tax appeals in Galveston County, Texas

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024Last checked

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Median home value
$314,600
Median property tax paid per year
$4,442
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What do Galveston County property taxes and assessments look like?

Figures from public records and the Census, each with its source. They describe the county's homes as a group, not the value of any one home.

What do homeowners in Galveston County pay in property tax?

The median owner-occupied home in Galveston County was worth $314,600, and the median property tax its owners paid was $4,442 a year, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Median home value
$314,600
Margin of error ±$5,354.
Median property tax paid per year
$4,442
Margin of error ±$150.
Median tax as a share of median value
1.41%
A ratio of two medians, not a tax rate. Your own bill depends on your assessment and local levies.
Owner-occupied homes
95,138
Margin of error ±1,413.

These are survey estimates of what owners reported about their own homes. They are not assessed values, not tax rates, and not an opinion of what any home is worth.

They cannot tell you whether your own assessment is fair. That takes a comparison with similar homes, which we offer only in counties we have researched.

Median home value: Galveston County compared

  1. Galveston County$314,600
  2. Typical Texas county$169,250
  3. Typical US county$185,300

Galveston County $314,600; Typical US county $185,300; Typical Texas county $169,250

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 254 in Texas and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25077.

Median property tax paid: Galveston County compared

  1. Galveston County$4,442
  2. Typical Texas county$1,888
  3. Typical US county$1,619

Galveston County $4,442 a year; Typical Texas county $1,888 a year; Typical US county $1,619 a year

Census survey medians for owner-occupied homes. "Typical" is the middle county of the 254 in Texas and of all US counties.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25103.

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Where do these facts come from?

  1. 1.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25077: Median value (dollars), owner-occupied housing units — Galveston County, Texas
  2. 2.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25103: Median real estate taxes paid, owner-occupied housing units — Galveston County, Texas
  3. 3.U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, table B25003: Tenure (owner- and renter-occupied housing units) — Galveston County, Texas

Data credits: Census ACS (public domain) · Census county adjacency (public domain)

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