Property Tax in Liberty County, Texas

What the Liberty County numbers mean

Read the two medians together: $2,091 is the middle tax bill among owner-occupied households in Liberty County, and $167,100 is the middle home value. Neither figure describes a specific property — together they describe the typical homeowner's situation in the county.

The derived effective rate for Liberty County is 1.25% (median tax ÷ median value). Treat it as an estimate for comparison only: it comes from survey medians of different households, not from the county's rate schedule.

The key figures for Liberty County

For context, the Texas medians are $4,111 of tax on $260,400 of value, and the US medians are $2,969 on $303,400. *Derived figures are estimates from Census medians, not official rates.

Liberty County at a glance

• Median tax rank in Texas: #100 of 250 counties
• Median home value rank in Texas: #108 of 250
• Population rank in Texas: #43 of 250 (97,993 residents)
• Population density rank: #52 of 250 (85 people per square mile)
• Land area rank in Texas: #41 of 250 (1,158 sq mi, 0.4% of the combined county land area)
• Median tax as a monthly figure: $174; per $1,000 of home value: $1.25

How Liberty County compares

Set against its state, Liberty County's median bill of $2,091 is about 49% lower than the Texas median ($4,111). Against the country as a whole it is about 30% lower than the US median ($2,969). That places the county #100 of 250 Texas counties ranked by median taxes paid.

Remember what drives the ranking: bills follow home values as much as rates. Liberty County's median home, at $167,100, ranks #108 by value in Texas, while its derived rate of 1.25% compares with a derived US figure of 0.98%.

Some extra context for Liberty County: the median bill works out to about $174 a month, and the derived rate equals roughly $1,251 of tax per $100,000 of home value. The county is home to 97,993 people — the #43 most populous county in Texas, spread over 1,158 square miles, a density of about 85 people per square mile. Its median home value, $167,100, ranks #108 among the state's 250 counties with data.

Zooming out: of 3133 counties nationwide with published Census figures, only 998 record a higher median tax bill than Liberty County — it sits in the top 32% nationally. The county holds roughly 0.3% of Texas's people. Its homes are worth less than the state norm (median $167,100 versus $260,400), and a decade at the derived rate of 1.25% adds up to about 12.51% of the median home's value in tax. The cheapest county in the state, Crockett County, medians $466 — $1,625 less than Liberty County per year.

Counties nearest Liberty County in the Texas ranking

Liberty County and its population peers

Population is a useful lens on these figures, so the table below sets Liberty County beside the counties closest to it in population anywhere in the country — communities of a similar scale operating under different state and local tax systems. Ranked by median tax paid within this peer group of 9, Liberty County's $2,091 bill is #5 of 9.

The closest population match is Putnam County, New York (97,988 residents), where the median real estate tax paid is $10,001 on a median home value of $448,000 — $7,910 less than Liberty County pays.

Liberty County's nearest population neighbours within Texas are Hunt County (104,917 residents, median tax $2,736 on a median value of $210,900); Bastrop County (102,370 residents, median tax $4,077 on a median value of $269,500); Bowie County (92,321 residents, median tax $2,091 on a median value of $161,300); Victoria County (91,281 residents, median tax $2,941 on a median value of $197,600). Comparing them is a reminder that even inside one state's rules, the bill follows local home values and local district rates more than anything decided at the state level.

How the tax is worked out

The bill is built in stages. First the assessor puts a market value on the property. Exemptions — a homestead exemption above all — then reduce the taxable amount. Finally the combined local rate is applied. To see the scale: at the county's derived rate of 1.25%, each $100,000 of value corresponds to about $1,251 of tax a year, and a $400,000 home to roughly $5,004. Real bills use the official assessment and district rates, not this derived figure, so treat the example as a sense of scale only.

Illustrative bills in Liberty County at the derived rate

The derived rate of 1.25% is only an estimate built from medians, but applying it to different home values gives a sense of scale for Liberty County — and a quick way to compare with the state derived rate of 1.58% and the US figure of 0.98%:

Illustration only: real bills are computed from the assessed value, exemptions, and the combined rates of the property's actual taxing districts.

Checking your assessment in Liberty County

If your bill looks wrong, work through these steps:

1. Get your property record card from the assessor and check the basics — living area, lot size, bedrooms, condition, and any exemptions you should have.
2. Compare your assessed value with recent sale prices of similar homes in Liberty County.
3. Talk to the assessor's office informally first; clear errors are often fixed without a hearing.
4. If needed, file a formal appeal with the local review board before the deadline on your assessment notice, with your evidence attached.
5. Keep paying the bill as issued while the appeal runs, unless your notice says otherwise — unpaid taxes accrue penalties regardless of an appeal.

More Texas counties

• Bastrop County, TX — $4,077
• Bowie County, TX — $2,091
• Victoria County, TX — $2,941
• Hunt County, TX — $2,736
• Angelina County, TX — $1,872
• Orange County, TX — $2,036

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