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Texas property-tax calculators

Free planning tools for Texas homeowners, homebuyers and landowners. Local-rate tools load finalized county, city, school-district and special-district rates reported to the Texas Comptroller while keeping parcel-specific jurisdictions and exemptions visible.

There is no single Texas, citywide or countywide combined property-tax rate. The exact parcel determines which local taxing units actually apply.

City starting points

Start with the city, finish with the parcel

These pages do not assign a metro average. They narrow the county choices first, then use the same official-rate engine as the statewide estimator so the school district, municipality and special districts remain explicit.

Houston property tax calculatorHarris, Fort Bend or Montgomery County starting points with parcel-specific school, city and special-district selection.Open city calculator →Austin property tax calculatorTravis, Williamson or Hays County starting points with the actual local taxing-unit stack.Open city calculator →Frisco property tax calculatorCollin or Denton County starting points with parcel school, city and other taxing units.Open city calculator →

Major county calculators

Build an address-level scenario in a major Texas county

County selection is only the first layer. Every calculator below preselects the county, then requires the parcel's actual school, municipality and applicable special districts before the combined estimate is useful.

Harris CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Dallas CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Tarrant CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Bexar CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Travis CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Collin CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Denton CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Fort Bend CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Montgomery CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Williamson CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →El Paso CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →Hidalgo CountyOfficial local-rate calculator →

Start here

Use official local rate data

I want to estimate taxes for a propertyProperty tax estimator →I want to see where the tax bill goesProperty-tax bill breakdown →I am comparing places to liveCounty / location comparison →I want to compare school tax ratesSchool-district comparison →I need to understand a MUD or district taxMUD / special-district impact →I want to see how a tax rate changedProperty-tax rate history →

All statewide tools

Calculate a Texas property-tax scenario

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Texas Property tax estimator

Choose the county, ISD, city and applicable special districts, then estimate annual and monthly property tax from finalized Comptroller-reported rates.

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Texas Property-tax bill breakdown

See how county, school, city and selected special-district rates contribute to the combined local property-tax burden.

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Texas County / location comparison

Build two exact local taxing-unit scenarios and compare annual and monthly property-tax cost instead of relying on county averages.

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Texas School-district comparison

Compare two Texas school-district tax rates at the same taxable value using the official statewide rate files.

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Texas MUD / special-district impact

Search a MUD or other special district and estimate its annual, monthly and long-term tax impact.

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Texas Property-tax rate history

Search counties, cities, ISDs, MUDs and other taxing units and compare their finalized annual rates over time.

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Texas Homestead savings

Estimate how entered homestead exemptions can change taxable value and annual taxes, with official local rate autofill.

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Texas Property-tax protest savings

Compare the tax effect of a proposed appraisal with a lower supportable target value and load the local combined rate.

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Texas Escrow

Estimate monthly escrow for property taxes, homeowners insurance and HOA costs, with local-rate tax estimation.

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Texas Age 65+

Model entered exemptions and an existing school-tax ceiling while loading the selected local school and other taxing-unit rates.

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Texas Disabled veteran

Estimate savings from a verified disabled-veteran exemption amount using the local taxing-unit rates that apply to the property.

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Texas Agricultural valuation

Compare market-value and productivity-value tax scenarios using a selected set of official local taxing-unit rates.

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Need another county?

Browse all 254 county guides

Texas Defined maintains county guides with finalized county, school, city and special-district rate tables alongside appraisal, exemption, protest and payment resources.

Browse all county property-tax guides →

Need the rules first?

Read the Texas property-tax guide

Understand appraised value, taxable value, taxing units, exemptions, protests and payments before interpreting a calculator result.

How Texas property taxes work →

These calculators are planning tools, not tax statements or eligibility determinations. Verify appraisal values, exemptions, adopted rates, tax ceilings and exact parcel jurisdiction with the responsible appraisal district, taxing unit or collecting office before making a financial decision.