Hays County, Texas: Property Tax Rates
The range across 13 places
Lowest
1.4098
Median
1.4601
Highest
1.5545
County plus school-district rate, in dollars per $100 of taxable value, before exemptions, from the published 2025 rates. Texas appraises a home at 100% of market value, so these rates apply to about the price; the seller's cap on yearly increases ends with a sale. A bill is the county rate (0.3999) plus the rate of the home's school district, plus a city's rate inside its limits. College, hospital, flood-control and emergency-services districts and any municipal utility district are not in these figures, and a district that crosses counties is listed under its home county. A homestead takes $140,000 off the school district's taxable value.
Every place, side by side
| Place | County + this unit | This unit alone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dripping Springs ISD (school district) | 1.5051 | 1.1052 | |
| Hays CISD (school district) | 1.5545 | 1.1546 | |
| San Marcos CISD (school district) | 1.4151 | 1.0152 | |
| Wimberley ISD (school district) | 1.4098 | 1.0099 | |
| Bear Creek (city) | 0.4647 | 0.0648 | |
| Buda (city) | 0.7575 | 0.3576 | |
| Dripping Springs (city) | 0.6266 | 0.2267 | |
| Hays (city) | 0.4916 | 0.0917 | |
| Kyle (city) | 0.9956 | 0.5957 | |
| Mountain City (city) | 0.4764 | 0.0765 | |
| Niederwald (city) | 0.4789 | 0.0790 | |
| San Marcos (city) | 1.0514 | 0.6515 | |
| Woodcreek (city) | 0.5827 | 0.1828 |
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