Public Money · 2025 Adopted Rates

Where your property tax dollar goes.

Seven governments tax a Houston home. Enter a value and get the receipt, line by line, at the rates each one adopted for 2025.

Homestead exemptionInside Houston city limits

Estimated annual bill

$4,444

$370/month
on a $350,000 home

City of Houston$1,454

Police, fire, streets, parks, trash$0.5192 per $100 · taxable $280,000

Houston ISD$1,230

Schools: teachers, buses, buildings$0.8783 per $100 · taxable $140,000

Harris County$1,067

Courts, jail, roads, elections$0.3810 per $100 · taxable $280,000

Harris Health System$525

Public hospitals: Ben Taub, LBJ$0.1876 per $100 · taxable $280,000

Flood Control District$139

Bayous, detention basins, buyouts$0.0497 per $100 · taxable $280,000

Port of Houston$17

Ship channel infrastructure$0.0059 per $100 · taxable $280,000

Dept. of Education$13

HCDE: therapy, adult ed, after-school$0.0048 per $100 · taxable $280,000

Rates are the adopted 2025 (FY 2026) rates: county entities from the Harris County Tax Office Truth-in-Taxation summary at hctax.net; HISD and City of Houston from their adopted-rate notices. Homestead model: 20% local-option exemption plus the $140,000 state school exemption approved by voters in November 2025. Not modeled: over-65 and disability exemptions, appraisal caps, and MUD or emergency-service-district levies, which can add 25¢ to $1+ per $100 in parts of the county. Your school district may not be HISD; 24 ISDs overlap Harris County. Check your actual statement at hctax.net and your appraisal at HCAD.

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