Texas · Galveston County
Property taxes in Galveston County.
What the homestead exemption is worth here, what the combined rate is, and what a protest is actually worth on a Galveston County home.
Homestead exemption, a year
$1,398
Against this county's school tax rate. We file it free.
Combined tax rate
1.887%
Every taxing unit in the county, summed.
School tax rate
0.9987%
The part the homestead exemption comes off.
A note on this county’s figures. 2025 preliminary file incomplete; using verified 2024 aggregate.
What a protest is worth on a Galveston County home
An example, not a quote. On a home the county has at $400,000, a 7% reduction is $28,000 off the value.
| Value removed | $28,000 |
| At Galveston County's 1.89% rate, you save | $528 |
| Our fee, 40% | $211 |
| You keep | $317 |
Illustration only. Every house is different, we pull your exact appraisal district account before we file anything, and we will tell you plainly if we do not think a protest is worth filing on your home.
Why we argue condition here
Galveston County’s appraisal district values every home in the county with a model: recent sales near you, square footage, lot, year built. Nobody walks through. Your house gets valued as if it is in average condition for its age.
If it is not, that difference is worth money, and somebody has to bring it to the district. That is what we do differently.
Counties with a similar rate
- Concho County1.88%
- Gaines County1.88%
- Montgomery County1.88%
- Orange County1.88%
- Tom Green County1.87%
- McLennan County1.87%