Walker County Appraisal District - Total Tax Parcels / Values
Walker County Appraisal District increased the value of taxable property from $4 billion in 2015 to $7 billion in 2021, a 66% increase. The increase of $3 billion in the market value of Walker property is estimated to increase property taxes by $84 billion during 2015 to 2021, based on a 2.7% tax rate. Walker County has about 41,248tax parcels. An increase of $84 billion in property taxes equates to $2,059 per tax parcel.Walker County Appraisal District is paid by tax entities and has no citizen representation. Even the playing field by hiring an expert to represent you. Enroll in the Property Tax Protection Program(TM). No fee to enroll. No flat fees. No upfront costs. No fee ever unless we reduce your property taxes that year. Just enroll, relax and save.
Total Number of Parcels in DistrictSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Total Number | 0.0368 | 0.0373 | 0.0378 | 0.0381 | 0.0388 | 0.0394 | 0.0403 | 0.0412 | 0.0422 | 0.0423 | 0.0427 | |
| Parcels Appraised | 0.0368 | 0.0351 | 0.0354 | 0.0381 | 0.0210 | 0.0080 | 0.0071 | 0.0074 | 0.0072 | 0.0070 | 0.0060 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since About half of Texas properties are assessed at 100% of market value or higher based on data from the Texas Comptroller.
Walker County Appraisal District Tax Parcels
The Walker County Appraisal District (Walker CAD) attempts to: 1) identify all real and personal property, and 2) then value each parcel. Their primary mission is to divide the property taxes paid to entities in the county as accurately and equitably as possible. Walker County Appraisal District had 41,248 tax parcels in 2021 and 7 appraisers to value them and conduct tax protest hearings. That works out to 5,893 tax parcels per appraiser.
Walker County Appraisal District has a lean level of staffing. We estimate about 25% of appraisal district appraisers work on valuation while the balance work on measuring new property and other inspections. We further assume the appraisers have 3 months or 66 days to complete valuations. Based on these assumptions, an appraiser at Walker County Appraisal District completes 357 valuations per day during the valuation period. The high pace of valuation per day is illustrative of the difficulty of accurately and uniformly valuing all 41,248 properties in Walker County.
Walker CAD Total Number of Parcels in District
Property tax values must be revalued by the Walker County Appraisal District at least every three years. Following is a summary of the total number of parcels and the number revalued annually.
In 2021, Walker CAD valued 7,436 (18%) of the 41,248 tax parcels in Walker County.
Market Value All Property in Walker CountySource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| $ Total market value | 4.304 | 4.785 | 4.928 | 5.365 | 5.717 | 6.566 | 7.229 | 7.929 | 9.329 | 13.065 | 12.038 | |
| Single Family | 1.212 | 1.368 | 1.430 | 1.605 | 1.745 | 2.058 | 2.226 | 2.492 | 2.985 | 3.822 | 3.931 | |
| Multi-family | 0.244 | 0.260 | 0.265 | 0.293 | 0.417 | 0.532 | 0.580 | 0.646 | 0.705 | 0.707 | 0.636 | |
| Commercial | 0.466 | 0.519 | 0.543 | 0.574 | 0.589 | 0.688 | 0.728 | 0.768 | 0.858 | 0.958 | 0.998 | |
| All Other | 2.382 | 2.638 | 2.690 | 2.893 | 2.967 | 3.288 | 3.695 | 4.024 | 4.782 | 7.579 | 6.472 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To support neighbors’ appeals for unequal appraisal.
Walker County - Total Market Value for All Property
The Walker County Appraisal District is required to provide a value for all real property and business personal property in Walker County annually. This initial guesstimate is subject to appeal annually, regardless of whether the value rose, was flat or fell. Walker County property values by category are summarized in the graph.
The value of all taxable property in Walker County was estimated at $7.92 billion in 2021 versus $4.78 billion in 2015. The value of houses as estimated by Walker County Appraisal District was $2.49 billion in 2021 versus $1.13 billion in 2015. Houses accounted for 31% of the Walker tax roll in 2021 versus 24% in 2015.