San Patricio County Appraisal District - Total Tax Parcels / Values
San Patricio County Appraisal District increased the value of taxable property from $4 billion in 2015 to $23 billion in 2021, a 242% increase. The increase of $16 billion in the market value of San Patricio property is estimated to increase property taxes by $448 billion during 2015 to 2021, based on a 2.7% tax rate. San Patricio County has about 45,652 tax parcels. An increase of $448 billion in property taxes equates to $9,827 per tax parcel. San Patricio 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 | 0.0494 | 0.0496 | 0.0486 | 0.0475 | 0.0496 | 0.0495 | 0.0494 | 0.0457 | 0.0492 | 0.0495 | 0.0493 | |
| Parcels Appraised | 0.0494 | 0.0395 | 0.0435 | 0.0475 | 0.0496 | 0.0495 | 0.0494 | 0.0457 | 0.0212 | 0.0158 | 0.0116 | |
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.
San Patricio County Appraisal District Tax Parcels
The San Patricio County Appraisal District (San Patricio 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 equitable as possible. San Patricio County Appraisal District had 45,652 tax parcels in 2021 and 11 appraisers to value them and conduct tax protest hearings. That works out to 4,150 tax parcels per appraiser.
San Patricio 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 San Patricio County Appraisal District completes 252 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 45,652 properties in San Patricio County.
SPCAD Total Number of Parcels in District
Property tax values must be revalued by the San Patricio 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, San Patricio CAD valued 45,652 (100%) of the 45,652 tax parcels in San Patricio County.
Market Value All Property in San Patricio 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 | 6.630 | 6.867 | 8.957 | 11.047 | 13.067 | 17.763 | 20.542 | 23.482 | 30.260 | 34.003 | 35.322 | |
| Single Family | 2.183 | 2.358 | 2.593 | 2.828 | 2.908 | 3.158 | 3.406 | 3.924 | 3.793 | 4.244 | 4.280 | |
| Multi-family | 0.091 | 0.115 | 0.132 | 0.148 | 0.167 | 0.184 | 0.226 | 0.260 | 0.294 | 0.385 | 0.347 | |
| Commercial | 0.500 | 0.639 | 0.645 | 0.652 | 0.597 | 0.634 | 0.691 | 0.739 | 0.843 | 1.012 | 0.870 | |
| All Other | 3.855 | 3.754 | 5.587 | 7.419 | 9.395 | 13.788 | 16.220 | 18.560 | 25.330 | 28.362 | 29.825 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To support neighbors’ appeals for unequal appraisal.
San Patricio County - Total Market Value for All Property
The San Patricio County Appraisal District is required to provide a value for all real property and business personal property in San Patricio County annually. This initial guesstimate is subject to appeal annually, regardless of whether the value rose, was flat or fell. San Patricio County property values by category are summarized in the graph.
The value of all taxable property in San Patricio County was estimated at $23.48 billion in 2021 versus $6.86 billion in 2015. The value of houses as estimated by San Patricio County Appraisal District was $3.92 billion in 2021 versus $8.90 million in 2015. Houses accounted for 17% of the San Patricio tax roll in 2021 versus 0% in 2015.