El Paso Central Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
O’Connor is selected as the property tax consultant more often than any other company in Texas because:
- The State Office of Administrative Hearing (SOAH), binding arbitration, informal hearings, ARB hearings, and coordinated court appeals are all part of O’Connor’s aggressive strategy for handling property tax appeals.
- We have an in-depth knowledge of what is required to lower your property taxes based on performing millions of tax appeals across Texas.
- With our patented algorithms, we have successfully appealed property taxes for millions of Texans by analyzing data on similar sales and equal appraisals.
- We have successfully complied with the El Paso County ARB and CAD regulations by gathering sales and unequal appraisal data using our expertise.
El Paso Central Appraisal District’s (CAD) formal and informal hearing results are displayed below:
- The total tax savings of $82 million in 2023 for the El Paso CAD exceed the $67 million in total property tax savings in 2022. In 2023, 40,000 accounts in El Paso County were appealed for a tax reduction.
- In El Paso County, 86% of informal and 58% of Appraisal Review Board (ARB) property tax protests resulted in a reduction. In El Paso County, householders were able to save $4.32 million through ARB property tax protests and $9 million through informal.
- The number of formal protests in El Paso County increased from 24 million to 26 million from 2022 to 2023.
- In 2020, 5% of parcels in El Paso County were protested, and the number increased by 9% by the end of 2023.
Save With O’Connor
1,148
Average HCAD Tax Savings

Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
Residential Property
343
Commercial Property
1,966
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
2023 County Appraisal District Statistics
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County:
El Paso -
Street Address:
5801 Trowbridge Dr.El Paso, TX 79925-3345 -
Mailing Address:
5801 Trowbridge Dr.El Paso, TX 79925-3345 -
Phone:
915-780-2000
Major Cities:
Beaumont, Bevil Oaks, China, Groves, Nederland, Port Arthur, Port Neches, Sabine Pass
El Paso County totals 1,015 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 865,657. Adjacent counties include Doña Ana County, New Mexico – northwest, Otero County, New Mexico – northeast, Hudspeth County, Texas – east, Guadalupe, Chihuahua, Mexico – south, Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico – southwest, Práxedis G. Guerrero, Chihuahua, Mexico – southeast. The total market value of real and personal property in El Paso County in 2023 was $83 billion. El Paso County 2023 property taxes were estimated to total $1.5 billion based on an effective tax rate of 2.1%, including homestead exemptions. El Paso County property owners protested the appraised value of 25,870 houses and 15,090 commercial and BPP properties. El Paso County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 58% of property owners. Property tax protests in El Paso County resulted in savings of $64.08 million in 2023, or $1,546.52 per account protested. The 2023 budget for the El Paso Central Appraisal District was $19.83 million, including 151 full-time employees.
El Paso Property Tax Values
