Galveston Central Appraisal District
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Galveston Central Appraisal District’s formal and informal hearing results are displayed below. The Galveston Central Appraisal District total tax savings in 2020 of $71 million is more than the 2019 total property tax savings of $26 million. Galveston County property owners protested the taxable value of 51,650 accounts in 2020. Galveston County property tax protests were successful for 71% of informal and 83% of appraisal review board property tax protests . Homeowners saved $18 million at Galveston CAD in informal protests and $9 million in appraisal review board (ARB) property tax protests.
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Property Taxes vs CPI
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CAD Operations Stats
2021 County Appraisal District Statistics
2021 County Appraisal District Statistics
2020 County Appraisal District Statistics
2020 County Appraisal District Statistics
2019 County Appraisal District Statistics
2019 County Appraisal District Statistics
2018 County Appraisal District Statistics
2018 County Appraisal District Statistics
2017 County Appraisal District Statistics
2017 County Appraisal District Statistics
2016 County Appraisal District Statistics
2016 County Appraisal District Statistics
About CAD
- County: Galveston
- Street Address: 9850 Emmett F. Lowry Expwy, Suite A Texas City, TX 77591
- Mailing Address: 9850 Emmett F. Lowry Expwy, Suite A Texas City, TX 77591
- Phone: 409-935-1980
- Website: www.galvestoncad.org
Major Cities: Bacliff, Dickinson, Friendswood, Galveston, Gilchrist, High Island, Hitchcock, Kemah, La Marque, League City, Port Bolivar, Santa Fe.
Galveston County Texas totals 211.72 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 53,695. Adjacent counties include Harris, Chambers, Gulf of Mexico, and Brazoria County. The total market value of real property and personal property in Galveston County in 2020 was $47,000,000,000. Galveston County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $1,000,000,000 billion based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Galveston County property owners protested the notified value for 51,650 houses and 12,540 commercial and BPP properties. Galveston County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 83% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Galveston County results in savings of $457,000,000 million in 2020, or $8,848 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Galveston was $6,340,000 including 50 employees.
Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
- Residential Property $831
- Commercial Property $4,573
August 2023
In 2021, the Galveston Central Appraisal District informal hearings resulted in an estimated tax savings of $50 million and ARB hearings resulted in an estimated tax savings of $55 million, for a total of $104 million property tax savings.
July 2023
Protests at the Galveston County Appraisal Review Board in 2021 generated an estimated property tax savings of $54 million, based on the tax assessment reduction of $2 billion granted by the Galveston Central Appraisal District ARB hearings.
June 2023
In 2021, the value reduction achieved at informal hearings at the Galveston Central Appraisal District was equal to $1.9 billion, which provided a property tax savings of around $49.7 million.
May 2023
In 2021, according to the Texas Comptroller’s data, 42,451 accounts in Galveston County were resolved informally. 64% of the informal settlements at the Galveston Central Appraisal District, or 27,208 of these resulted in a reduction.
April 2023
The Galveston Central Appraisal District has recorded 60,238 property tax protests filed to the Appraisal Review Board in 2021. This represents a market value of $30 billion, which is equal to 57% of the total market value for the year.
March 2023
In 2021, the Galveston Central Appraisal District certified $32 billion as the total market value of houses in the county. This is equivalent to 59% of the market value of all property types. The total market value of all property types valued by Galveston Central Appraisal District is $54 billion.
February 2023
The total Galveston Central Appraisal District’s budget was $6.5 million for 2021. The appraisal district managed to value 197,013 total parcels in the same year, so one can do the math to see the average budget per tax parcel was about $33.
January 2023
Real estate and personal property is estimated to total $55 billion by Galveston Central Appraisal District(Galveston CAD) for tax year 2021. Property taxes are about $1.3 billion, at 2.5%, based on the values estimated by Galveston CAD.
Galveston County Property Tax Appraisal
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