Hidalgo County Appraisal District
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Hidalgo County Appraisal District’s formal and informal hearing results are displayed below. The Hidalgo County Appraisal District total tax savings in 2020 of $41 million is less than the 2019 total property tax savings of $62 million. Hidalgo County property owners protested the taxable value of 43,630 accounts in 2020. Hidalgo County property tax protests were successful for 77% of informal and 61% of appraisal review board property tax protests. Homeowners saved $7 million at Hidalgo CAD in informal protests and $0.4 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
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2016 County Appraisal District Statistics
2016 County Appraisal District Statistics
About CAD
- County: Hidalgo
- Street Address: 4405 S. Professional Dr. Edinburg, TX 78539-6556
- Mailing Address: 4405 S. Professional Dr. Edinburg, TX 78539-6556
- Phone: 956-381-8466
- Website: www.hidalgoad.org
Major Cities: Abram, Alamo, Alton, Donna, Edcouch, Edinburg (County Seat), Elsa, Faysville, Hargill, Hidalgo, La Joya, La Villa, Lopezville, McAllen, Mercedes, Mission, Pharr, Progreso, San Juan, San Manuel-Linn, Sullivan City, Weslaco
Hidalgo County Texas totals 1,583 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 870,781. Adjacent counties include Brooks County (north), Kenedy County (northeast), Willacy County (east), Cameron County (east), Starr County (west), Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico (south), Reynosa Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico (south), Río Bravo Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico (south), Matamoros Municipality, Tamaulipas, Mexico (southeast). The total market value of real property and personal property in Hidalgo County in 2020 was $51,840,000,000. Hidalgo County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $1,000,000,000 based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Hidalgo County property owners protested the noticed value for 20,410 houses and 23,210 commercial and BPP properties. Hidalgo County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 61% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Hidalgo County results in savings of $1,149,000,000 in 2020, or $26,335 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Hidalgo was $9,230,000 including 95 employees.
Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
- Residential Property $470
- Commercial Property $1,891
June 2023
Property owners in Hidalgo County saw a tax savings of about $34.8 million based on the 2021 informal hearing settlements reduction of assessed values by $1.3 billion.
May 2023
The Hidalgo County Appraisal District informally resolved 59% of the accounts protested in 2021 by awarding a reduction in value. That is to say, 23,371 out of 39,284 protests received a lower value through informal process.
April 2023
In 2021, 43,490 protests were filed for Hidalgo County properties. This is 29%, or $16 billion of the total appraised market value noticed for 2021, according to the State Comptroller’s office.
March 2023
Houses are 45% of the total property market value in Hidalgo County Appraisal District in 2021. The total market value of all property categories is $56 billion and the market value of homes is equal to $25 billion.
February 2023
349,061 tax parcels are listed as the total number of properties in the Hidalgo County Appraisal District for 2021. The total budget for the appraisal district in the same year was $10 million, bringing the spend per tax parcel to around $28.
January 2023
Hidalgo County property taxes total an $1.4 billion for multifamily, houses, commercial, land, utilities, industrial and personal property based on property tax assessments set by Hidalgo County Appraisal District (Hidalgo CAD). Hidalgo CAD estimated the total value of real and personal property at $56 billion for 2021.
Hidalgo County Property Tax Appraisal
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