McLennan Central Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
O’Connor is selected as the property tax consultant more often than any other company in Texas because:
- Every possible means of reducing your property taxes is understood and utilized by O’Connor. We regularly use binding arbitration and O’Connor pays the deposit, which may not be returned depending on the hearing results.
- O’Connor has built relationships with appraisal district staff during the last 30 years while conducting literally millions of property tax appeals.
- Relationships and hearing evidence files chock full of the information sought by the appraisal district are a winning combination.
- O’Connor has professional and experienced staff to aggregate the sales and uneven appraisal data necessary to fulfill the criteria of the McLennan County ARB and McLennan CAD.
McLennan Central Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
McLennan Central Appraisal District’s (CAD) formal and informal 2024 hearing results are displayed below:
- The total tax savings for 2024 from McLennan CAD was $29 million. McLennan County property owners protested the taxable value of 17,740 accounts in 2024.
- In McLennan County, 73% of informal protests and 39% of those submitted through the Appraisal Review Board (ARB) were successful in getting reductions.
- In ARB property tax hearings, homeowners saved $3 million, and commercial property owners saved $7 million.
- In 2021, just 9% of McLennan County properties were disputed, but in 2024, that number rose to 14%.
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
2024 County Appraisal District Statistics
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County:
McLennan -
Street Address:
315 S. 26th St. Waco, TX 76710-7400 -
Mailing Address:
315 S. 26th St. Waco, TX 76710-7400 -
Phone:
254-752-9864
Major Cities:
Axtell, Bellmead, Beverly Hills, China Springs, Crawford, Elm Mott, Gholson, Hallsburg, Hewitt, Lacy-Lakeview, Leroy, Lorena, Mart, McGregor, Moody, Riesel, Robinson, Ross, Waco, West, Woodway
McLennan County totals 1,060 square miles, with a population of about 263,115 in 2020. Adjacent counties include Hill County (north), Limestone County (east), Falls County (southeast), Bell County (south), Coryell County (southwest), and Bosque County (northwest). The total market value of real and personal property in McLennan County in 2023 was $41.98 billion. McLennan County 2023 property taxes were estimated to total $556.60 million based on an effective tax rate of 2.1%, including homestead exemptions. McLennan County property owners protested the appraised value of 11,130 houses and 8,800 commercial and BPP properties. McLennan County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 86% of property owners. Property tax protests in McLennan County resulted in savings of $42.36 million in 2023, or $2,119.59 per account protested. The 2023 budget for the McLennan Central Appraisal District was $4.74 million, including 44 employees.
McLennan Property Tax Values

