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Jim Wells County property tax

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Estimated bill

Starts at the county’s Census median: $123,600. Change it to your best estimate.

Estimated annual bill$1,426

Your home value × the county’s Census effective rate; your actual bill may differ.

Official tax information

Census survey, 2020–2024. Rate = median annual taxes ÷ median home value.

Census home value source
0500000US48249|123600|22797

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Census taxes paid source
0500000US48249|1426|234|2297|564|958|166

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

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Exemption savings

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Age 65 or older residence homestead exemption

Age 65 or older, ownership interest, and use as principal residence.

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Do you live in this home as your main residence?
Do you have an ownership interest in the home?
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Official eligibility and application

Eligibility source
To qualify for the age 65 or older residence homestead exemption, the individual must be age 65 or older, have an ownership interest in the property and live in the home as his or her principal residence.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Savings source
For persons age 65 or older or disabled, Tax Code Section 11.13(c) requires school districts to provide an additional $60,000 residence homestead exemption.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Disabled-person residence homestead exemption

A disabled homestead claimant must meet the Social Security disability-insurance definition; another program's disability finding does not automatically qualify.

Do you meet the Social Security disability definition described below?
Possible annual savingsAnswer above

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Official eligibility and application

Eligibility source
A disabled person must meet the definition of disabled for the purpose of receiving disability insurance benefits under the Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Act administered by the Social Security Administration. Disability benefits from any other program do not automatically qualify you for the exemption.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Savings source
For persons age 65 or older or disabled, Tax Code Section 11.13(c) requires school districts to provide an additional $60,000 residence homestead exemption.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

General Residence Homestead

Ownership interest and use as principal residence; applicant must not claim another residence homestead exemption in or outside Texas.

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Official eligibility and application

Eligibility source
To qualify for the general residence homestead exemption, a home must meet the definition of a residence homestead and an individual must have an ownership interest in the property and use the property as the individual's principal residence. An applicant is required to state that he or she does not claim an exemption on another residence homestead in or outside of Texas.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

100% disabled-veteran homestead exemption

Disabled veteran awarded 100% service-connected disability compensation and rated 100% disabled or individually unemployable by VA; applies to residence homestead.

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Official eligibility and application

Eligibility source
Tax Code Section 11.131 entitles a disabled veteran awarded 100 percent disability compensation due to a service-connected disability and a rating of 100 percent disabled or of individual unemployability to a total property tax exemption on the disabled veteran's residence homestead, as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Estimates are separate. Do not add them together; eligibility, taxing units and restrictions can overlap.

Is my assessment too high?

Use market value, not assessed or taxable value.

Compared with the county medianAt the median

This compares market values only; being above the county median does not establish overassessment.

Official appeal information

Census survey, 2020–2024. Rate = median annual taxes ÷ median home value.

Census home value source
0500000US48249|123600|22797

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Census taxes paid source
0500000US48249|1426|234|2297|564|958|166

Official source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

Appeal dates and filing

County appeal deadline: Not yet announced here. Confirm the deadline on your notice with the official office.

County filing instructions have not been verified here.

State guidance: An ARB order may be appealed to district court by petition within 60 days of receipt.

Official appeal source. Last verified 2026-10-24.

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