Smith County Appraisal District - Total Tax Parcels / Values
Smith County Appraisal District increased the value of taxable property from $19 billion in 2015 to $26 billion in 2021, a 37% increase. The increase of $7 billion in the market value of Smith property is estimated to increase property taxes by $193 billion during 2015 to 2021, based on a 2.7% tax rate. Smith County has about 171,622 tax parcels. An increase of $193 billion in property taxes equates to $1,128 per tax parcel. Smith County Appraisal District is paid by tax entities and has no citizen representation. Even the playing field by hiring an expert to represent you. Enroll in the Property Tax Protection Program(TM). No fee to enroll. No flat fees. No upfront costs. No fee ever unless we reduce your property taxes that year. Just enroll, relax and save.
Total Number of Parcels in DistrictSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Total Number | 0.1787 | 0.1754 | 0.1701 | 0.1736 | 0.1737 | 0.1776 | 0.1727 | 0.1716 | 0.1806 | 0.1906 | 0.1802 | |
| Parcels Appraised | 0.1787 | 0.1281 | 0.1288 | 0.1736 | 0.1441 | 0.1462 | 0.1474 | 0.1716 | 0.1806 | 0.1906 | 0.1802 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since About half of Texas properties are assessed at 100% of market value or higher based on data from the Texas Comptroller.
Smith County Appraisal District Tax Parcels
The Smith County Appraisal District (Smith CAD) attempts to: 1) identify all real and personal property, and 2) then value each parcel. Their primary mission is to divide the property taxes paid to entities in the county as accurately and equitably as possible. Texas has a total of 20,663,600 tax parcels, or an average of 82,986 per county.
Smith County Appraisal District has a lean level of staffing. In 2018, there were 2,221 appraisers at Texas appraisal districts valuing 20,663,600 tax parcels, for an average of 9,305 parcels per appraiser. Based on 220 workdays per year, that is 42 appraisals per day or five per hour.
Smith CAD Total Number of Parcels in District
Property tax values must be revalued by the Smith County Appraisal District at least every three years. Following is a summary of the total number of parcels and the number revalued annually.
Since 2014, there have been at least 128,100 parcels appraised in Smith County each year.
Market Value All Property in Smith CountySource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| $ Total market value | 18.757 | 19.615 | 20.497 | 21.269 | 22.654 | 24.238 | 25.524 | 26.782 | 30.646 | 36.081 | 39.072 | |
| Single Family | 7.795 | 8.212 | 8.682 | 9.142 | 9.488 | 10.133 | 10.998 | 11.693 | 14.369 | 17.991 | 19.713 | |
| Multi-family | 0.626 | 0.705 | 0.720 | 0.756 | 0.819 | 0.858 | 0.848 | 1.031 | 1.246 | 1.518 | 1.851 | |
| Commercial | 3.609 | 3.728 | 3.801 | 3.945 | 4.188 | 4.495 | 4.375 | 4.605 | 4.834 | 5.216 | 5.776 | |
| All Other | 6.727 | 6.970 | 7.295 | 7.425 | 8.160 | 8.753 | 9.303 | 9.453 | 10.197 | 11.356 | 11.733 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To support neighbors’ appeals for unequal appraisal.
Smith County - Total Market Value for All Property
The Smith County Appraisal District is required to provide a value for all real property and business personal property in Smith County annually. This initial guesstimate is subject to appeal annually, regardless of whether the value rose, was flat or fell. Smith County property values by category are summarized in the graph.
The value of single family residences in Smith County was $10.1 billion in 2019, about 0.16 of the value of all single family houses in Texas ($1.65 trillion for Texas).