Wichita County Property Tax & Sales Tax

Wichita County Tax Rates - At a Glance

Wichita County Current Tax Rates Summary

Tax Type	Rate	Notes
Property Tax (combined)	~2.28% of value	No single county rate - the sum of school district, city, and county on a City of Wichita Falls / Wichita Falls ISD parcel. Representative nominal stack; typical effective rate runs about 1.64% of market value.
County's own rate	$0.521303 / $100	Wichita County government portion only (M&O $0.491642 + debt $0.029661)
Annual Vehicle (Car) Tax	None	Texas levies no annual value-based vehicle property tax
Sales Tax	8.25%	6.25% state + 2.00% local (City of Wichita Falls and local special-purpose components); groceries and most unprepared food exempt
Homestead Exemption	$140,000 school + 10% cap	Statutory school-district homestead; over-65 owners get an additional $60,000 school exemption. Local-option unit exemptions may apply (amounts pending confirmation).
Due Date	January 31	Delinquent February 1; statewide protest deadline May 15

Wichita County Property Tax

Wichita County property tax comes in two numbers that are easy to confuse. The county's own adopted rate is $0.521303 per $100 of value for the 2025 tax year - and it is only the Wichita County government's portion. Your actual bill is the sum of every overlapping taxing unit that covers your parcel: your school district, your city, and the county. Combined, the typical total effective rate in Wichita County is about 1.64% of market value - an estimate from Census ACS 2024 5-year data (median real estate taxes paid $2,522 divided by median home value $153,700). Because the mix of taxing units differs from parcel to parcel, there is no single "Wichita County rate" for a full bill; the figures below are worked examples.

Wichita County adopted its rate in two components: maintenance and operations $0.491642 plus debt service $0.029661. It is one consolidated countywide rate - there is no separate Road and Bridge or Farm-to-Market unit - and the county adopted below its 2025 voter-approval rate of $0.525064. Notably, the county has lowered its rate every year since 2021 ($0.613841 to $0.560400 to $0.542420 to $0.523894 to $0.521303).

How a typical Wichita County (Wichita Falls) bill is built (taxing-unit stack)

School district City County

City of Wichita Falls / Wichita Falls ISD parcel - adopted rates per $100 (2025 tax year)

Taxing unit	Rate /$100	Type
Wichita Falls ISD	$1.075287	School
City of Wichita Falls	$0.682500	City
Wichita County	$0.521303	County
Nominal total	~$2.279090	~2.28%

Rates from the Wichita County Tax Office 2025 Truth-in-Taxation (Property Tax Code 26.16) summary. This example is for a City of Wichita Falls / Wichita Falls ISD parcel; your total depends on your city, school district, and any special district. Other stacks in the county include Burkburnett, Iowa Park, Electra (which adds the Electra Hospital District), and Holliday.

Where your property-tax dollar goes

Wichita Falls ISD ~47.2% City ~29.9% County ~22.9%

On a typical City of Wichita Falls / Wichita Falls ISD parcel, Wichita Falls ISD is about 47.2% of the nominal bill ($1.075287 / $2.279090 nominal total), the City of Wichita Falls about 29.9%, and Wichita County about 22.9%. Percentages are rounded and use the nominal posted rates before any exemption - after the $140,000 school-district homestead exemption, the taxable amount on the school line drops sharply, which is part of why the county's typical effective rate (about 1.64%) sits below the nominal stacked rate (about 2.28%).

Who appraises, bills, and collects in Wichita County

• The Wichita Appraisal District sets appraised values, processes homestead exemptions, and runs protests, at wadtx.com (600 Scott Suite 300, Wichita Falls; 940-322-2435).
• The Wichita County Tax Office collects the property tax and hosts the online payment portal, and also handles vehicle registration and titling, at wichitatax.com (940-766-8200).

For value questions, start with the appraisal district; to pay, start with the Wichita County Tax Office.

Homestead exemption, the 10% cap, and key dates

If you own and occupy your home as your principal residence on January 1, you can claim a residence homestead exemption, and you generally apply through the Wichita Appraisal District. For a Wichita Falls ISD parcel, the statewide school-district exemption removes $140,000 from the value the school district taxes for the 2025 tax year. If the owner is 65 or older, an additional $60,000 ISD exemption applies.

Some local units (the county, the city, and the school district) may also grant their own local-option homestead exemptions. We were unable to confirm the exact Wichita County, City of Wichita Falls, and Wichita Falls ISD local-option amounts from an official per-entity table in this pass, so the calculator below models only the statutory school-district homestead and treats its output as the conservative (high) end. Confirm the exact local-option exemptions on your account with the Wichita Appraisal District.

Separately, the 10% homestead appraisal cap limits how much your homestead's appraised (taxed) value can rise to 10% per year, not counting new improvements. The cap applies to the appraised value used for your bill, not the market value the appraisal district sets, and it starts the year after you first qualify for the homestead exemption.

Key dates: payment is due January 31 and unpaid amounts become delinquent February 1. The statewide protest deadline is May 15 or 30 days after your appraisal notice is delivered, whichever is later. Texas Tax Code Section 1.06 rolls any deadline that falls on a weekend or holiday to the next business day. We were not able to extract a Wichita County-specific penalty-and-interest schedule from an official source in this pass, so no penalty percentages are stated on this page.

How to protest your appraisal

Protests go to the Wichita Appraisal District, which publishes its protest procedures and deadlines and runs the property search and appeals process. File and track everything at wadtx.com or call 940-322-2435. Some private firms offer to handle protests for a percentage of any tax savings; such firms exist and charge a contingency fee, but we do not cite any savings figure or success rate as fact - results vary by parcel and year.

Estimate your Wichita County property tax

Sources: Wichita County Tax Office Truth-in-Taxation (Property Tax Code 26.16) summary (county rate and the Wichita Falls-area unit rates), the Wichita Appraisal District (adopted-rate table, appraised values, and exemptions), the Texas Comptroller (sales tax), and Census ACS 2024 5-year estimates (typical effective rate). See the tax guides for how Texas homestead, protest, and appraisal-cap rules work.

Vehicle Taxes in Texas

Unlike many states, Texas does not levy an annual value-based property tax on cars or other vehicles. There is no yearly "car tax" bill in Wichita County. Instead, vehicle taxes in Texas work two ways:

• One-time motor-vehicle sales/use tax of 6.25% at purchase. For a private-party sale, the tax is charged on the greater of the actual sales price or 80% of the vehicle's Standard Presumptive Value (SPV). A vehicle received as a gift is taxed at a flat $10 instead.
• A flat annual registration fee (plus any local add-ons), which is a fixed fee, not a tax on the vehicle's value. In Wichita County you register and title through the Wichita County Tax Office.

So if you searched for a Texas car or vehicle sales tax, the answer is the one-time 6.25% charged when the vehicle is titled - there is no recurring vehicle property tax to budget for each year.

Wichita County Sales Tax

The combined sales tax rate in the City of Wichita Falls is 8.25% - the Texas maximum. It is made up of the 6.25% state rate plus a 2.00% local share collected by the city and local special-purpose components. Texas law caps that total local portion at 2.0% as a shared ceiling, so once the city and special-district rates reach 2%, no further local rate can stack on top - which is why 8.25% is the maximum combined sales tax here as everywhere else in Texas.

City of Wichita Falls (Wichita County) sales tax components

Component	Rate
Texas state rate	6.25%
City and local special-purpose components	2.00%
Combined rate	8.25%

The 2.00% local share is the maximum Texas allows. The exact breakdown of the local components between the general city rate and its economic-development / special-purpose portions is confirmed as totalling 2.00% but its precise split is pending confirmation from the Texas Comptroller's official allocation. Groceries and most unprepared food are exempt from sales tax.

Real Example: a $153,700 Wichita Falls Home

Here is how the numbers flow on a representative $153,700 City of Wichita Falls / Wichita Falls ISD home (the county median value) with a homestead exemption (owner under 65), applying only the school-district homestead to the school unit:

• Market value: $153,700.
• Homestead exemption: the $140,000 school-district exemption drops the Wichita Falls ISD taxable value to $13,700. The other two units tax the full $153,700 in this simplified example.
• Stacked total: school $13,700 × 1.075287% = ~$147; city $153,700 × 0.682500% = ~$1,049; county $153,700 × 0.521303% = ~$801.
• Estimated annual bill: about $1,998 per year.
• Monthly equivalent: about $166 per month.
• Effective rate: about 1.30% of market value in this simplified example.

How this compares to the county-wide median. The Census ACS county-wide median bill is about $2,522 (roughly 1.64% effective), above this homesteaded example because it blends non-homestead parcels (rentals and second homes get no homestead) and the higher-rate Burkburnett and Iowa Park stacks. A non-homestead $153,700 parcel would pay closer to the full nominal ~2.28%, or about $3,503. Any local-option homestead exemptions we could not confirm would push a real homesteaded bill lower still.

Limitations:

• Your total varies by school district, city, and any special district covering your parcel; a Burkburnett, Iowa Park, Electra, or Holliday parcel uses a different stack.
• Local-option homestead exemptions (and over-65, disability, and disabled-veteran exemptions) vary by unit and were not confirmed from an official per-entity table this pass; this simplified example applies only the school-district homestead.
• Wichita County's exact penalty-and-interest schedule was not available from an official source in this pass and is not stated here.
• New-construction homes are often taxed on land only in the first year, then jump once the structure is on the roll.
• This is an estimate, not a parcel-exact bill. The typical effective rate is a Census ACS estimate, not a guaranteed rate.