Bowie Central Appraisal District - Total Tax Parcels / Values
Bowie Central Appraisal District increased the value of taxable property from $5.72 billion in 2015 to $635 million in 2021, a 89% decrease. The decrease of $5 billion in the market value of Bowie property is estimated to decrease property taxes by $137 million during 2015 to 2021, based on a 2.7% tax rate. Bowie County has about 65,761 tax parcels. An decrease of $137 mllion in property taxes equates to $2,089 per tax parcel. Bowie Central 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 | 0.0633 | 0.0638 | 0.0641 | 0.0646 | 0.0622 | 0.0570 | 0.0660 | 0.0658 | 0.0633 | 0.0687 | 0.0693 | |
| Parcels Appraised | 0.0633 | 0.0591 | 0.0589 | 0.0646 | 0.0207 | 0.0190 | 0.0215 | 0.0245 | 0.0253 | 0.0227 | 0.0693 | |
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.
Bowie Central Appraisal District Tax Parcels
Bowie Central Appraisal District attempts to: 1) identify all real and personal property, and 2) then value each parcel. Their primary mission is to equitably spread the property taxes paid to entities in the county as accurate and equitably as possible. Bowie Central Appraisal District had 65,761 tax parcels in 2021 and 9 appraisers to value them and conduct tax protest hearings. That works out to 7,307 tax parcels per appraiser.
Bowie Central Appraisal District has a lean level of staffing. We estimate about 25% of appraisal district appraisers work on valuation while the balance work on measuring new property and other inspections. We further assume the appraisers have 3 months or 66 days to complete valuations. Based on these assumptions, an appraiser at Bowie Central Appraisal District completes 443 valuations per day during the valuation period. The high pace of valuation per day is illustrative of the difficulty of accurately and uniformly valuing all 65,761 properties in Bowie County.
Bowie CAD Total Number of Parcels in District
Property tax values must be revalued by the Bowie Central Appraisal District at least every three years. Following is a summary of the total number of parcels and the number revalued annually.
In 2021, Bowie CAD valued 24,462 (37%) of the 65,761 tax parcels in Bowie County.
Market Value All Property in Bowie 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 | 5.558 | 5.723 | 5.873 | 5.957 | 6.156 | 6.399 | 6.542 | 6.365 | 8.288 | 9.430 | 9.949 | |
| Single Family | 2.451 | 2.516 | 2.549 | 2.611 | 2.697 | 2.807 | 2.934 | 3.103 | 3.746 | 4.242 | 4.501 | |
| Multi-family | 0.149 | 0.160 | 0.162 | 0.169 | 0.175 | 0.183 | 0.180 | 0.226 | 0.286 | 0.309 | 0.334 | |
| Commercial | 1.084 | 1.059 | 1.091 | 1.095 | 1.120 | 1.120 | 1.079 | 1.060 | 1.247 | 1.366 | 1.471 | |
| All Other | 1.874 | 1.988 | 2.071 | 2.082 | 2.164 | 2.290 | 2.348 | 1.977 | 3.008 | 3.513 | 3.643 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To support neighbors’ appeals for unequal appraisal.
Bowie County - Total Market Value for All Property
Bowie Central Appraisal District is required to provide a value for all real property and business personal property in Bowie County annually. This initial guesstimate is subject to appeal annually, regardless of whether the value rose, was flat or fell. Bowie County property values by category are summarized in the graph.
The value of all taxable property in Bowie County was estimated at $635 million in 2021 versus $5.72 billion in 2015. The value of houses as estimated by Bowie Central Appraisal District was $3.10 billion in 2021 versus $2.45 billion in 2015. Houses accounted for 100% of the Bowie tax roll in 2021 versus 43% in 2015.