Abolish Property Tax

Ector County property taxEstimate your bill and protest your appraisal.

Your bill starts from the value Ector County’s appraisal district puts on your home. Below are the 2025 rates for every unit that taxes Ector County homes, a worked example, and the 2027 protest dates. Then put in your own numbers.

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Opens the calculator set to Ector County.

Rates
2025
School districts
1
Cities
2
Special districts
2
Protest deadline
May 17, 2027

2025 tax rates, Ector County

Per $100 of taxable value

Part 1 Units that tax every home in the county

  1. 01Ector County$0.43895
  2. 02Ector County Hospital District$0.213344
  3. 03Odessa Junior College District$0.176887

Part 2 The largest school district

  1. 04Ector County ISD$1.0048

The district that covers the most taxable value in Ector County. It's the only school district in the county.

Part 3 Example: a $300,000 homestead in Ector County ISD, outside city limits

UnitTaxableTax
Ector County$300,000$1,317
Ector County Hospital District$300,000$640
Odessa Junior College District$300,000$531
Ector County ISD$160,000$1,608

Estimated yearly tax

$4,095

Each $10,000 cut from this appraisal saves about $183 a year.

An example value, not a typical Ector County home. The school line subtracts the $140,000 state homestead exemption. It leaves out city and special district taxes and any local-option exemptions the county or school district offers, so your bill can differ.

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Source Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Tax Rates and Levies (https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/rates/). Adopted 2025 rates.

Checking Ector County…

Tax Code 41.44

Protesting in Ector County.

State law sets the protest rules, so they’re the same in Ector County as in every Texas county. You file with the appraisal district, not the county.

  1. 01Apr 2027

    Your notice arrives

    It lists a market value and an appraised value. You’re taxed on the appraised value, less your exemptions.

  2. 02May 17, 2027

    Protest deadline

    File Form 50-132, the Notice of Protest, by May 15 or within 30 days after your notice was delivered, whichever is later. May 15 is a Saturday in 2027, so the deadline moves to Monday, May 17. Many districts take protests online.

  3. 03May to Jul

    Informal meeting

    Most districts offer a meeting with a staff appraiser before the hearing, and many protests settle there. Take an offer only if it matches your evidence.

  4. 04Summer

    Review board hearing

    If the meeting doesn’t settle it, the appraisal review board, a panel of local citizens, hears both sides and rules.

Tax Code 41.43(b)(3)

Equal appraisal

You can protest that your home is appraised unequally. The board has to rule for you unless the district shows your appraised value is at or below the median of a reasonable number of comparable homes, adjusted for their differences. Every home’s appraised value is public, so you can build this case without sale prices.

Tax Code 23.23

The 10% homestead cap

Once your home has a homestead exemption, its appraised value can’t rise more than 10% a year, plus the value of new improvements. The market value on your notice can rise faster. Check that the appraised value respects the cap.

Where you file

Ector County appraisal district.

Every Texas county is served by an appraisal district, which sets values. The taxing units set the rates. Your notice, the protest form, and the hearing all go through the district.

Office
1301 E. 8th St., Odessa, TX 79761-4703

Source Texas Comptroller, county directory, listing updated November 17, 2025. Confirm the details with the district before you file.

Every school district and city.

Which ones tax your home depends on where it sits. Your notice lists them. Rates are 2025, per $100 of taxable value. Ector County also has 2 special districts in the rates file, including 2 emergency services districts. The calculator lists them.

School districts
DistrictRate
Ector County ISD$1.0048
Cities
CityRate
Goldsmith$0.191762
Odessa$0.4707