Corpus Christi Property Tax Rate: How Your Bill Is Calculated
Corpus Christi property tax is set per $100 of taxable value by several local taxing units. Here is how to combine those rates into an estimate of your annual bill.
In September 2025, the city council approved the first reading of a tax rate of $0.599774 per $100 valuation for the 2025-26 budget [1].
Each $100 of taxable value is charged that rate, so a higher home value means a higher bill at the same rate. Two homes with different taxable values pay the same rate, but the home with the higher value pays more. The rate is applied to the whole taxable value, not only to the amount above a set figure.
This article explains which taxing units set your bill, how to estimate it, and where the official rates are published. The city's local taxes page links to a notice about its 2026 tax rate, so check that notice for the current year [2].
Which taxing units set the rate on your bill?
Your Corpus Christi property tax bill adds up rates from several local taxing units, and the city is only one of them. Each unit publishes its own figure, so the full bill is never printed in one place. Knowing who publishes each rate tells you where to look for it. Related reading: Is Corpus Christi TX a Good Place to Live? Costs and Trade-Offs.
Taxing unit | Who sets the rate | Where it is published | What it applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
Nueces County | County tax assessor-collector publishes by year | County tax rates page | Rates and exemptions for each year |
Other taxing units | Each unit's own rate | Named on the county's rate pages | Each unit's share of the bill |
City of Corpus Christi
The city council approved the first reading of a rate of $0.599774 per $100 valuation, with the date shown as September 2, 2025 [1]. That figure is the one you apply to your taxable value for the city portion of the bill.
Nueces County
The county's tax assessor-collector publishes tax rate information by year, along with 2026 tax rates and exemptions [3]. Use that page for the county's share of your bill, since the figures change from year to year.
Appraisal district
The Nueces County Appraisal District does not determine property tax rates or assess and collect property taxes [4]. Its office is useful for questions about your appraisal, but the rate itself comes from the taxing units. Do not look for the rate on its site.
Other taxing units
The county's rate pages name the other taxing units that also charge a rate on your property. Each one has its own rate, so you need to find each figure and add it to the city and county amounts.
The city and county publish their rates separately, and the appraisal district publishes neither. Your total bill is therefore a sum of separate rates from separate offices.
How do you estimate your yearly property tax bill?
Your estimate is your taxable value divided by 100, multiplied by each taxing unit's rate, with the results added together. Start with the city's share, which you can calculate right away.
Step 1: Calculate the city portion
The Corpus Christi city council approved the first reading of a tax rate of $0.599774 per $100 valuation for the 2025-26 budget, reported in September 2025 [1]. Using that rate on a $250,000 taxable value:
250,000 / 100 = 2,500
2,500 x $0.599774 = about $1,499
Because the charge scales with value, a taxable value of $300,000 at the same rate gives about $1,799 (3,000 x $0.599774).
Step 2: Add the other taxing units
Each other taxing unit sets its own rate, and those rates are published separately from the city's. Run the same division and multiplication for each rate, then add all the results together to get your full estimate.
The Nueces County Appraisal District does not determine property tax rates or assess and collect property taxes [4]. Its figures are therefore not a rate you add to the bill, so leave them out of the calculation.
Step 3: Start from your taxable value
Use the taxable value shown on your appraisal notice, not a market value from a listing or an online estimate. Taxable value can differ from market value, so the appraisal notice gives the number the calculation needs.
Work through Step 1 for each unit, then add the totals. The result is a planning figure you can budget around, and your actual bill may come out different.
Has the Corpus Christi property tax rate gone up or down?
Corpus Christi's property tax rate has fallen over the long run, from 0.64% in 2002 to 0.60% in 2024 [5]. That is a small change over more than two decades, and on its own it does not tell you whether your bill went up or down.
Why a lower rate can still mean a higher bill
Your bill starts from your home's taxable value, and the rate is applied to that value. A small drop in the rate can be cancelled out when your value rises faster. For example, if the rate slips a little but your home's appraised value climbs more, the amount you owe can still go up.
For most owners, value matters more than the rate. The rate changes slowly, while appraised values can jump from one year to the next in a fast market. When you ask whether your taxes went up, look at the rate and the value side by side.
Compare the same year
Mixing years makes a change look larger or smaller than it really was. The same rule applies when you compare the city with another taxing unit: line up the rates for the same year first.
Taxing units may not move in the same direction. A city rate that falls could sit beside a county rate that rises, so the city figure alone can mislead you about the total. Add the rates for the same year, then apply them to the same taxable value, before you decide whether your bill changed.
Keep both numbers in view
The rate is one input, and taxable value is the other. Together they set the bill, and the same rate can produce very different amounts for two homes with different values. Use the rate as a starting point, then compare it with the value on your own appraisal notice from one year to the next.
Where do you find the official 2026 rates and exemptions?
Use these pages, not summaries, for any figure you put into your estimate.
City of Corpus Christi
If you want to see the math behind the figure, open the worksheet next.
Save the tax rate sheet with your estimate. That way you can point to the exact document a number came from when you revisit it later.
Nueces County
The Nueces County tax assessor-collector publishes tax rate information by year, and its page includes a 2026 Tax Rates and Exemptions entry [3]. This matters because your bill includes the county's share as well as the city's.
The county office is at 901 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, TX 78401, and its phone number is (361) 888-0111 [3]. Call if a figure on the page is unclear to you. You may also find this useful: Cost of Living in Corpus Christi, TX: Housing, Utilities and Taxes.
Why official pages matter
A summary can fall behind the current year. If you copy an older rate into your calculation, every line of the estimate inherits that error. Pull each figure directly from the city and county pages.
Note which page each figure came from. When you update the estimate next year, you will know exactly where to look.
What should you take away about your Corpus Christi tax bill?
Your Corpus Christi property tax bill is the taxable value divided by 100, times each taxing unit's rate, with the results added together. The county and other taxing units add their own rates on top of that.
Treat your result as a planning number, not a fixed amount. Rates change from year to year, and your appraised value can change too, so your actual bill may come in higher or lower.