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 | 0.0765 | 0.0767 | 0.0789 | 0.0814 | 0.0832 | 0.0850 | 0.0851 | 0.0860 | 0.0867 | 0.0869 | 0.0882 | |
| Parcels Appraised | 0.0765 | 0.0620 | 0.0588 | 0.0814 | 0.0832 | 0.0561 | 0.0290 | 0.0237 | 0.0183 | 0.0236 | 0.0181 | |
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.
Polk Central Appraisal District Tax Parcels
Polk Central Appraisal District Polk 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 equitable as possible. Texas has a total of 20,663,600 tax parcels, or an average of 82,986 per county.
Polk Central 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.
Polk CAD Total Number of Parcels in District
Property tax values must be revalued by the Polk Central 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 58,800 parcels appraised in Polk County each year except in 2019 when the total was 0.
Market Value All Property in Polk 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 | 2.953 | 4.089 | 5.289 | 5.270 | 5.643 | 6.018 | 5.335 | 6.784 | 7.837 | 9.914 | 10.600 | |
| Single Family | 1.559 | 1.857 | 1.708 | 1.832 | 1.891 | 2.050 | 2.046 | 2.274 | 2.548 | 3.283 | 3.407 | |
| Multi-family | 0.015 | 0.014 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.020 | 0.020 | 0.022 | 0.026 | |
| Commercial | 0.349 | 0.372 | 0.390 | 0.393 | 0.398 | 0.417 | 0.419 | 0.424 | 0.464 | 0.534 | 0.563 | |
| All Other | 1.030 | 1.846 | 3.176 | 3.031 | 3.339 | 3.535 | 2.856 | 4.065 | 4.806 | 6.075 | 6.603 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To support neighbors’ appeals for unequal appraisal.
Polk County - Total Market Value for All Property
The Polk Central Appraisal District is required to provide a value for all real property and business personal property in Polk County annually. This initial guesstimate is subject to appeal annually, regardless of whether the value rose, was flat or fell. Polk County property values by category are summarized in the graph.
The value of single family residences in Polk County was $2.1 billion in 2019, about 0.5% of the value of all single family houses in Texas ($1.65 trillion for Texas).