City Property Tax

Your total property tax amount is made up of tax rates from several entities, the County, Port, School, Emergency District, Farm to Market, Drainage District and the City. The following information is based only on the City portion of your total tax rate.

Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the changes in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

Notice of Adopted 2023 Tax Rate


City of Bridge City, Texas ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE.

THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 5.52 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $-9.73.

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The City of bridge city, texas proposed a tax rate that will raise more taxes for maintenance and operations than last year's tax rate.

The tax rate will effectively be raised by 5.52 percent and will raise taxes for maintenance and operations on a $100,000 home by approximately $-9.73.


2023 proposed tax rate 

(to be adopted 9-5-23)

The City of Bridge City is Proposing a City Property Tax Rate of 0.46826 Per $100 Value

  • Maintenance and Operations: 0.32412
  • Interest and Sinking (Debt): 0.14414

The 2023 Property Tax calculation worksheets can be seen here: 2023 Worksheet  

2022 Tax Rate

2022 Adopted a City Property Tax Rate of 0.48228 Per $100 Value

  • Maintenance and Operations: 0.33629
  • Interest and Sinking (Debt): 0.14599

2021 & Before

  • 2021 Adopted City Property Tax Rate of 0.52369 per $100 Value
  • 2020 Adopted City Property Tax Rate of 0.54058 per $100 Value
  • 2019 Adopted City Property Tax Rate of 0.55350 per $100 Value
  • 2018 Adopted City Property Tax Rate of 0.54700 per $100 Value
  • 2017 Adopted City Property Tax Rate of 0.52000 per $100 Value
  • 2016 Adopted City Property Tax Rate of 0.52000 per $100 Value
  • 2015 Adopted City Property Tax Rate of 0.49920 per $100 Value