Hidalgo County property tax rates, 2025

Short answer: Hidalgo County's own 2025 rate is 0.575% of taxable value ($0.575 per $100). It's one line of your bill. Your city, school district and special districts add the rest.

0.575%County rate
20Cities · 0.076532%–0.8502%
16School districts · 0.8617%–1.3029%
13Special districts

Example bill: $6,127.05 a year

$400,000 homestead in McAllen: $140,000 school homestead exemption, no local optional exemptions assumed, includes Hidalgo County Drainage District #1, South Texas College District.

Hidalgo County $2,300
McAllen $306
McAllen ISD $2,424
Hidalgo County Drainage District #1 $449
South Texas College District $648

Example: $400,000 homestead in McAllen
Unit	Taxable	Rate	Tax
Hidalgo County	$400,000	0.575%$0.575 per $100	$2,300.00
McAllen	$400,000	0.076532%$0.076532 per $100	$306.13
McAllen ISD	$260,000	0.9322%$0.9322 per $100	$2,423.72
Hidalgo County Drainage District #1	$400,000	0.1123%$0.1123 per $100	$449.20
South Texas College District	$400,000	0.162%$0.162 per $100	$648.00
Total		1.858032%$1.858032 per $100	$6,127.05

Hidalgo County bills commonly include Hidalgo County Drainage District #1 and the South Texas College District, both included in the example below. Note that this HCAD is the Hidalgo County district, not the Harris Central Appraisal District.

Appraisal district: Hidalgo County Appraisal District (HCAD)
Protest deadline: May 15 (next business day if that falls on a weekend), or 30 days after the notice is mailed — whichever is later (Tax Code §41.44). Check your notice.

County rate

Hidalgo County 2025 county rate
Taxing unit	Rate	Tax on $100,000
Hidalgo County	0.575%$0.575 per $100	$575

City rates (20)

Cities in Hidalgo County, 2025. (split) = spans more than one county
Taxing unit	Rate	Tax on $100,000
Alamo	0.6394%$0.6394 per $100	$639
Alton	0.4431%$0.4431 per $100	$443
Donna	0.6626%$0.6626 per $100	$663
Edcouch	0.8502%$0.8502 per $100	$850
Edinburg	0.63%$0.63 per $100	$630
Elsa	0.78%$0.78 per $100	$780
Granjeno	0.4342%$0.4342 per $100	$434
Hidalgo	0.3514%$0.3514 per $100	$351
La Joya	0.5898%$0.5898 per $100	$590
La Villa	0.8111%$0.8111 per $100	$811
McAllen	0.076532%$0.076532 per $100	$77
Mercedes	0.785%$0.785 per $100	$785
Mission	0.558%$0.558 per $100	$558
Palmview	0.5879%$0.5879 per $100	$588
Penitas	0.5562%$0.5562 per $100	$556
Pharr	0.7676%$0.7676 per $100	$768
Progreso	0.698%$0.698 per $100	$698
San Juan	0.6765%$0.6765 per $100	$677
Sullivan	0.5%$0.50 per $100	$500
Weslaco	0.6867%$0.6867 per $100	$687

School district rates (16)

School districts in Hidalgo County, 2025
Taxing unit	Rate	Tax on $100,000
Donna ISD	1.0492%$1.0492 per $100	$1,049
Edcouch-Elsa ISD	1.1325%$1.1325 per $100	$1,133
Edinburg CISD	0.8617%$0.8617 per $100	$862
Hidalgo ISD	1.1649%$1.1649 per $100	$1,165
La Joya ISD	1.0025%$1.0025 per $100	$1,003
La Villa ISD	1.2766%$1.2766 per $100	$1,277
Lyford CISD (split)	1.0962%$1.0962 per $100	$1,096
McAllen ISD	0.9322%$0.9322 per $100	$932
Mercedes ISD	1.0972%$1.0972 per $100	$1,097
Mission CISD	1.113%$1.113 per $100	$1,113
Monte Alto ISD	1.1868%$1.1868 per $100	$1,187
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD	1.011%$1.011 per $100	$1,011
Progreso ISD	1.3029%$1.3029 per $100	$1,303
Sharyland ISD	0.9575%$0.9575 per $100	$958
Valley View ISD	1.1599%$1.1599 per $100	$1,160
Weslaco ISD	0.9433%$0.9433 per $100	$943

Special district rates (13)

Special districts in Hidalgo County, 2025 (MUDs, ESDs, hospital, college and others)
Taxing unit	Rate	Tax on $100,000
Brush Country GCD (split)	0.010791%$0.010791 per $100	$11
Delta Lake Irrigation District	0.56%$0.56 per $100	$560
Donna Irrigation District #1	0.21%$0.21 per $100	$210
Hidalgo County Drainage District #1	0.1123%$0.1123 per $100	$112
Hidalgo County ESD #1	0.024%$0.024 per $100	$24
Hidalgo County ESD #2	0.3%$0.30 per $100	$300
Hidalgo County ESD #3	0.0068%$0.0068 per $100	$7
Hidalgo County ESD #4	0.0216%$0.0216 per $100	$22
Hidalgo County ESD #5	0.1%$0.10 per $100	$100
Hidalgo County ESD #6	0.1%$0.10 per $100	$100
Kenedy Co. GW Conservation District (split)	0.017138%$0.017138 per $100	$17
Red Sands Groundwater Conservation	0.1463%$0.1463 per $100	$146
South Texas College District	0.162%$0.162 per $100	$162

A rate of X% is the same number as $X per $100 of taxable value. Source: Texas Comptroller, 2025 Tax Rates and Levies (version 01/28/2026), adopted totals (M&O + I&S). See methodology.