El Paso County Commissioners to discuss property values, tax rate options for FY2026
Olivia Vara
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Commissioners will discuss whether to raise, lower or maintain the same property tax rate for the upcoming year. They will also hear from the El Paso Central Appraisal District about this year’s property values.
The El Paso Central Appraisal District (CAD), an independent agency, determines the taxable value of real and personal property based on market conditions and appraisal standards.
The County will determine its share of the tax rate following CAD’s presentation of the certified property values for the 2025 tax year, a tax rate which accounts for approximately 16 cents of every dollar in property taxes.
Evaluations have gone up around $4 1/2 billion across all property in El Paso from 2024 to 2025.
The proposal of the No-New-Revenue tax rate during today’s presentations is based on this number, with the goal of producing the same property tax revenue from last year.
El Paso County will propose the Voter Approval Rate to allow flexibility in finalizing the FY26 Budget. By law the Commissioners Court is allowed to adopt a rate at or below the Voter Approval Tax Rate without necessitating an election.
The median value of a home in El Paso is around $270,000, according to UTEP Research.
That means that under the 2025 voter approval tax rate, the average household would pay more than $1300.
While you would pay a little more than $1100 under the No-New-Revenue tax rate.
Today’s session at the Commissioners Court Meeting ended with a 5 way vote accepting the 2025 No-New-Revenue (NNR) and Voter-Approval Rate (VAR) calculations, with the No-New-Revenue Rate being 0.409349/$100 and the Voter-Approval Rate 0.487797/$100.
The final public hearing and adoption of the FY26 County Budget is set for September 15th.