McAllen, TX property tax rate (2025 adopted)

Every taxing unit on a McAllen bill

Your bill adds up one line per taxing unit. These are the units on the 2025 appraisal roll for homes inside McAllen city limits, with McAllen ISD as the school district. Rates are dollars per $100 of taxable value.

The Comptroller's 2025 city file shows 0.076532 for McAllen because its M&O figure is entered as 0.041384 instead of 0.413841; the city's own rate history and the Hidalgo CAD roll show 0.448989, which is used here.

What makes up the McAllen rate

McAllen ISD is the biggest line on a McAllen bill: 0.9322 of the 2.2797 per $100, or 41% of the 2025 total. The countywide units (Hidalgo County, Hidalgo County Drainage District #1, South Texas College District and South Texas ISD (magnet district)) add 0.8985.

The City of McAllen's own 2025 rate is 0.448989, the second lowest of the 10 Hidalgo County city rates on this site (from 0.3514 to 0.7850).

At 2025 rates, McAllen's combined 2.2797 is the 7th lowest of the 20 Valley cities on this site and the lowest of the 10 in Hidalgo County.

Of the 10 years in the city's tax rate history, the City of McAllen's rate was highest in 2019 (0.495677); it was 0.448989 in 2025 and is the same in 2026.

Which school district?

McAllen city limits cross more than one school district, and the school district is the biggest line on the bill. About 84.1% of the homes are in McAllen ISD, so the tables on this page default to it. Your district depends on your exact address. Look it up on the Hidalgo County Appraisal District property search.

On a $300,000 homestead the Edinburg CISD part of McAllen pays about $5,419 a year, and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD part about $5,658, a difference of $239.

Also inside city limits, each with under 0.5% of the homes: Mission CISD (combined 2.4605 in 2025). The estimator below includes them.

Of the 53,622 housing units the 2020 Census counted inside McAllen city limits, 45,119 in McAllen ISD, 4,467 in Sharyland ISD, 2,029 in Edinburg CISD, 1,955 in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD and 45 in Mission CISD.

Units that tax only some homes

Hidalgo County ESD #3 (2025 rate 0.0068) taxes some parcels inside McAllen city limits: the 2025 record of a City of McAllen-owned lot (HCAD 588247) lists it with City of McAllen and McAllen ISD. It was not on any of the 40 sampled homes inside city limits, so the tables leave it out; the estimator lets you add it. A public improvement district (PID) in a newer subdivision bills an assessment, not a tax rate; the title company can tell you if a lot has one.

A McAllen mailing address can sit outside city limits, where there is no city tax and an emergency services district may tax instead. Your appraisal district record lists every unit on your home.

Estimate your McAllen property tax

Annual tax only. Pick your school district, enter the appraised value from your notice, and choose your exemptions.

What a McAllen home pays at $200,000, $300,000 and $400,000

What the exemptions are worth in McAllen

Not in those figures: on the 2025 Hidalgo CAD roll, Hidalgo County took $15,000 off (about $86 a year) for the 65+ accounts we sampled.

Rules and forms: how each exemption works, the homestead guide and the disabled veteran guide.

New construction in McAllen

New-home communities in McAllen on this site, with the tax stack each community page uses (school district and combined rate). Community pages use 2025 adopted rates.

• Anaqua at Tres Lagos, Esperanza Homes: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• Aqualina at Tres Lagos, Esperanza Homes: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• Eldorado at Thousand Oaks, Villa Homes: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• Eldorado at Thousand Oaks (Phase II lots), Red Rock Development: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• Las Brisas at Tres Lagos, Esperanza Homes: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• Tres Lagos (master-planned community), Rhodes Enterprises: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• Villas On Freddy, Esperanza Homes: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• Villas at Tres Lagos, Esperanza Homes: Edinburg CISD, 2.2092 per $100
• 9 Hundred Bicentennial, CJE Construction: McAllen ISD, 2.2797 per $100
• Harvest Coves, Esperanza Homes: McAllen ISD, 2.2797 per $100
• Cobblestone, U R Home Texas: Sharyland ISD, 2.3050 per $100
• Cobblestone I, WestWind Homes: Sharyland ISD, 2.3050 per $100
• Mayfair at Trinity, Dolcan Homes: Sharyland ISD, 2.3050 per $100
• Northwood Trails, Hakes Brothers: Sharyland ISD, 2.3050 per $100
• Northwood Trails (Blocks II and III lots), Red Rock Development: Sharyland ISD, 2.3050 per $100
• Stonebriar at Trinity Oaks, Affordable Homes of South Texas: Sharyland ISD, 2.3050 per $100
• Taylor Creek Village, Hakes Brothers: Sharyland ISD, 2.3050 per $100

Protest deadline

Who sends the bill, and when it is due

The Hidalgo County Tax Assessor-Collector, (956) 318-2157, collects for Hidalgo County, Hidalgo County Drainage District #1, South Texas College District, South Texas ISD (magnet district) and McAllen ISD. Online: hidalgocounty.us.

2026 bills go out in October and November 2026 and are on time if paid by Monday, Feb. 1, 2027, because Jan. 31 falls on a Sunday (Tax Code 31.02, 1.06). Penalties and installment plans.

Nearby cities

Questions

Next steps

• Living in McAllen: the McAllen community guide.
• Building or buying new: new construction in McAllen (each community page shows its own tax stack).
• Countywide view: Hidalgo County property tax rates, and all 20 Valley cities compared.
• Mortgage and affordability math: calculators.

From Amy

Amy Herrera, REALTOR®, RE/MAX Elite

Protesting your home's value? I can pull recent sales of comparable homes near yours from the MLS for your hearing. I help with single-family homes only, not farms, ranches, duplexes, multifamily or commercial property, and I do not file protests for you. Book a call. I work in English and Spanish.

Sources and method

Units: 40 of 40 sampled Hidalgo County Appraisal District 2025 roll records with a McAllen mailing address that were inside city limits (sampled Oct 14, 2026). Rates: checked Oct 16, 2026 against the sources below. Full method and data file.

Amy Herrera, REALTOR® and Texas real estate sales agent (TREC #808068) with RE/MAX Elite, is not a tax adviser, appraiser or property tax consultant. General information, not tax advice; your tax office has the exact amount.