Headline in the Waco Tribune Herald newspaper Wednesday June 10th "Home value rise surprises owners'. While it was not a surprise that taxes went up, it was a surprise how much. The man featured in the picture accompanying the story said his valuation went up $25,000! Which makes me feel lucky. Mine only went up a couple thousand.
The average homeowner saw a rise of 3.3 %, up from $111,808 in 2008 to $115,547 for 2009. The county's total tax base went up by 6.9%. But some suburbs of Waco saw a rise of 7 to 9 %.
One of the more desired ares of town, China Spring, actually went down. See the chart below.
Avg home value Avg home value % 08 Tax`value 09Tax %
2008 2009 Change Change
Bellmead $58,096 $59,939 3.17 $309068.,414 $337,988,961 9.36
Hewitt $129,648 $134,593 3.81 $585,100.002 $608,228,538 3.95
Lacy-Lakeview $80,339 $83,812 4.32 $248,625,989 $267,943,342 7.77
Robinson $118,465 $124,954 5.48 $500,417,509 $539,887,567 7.29
Waco $108,840 $109,447 .56 $6,009,289,503 $6,402,836,738 6.55
Woodway $177,253 $189,129 6.70 $773,716,936 $831,893,414 7.52
China Spring ISD $161,650 $159,205 -1.51 $509,585,886 $539,556,476 5.88
Waco ISD $89,547 $89,969 .47 $4,000,616,151 $4,246,363,563 6.14
Midway ISD $165,882 $171,504 4.65 $3,244,088,980 $3,510,264,731 8.20
Mclennan County $111,808 $$115,547 3.34 $10,155,281,829 $10,854,284,936 6.88
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