Property Tax Resources · Angelina County, Texas
Angelina County
Property Taxes
Deep East Texas timber and manufacturing country — where property values have climbed and only a fraction of owners exercise their right to protest.
Property Tax Resources · Angelina County, Texas
Deep East Texas timber and manufacturing country — where property values have climbed and only a fraction of owners exercise their right to protest.
Source: County debt — Texas Bond Review Board, FY2025.
🔴 2026 Protest Deadline: May 15, 2026 — or 30 days after your Notice of Appraised Value is mailed, whichever is later. Miss this date and you waive your right to protest.
Angelina County covers 802 square miles of East Texas, with Lufkin as its hub — home to timber, healthcare, manufacturing, and a working-class population that has felt every property value surge since 2020. The Angelina County Appraisal District maintains roughly 66,500 real and personal property accounts. Total market value now exceeds $10.7 billion, driven by both residential appreciation and commercial growth along the Highway 59 corridor.
Roughly 4% of parcels were protested in 2024 (Texas Comptroller, 2024 Appraisal District Operations Survey). Homeowners who pursued informal appeals saved $230,000 in aggregate — real money, left on the table by everyone who didn’t file. The ARB hearing window runs from May through late July. File your protest before May 15, 2026, then let the process work.
Official CAD site — appraisal notices, exemption applications, and district contact information.
Search your property record, view current appraised value, and verify exemption status.
Angelina CAD protest procedures, filing information, and deadline details for the current year.
Every taxing entity’s proposed rate, adopted rate, and public hearing schedule for Angelina County.
Enter the date your Notice of Appraised Value was mailed to find your exact filing deadline.
Every taxing unit in Angelina County — your school district, city, county — must publish its proposed rate and hold a public hearing before adopting any rate exceeding the no-new-revenue rate. These meetings are open. Your voice is on the record.
View Angelina County Tax Rates →Photo: Angelina County Courthouse, Lufkin, Texas. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
| Taxing Entity | Type | Rate (2025 adopted) |
|---|---|---|
| Angelina County | County | $0.4490/$100 |
| Central ISD | School District | $0.8973/$100 |
| Colmesneil ISD | School District | $0.7392/$100 |
| Diboll ISD | School District | $1.0002/$100 |
| Hudson ISD | School District | $0.8392/$100 |
| Huntington ISD | School District | $1.0375/$100 |
| Lufkin ISD | School District | $0.9714/$100 |
| Wells ISD | School District | $0.9119/$100 |
| Zavalla ISD | School District | $0.9562/$100 |
2025 adopted rates per Texas Comptroller Tax Rates & Levies (source). City, MUD, college and other special-district rates may also apply depending on your parcel. Your total depends on which districts your property falls in — verify current rates at your county appraisal district.
What your Notice means and exactly what to do — and by when — after it arrives.
How the Texas homestead exemption lowers your taxable value, including recent changes.
When a property tax consultant is worth it for protesting your appraisal.
Lesser-known special valuations that can cut the taxable value of qualifying land.
The state office that oversees appraisal districts and protects taxpayers.
Who sets your county’s values and why that role matters to your bill.
Search your account at angelinacad.org. Know your Notice of Appraised Value and the deadline printed on it.
File online or in person at Angelina County Appraisal District: 105 Miles Way #300, Lufkin, TX 75901. Deadline: May 15, 2026 or 30 days after your notice was mailed.
Recent sales of comparable homes, your purchase price, photos of property condition issues, and repair estimates all strengthen your case.
Before your ARB hearing, a CAD appraiser may offer to settle. Review any offer carefully before accepting — you can accept or proceed to the formal hearing.
The Appraisal Review Board is independent of the CAD. Present your evidence clearly and concisely. Most hearings run 15–30 minutes.
Disagree with the ARB ruling? You may appeal to district court, binding arbitration, or SOAH (properties over $1 million).
“No person’s particular services shall be demanded, nor property taken or applied to public use, unless by the consent of himself or his representative, without just compensation being made therefor.”
— Section 13, Declaration of Rights, Republic of Texas, 1836Angelina County is working-class East Texas — timber workers, healthcare workers, tradespeople who built their equity dollar by dollar. When appraised values jump faster than incomes, the burden lands hardest on exactly those people. Six ISDs, a city, and the county all set rates independently, and almost nobody shows up to question them. That has to change. Look up your value. File before May 15. Attend the hearings. The people in those seats work for you — and they know it when you show up.
