Property owners in Jonestown paid property taxes equal to 3.8% of their home values in the fourth quarter of 2025, a rate that is more than 4.3 times higher than the national average, based on data from BlockShopper.com.
Jonestown’s median home sales price was $180,854 for the fourth quarter of 2025, determined from four transactions during that period. For 2025, the city’s median property tax bill was $6,872—representing 3.8% of the median home value subject to taxation.
The U.S. average effective property tax rate stood at 0.888% in 2024.
In Travis County, Elgin and Jonestown recorded the two highest property tax rates among cities.
This article calculates Jonestown’s 2025 effective property tax rate using estimated inflation figures and 2021 county tax data. Actual effective rates may show slight variances in some cases.
National home prices kept climbing in 2025, with June’s U.S. median reaching about $447,000—an increase of 1.13% compared with a year prior, Redfin figures show. Data points to a notable supply-demand gap, as sellers outnumbered buyers by 36%, or 508,715 homes. Under Redfin’s standard, a market is considered balanced if there is a difference of no more than 10% between sellers and buyers.
The following table presents a comparison of Elgin and select other Travis County cities by their median effective property tax rates, as calculated from fourth-quarter 2025 sales and tax records.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin | 3 | $131,542 | $5,276 | 4% |
| Jonestown | 4 | $180,854 | $6,872 | 3.8% |
| Point Venture | 4 | $273,570 | $8,532 | 3.1% |
| Briarcliff | 3 | $218,719 | $6,674 | 3.1% |
| Manor | 20 | $196,392 | $5,816 | 3% |
| Wells Branch | 3 | $235,598 | $6,568 | 2.8% |
| Cedar Park | 10 | $449,379 | $11,525 | 2.6% |
| Pflugerville | 58 | $290,262 | $7,288 | 2.5% |
| Manchaca | 2 | $198,845 | $4,974 | 2.5% |
| Round Rock | 2 | $275,438 | $6,936 | 2.5% |
| Lost Creek | 4 | $752,862 | $18,326 | 2.4% |
| Spicewood | 18 | $501,897 | $11,632 | 2.3% |
| Austin | 564 | $412,320 | $8,986 | 2.2% |
| The Hills | 5 | $528,000 | $11,693 | 2.2% |
| Lago Vista | 8 | $285,518 | $5,773 | 2% |
| Barton Creek | 5 | $1,464,664 | $28,824 | 2% |
| Rollingwood | 4 | $1,305,689 | $24,563 | 1.9% |
| Hornsby Bend | 3 | $195,922 | $3,698 | 1.9% |
| Lakeway | 17 | $571,758 | $10,066 | 1.8% |
| Bee Cave | 11 | $652,000 | $10,936 | 1.7% |
| West Lake Hills | 4 | $1,400,650 | $22,901 | 1.6% |
| Shady Hollow | 2 | $539,105 | $8,406 | 1.6% |
| Leander | 11 | $583,550 | $8,467 | 1.5% |
| Dripping Springs | 2 | $721,241 | $5,660 | 0.8% |
