Brazos Central Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
Texas property owners make the decision to use O’Connor as their property tax consultant for the following reasons:
- Every possible means of reducing your property taxes is understood and utilized by O’Connor. We regularly use binding arbitration and O’Connor pays the deposit, which may not be returned depending on the hearing results.
- Relationships with appraisal district staff help us to understand what is necessary to reduce your property taxes.
- You benefit from the millions of Texas property tax appeals completed by O’Connor, using comparable sales data and unequal appraisal data uniquely processed by our proprietary software. The hearing evidence file often totals 50 to 100 pages.
- Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Brazos CAD and the Brazos County ARB.
Brazos Central Appraisal District’s (CAD) formal and informal hearing results are displayed below :
- In 2023, property owners in Brazos County saw a significant increase to the from $14 million in 2022 in overall tax savings to $29 million. Brazos County property owners protested the taxable value of 21,010 accounts in 2023.
- In Brazos County, 82% of property tax protests were successful from the Appraisal Review Board (ARB), while 98% of informal protests were successful. By informally protesting and via ARB protests, homeowners were able to save $5 million and $2 million, respectively.
- From 2021 to 2023, the proportion of properties disputed in Brazos County rose steadily from 9% to 14%.
- Home protests in Brazos County had a drop in 2021, leading to a fall in formal protests, but they increased again in 2023, leading to an 81% reduction in tax savings.
Save With O’Connor
1,148
Average HCAD Tax Savings

Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
Residential Property
343
Commercial Property
1,966
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
2023 County Appraisal District Statistics
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County:
Brazos -
Street Address:
1673 Briarcrest Dr. #A-101 Bryan, TX 77802-2749 -
Mailing Address:
1673 Briarcrest Dr. #A-101 Bryan, TX 77802-2749 -
Phone:
979-774-4100
Major Cities:
Bryan, College Station, Navasota, Wixon Valley
Brazos County Texas totals 591 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 233,849. Adjacent counties include Robertson, Leon, Madison, Grimes, Washington and Burleson County. The total market value of real property and personal property in Brazos County in 2020 was $27,000,000,000. Brazos County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $443,000,000 billion based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Brazos County property owners protested the notified value for 14,310 houses and 7,870 commercial and BPP properties. Brazos County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 90% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Brazos County results in savings of $62,000,000 million in 2020, or $4,332 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Brazos was $4,130,000 including 33 employees.
Brazos Property Tax Values
