Cooke County Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
O’Connor is the leading company representative for the Cooke County Appraisal District property owners because:
- For over 20 years, O’Connor has provided property tax consulting services in the Cooke County Appraisal District and has continuously produced results.
- O’Connor is one of the most aggressive property tax consultants.
- We know the processes and appropriate contracts at Cooke County Appraisal District.
- Our experience has allowed us to compile sales and unequal appraisal data consistent with the format expected by the Cooke County Appraisal District and the Cooke County Appraisal Review Board.
Cooke County Appraisal District’s (CAD) formal and informal hearings resulting in reductions are displayed in the graphs below :
- The Cooke County Appraisal District’s total tax savings in the year 2020 is $260,000 which is lower when comparing 2019’s savings of $1,740,000 MM.
- Learn more about the total protests in Cooke county from 2014 to 2020. Cooke County – Property Taxes vs CPI highlights the difference between commercial and residential values vs the CPI.
- In 2020 the residential percentage of 54% is higher when compared with the commercial percentage of 28%. Cooke County Appraisal District statistics from the years 2016 to 2020 are listed below.
- O’Connor has compiled multiple data points from Cooke county into one convenient resource.
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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:
Cooke -
Street Address:
201 N. Dixon St. Gainesville, TX 76240-3974 -
Mailing Address:
201 N. Dixon St. Gainesville, TX 76240-3974 -
Phone:
940-665-7651
Major Cities:
Callisburg, Gainesville, Lindsay, Muenster, Oak Ridge
Cooke County Texas totals 898 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 41,668. Adjacent counties include Fannin, Delta, Hopkins, Rains, Van Zandt, Kaufman, Rockwall, Collin. The total market value of real property and personal property in Cooke County in 2020 was $12,000,000,000. Cooke County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $147,400,000 million based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Cooke County property owners protested the noticed value for 4,820 houses and 3,710 commercial and BPP properties. Cooke County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 96% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Cooke County results in savings of $14,000,000 million in 2020, or $1,641 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Cooke was $2,860,000 including 22 employees.
Cooke Property Tax Values
