Henderson County Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
Property owners select O’Connor to represent them in property tax protests more often than any other firm because:
- For property owners looking to reduce their taxes, O’Connor can help! O’Connor pays the deposit, which may be refunded if the hearing results are favorable.
- O’Connor has been appealing property taxes for over 30 years, during which time he has established rapport with appraisal district employees.
- Having trustworthy evidence is just as crucial as having ties. Based on the appraisal districts’ principles on evaluation, proprietary software and databases with more than 50 million sales structure the evidence.
- If you need help compiling sales and unequal appraisal data to meet the standards specified by the Henderson County ARB and CAD, O’Connor is the place to call!
Henderson County Appraisal District’s (CAD) formal and informal hearing results are displayed below:
- Henderson County Appraisal District reduced property taxes by $6 million in 2023 and property owners protested the taxable value of 5,780 accounts.
- In Henderson County, 92% of informal protests and 52% of ARB protests were successful. In informal protests, Henderson Appraisal District, homeowners saved $.99 million and ARB property tax protests $14 million.
- Henderson County had a 98% reduction in commercial due to informal hearings in 2023.
- In 2023, 4% of property taxes in Henderson County were contested.
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:
Henderson -
Street Address:
1751 Enterprise St. Athens, TX 75751-8827 -
Mailing Address:
1751 Enterprise St. Athens, TX 75751-8827 -
Phone:
903-675-9296
Major Cities:
Athens, Berryville, Brownsboro, Caney City, Chandler, Coffee City, Enchanted Oaks, Eustace, Evelyn, Gun Barrel City, Log Cabin, Mabank, Malakoff, Moore Station, Murchison, Payne Springs, Poynor, Seven Points, Star Harbor, Tool, Trinidad
Henderson County Texas totals 898 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 82,150. Adjacent counties include Kaufman, Van Zandt, Smith, Cherokee, Anderson, Freestone, Navarro, Ellis county. The total market value of real property and personal property in Henderson County in 2020 was $10,045,700,000. Henderson County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $121,739,042 million, based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Henderson County property owners protested the noticed value for 930 houses and 4,070 commercial and BPP properties. Henderson County Appraisal Review Board appeals were successful for 91% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Henderson County results in savings of $3,000,000 million in 2020, or $599 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Henderson was $2,390,000 including 23 employees.
Henderson Property Tax Values
