Moving from Austin

On the two stacks I've worked out, Kingwood in Houston carries a higher total rate than a City of Austin address. For tax year 2025, Kingwood's Harris County villages total 2.359318 per $100 across eight taxing units. A house inside the City of Austin and Austin ISD totals 2.046485 per $100 across five. The rate is only half of it. Exemptions differ by jurisdiction, and a house outside a city or inside a MUD sits on a different stack entirely.

Yes, I help people moving between Austin and Kingwood, and I work both markets. People leave Austin for Houston and Houston for Austin every week, and almost nobody helping them knows both ends. I do, because I moved from Austin to Kingwood myself. The map shows both markets and the road between them.