Appraisals 2026.
How does Harris County compare to itself? Here's what HCAD's 2026 appraisals look like against the §41.43(b)(3) per-square-foot median test.
How big is the gap?
How over-assessed is Harris County?
Every parcel with matched comps, binned by how its 2026 HCAD appraisal compares to the per-sqft median of its 5 closest neighbors. Bar colors match the map. Dashed vertical lines mark the bucket cutoffs (−5%, +2%, +7%); the blue dotted line marks the city-wide median.
Where do cases cluster?
The per-sqft test sorts every Harris County home into one of five buckets. Most cluster near the median; roughly 1 in 4 sits more than 7% above it.
By the §41.43(b)(3) per-sqft median test
By neighborhood
Each row is a HCAD neighborhood code (HCAD's internal grouping of similar homes); the label names the most common street in that group. Case rate is the share of homes in the red or yellow bucket (more than 2% over the per-sqft median). Neighborhoods with fewer than 10 matched parcels are omitted.
| Neighborhood | Homes | Case rate | Median over‑% | Gap |
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