The taxable value in Comal County’s median-homestead example rose $6,545 from 2025 to 2026. If commissioners adopt the proposed rate, the example’s county tax bill would rise $19.96 to $1,084.97.
For the county's median taxable homestead value of $355,710, the proposed rate would produce a $1,084.97 county tax bill; the no-new-revenue rate would produce $1,047.75.
The newly posted Aug. 20 agenda supplies that side-by-side comparison before Commissioners Court holds a budget hearing, considers adopting the 2027 budget and holds a hearing on the proposed 2026 tax rate.
What would the proposed county tax rate mean for a median homestead?
Comal County's agenda estimates a $1,084.97 tax bill on the 2026 median homestead under the proposed rate, $19.96 more than the comparable 2025 bill.
The comparison starts with a 2025 median taxable homestead value of $349,165 and a county bill of $1,065.01. The 2026 value is $355,710, an increase of about 1.9%.
The proposed rate is $0.305015 per $100 of taxable value, the same rate used in the county’s 2025 example. The higher taxable value accounts for the increase between the two bill estimates.
The county also calculates a balanced-budget example at the no-new-revenue rate of $0.294552 per $100. That produces a $1,047.75 bill on the 2026 median homestead, $37.22 below the proposed-rate estimate.
Which spending choices are driving the proposal to retain the current rate?
That question will matter when commissioners take up the proposed budget Aug. 20. The taxpayer statement shows the household-scale difference between the proposed and no-new-revenue rates; commissioners’ budget action will determine which proposal advances.
Will Commissioners Court amend the proposed budget or tax rate before adoption? The posted agenda schedules consideration of budget adoption, but the meeting itself remains ahead. The figures describe alternatives rather than a completed decision.
How residents can follow the decision
The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, in the Commissioners Courtroom at 100 Main Plaza in New Braunfels. The agenda allows citizen comments of up to three minutes and separately lists the budget and tax-rate hearings.
Individual tax bills will depend on each property’s taxable value and exemptions. The county’s median example is a benchmark for comparing the two rate scenarios, not a bill estimate for every homeowner.
The dollar comparison advances the county’s earlier budget calendar: residents now have a concrete median-homestead estimate to weigh before the hearing and budget proceedings.