Lake Houston - Humble - Kingwood Edition | October 2025

BY EMILY LINCKE

Humble lowers tax rate amid rising home values On Sept. 25, Humble City Council unanimously accepted a 1.3% year-over-year drop for the city’s scal year 2025-26 total property tax rate. The cost Humble’s total property tax rate for FY 2025- 26 is $0.258171 per $100 valuation—the same

City infrastructure projects move forward Builders for two infrastructure projects— totaling $10.8 million—were approved by Humble City Council on Sept. 25. At a glance City Council approved V&S Construction to build the city’s Northshire Lift Station Upgrade and Wastewater System Improvements Project. The company bid about $10.5 million for the project, according to Sept. 25 meeting documents, and the project was originally estimated to cost $11 million to construct, City Manager Jason Stuebe said. On Sept. 25, City Council also selected Larry Young Paving Inc. for $314,960 to upgrade trac lights at three Humble-area intersections. The estimated construction cost of the trac light upgrades is also less than what was budgeted, Stuebe said.

rate proposed under the city’s budget in mid- September—City Manager Jason Stuebe conrmed via email Sept. 30. Humble’s FY 2025-26 total tax rate is less than the FY 2024-25 rate, which was $0.261476 per $100 valuation. However, with Humble home values increasing 2% year over year, residents may still see a slight increase on their tax bill, according to Humble City Council meeting documents. The median home value in Humble for FY 2025-26 is $129,187, so local property taxes will cost $330.71 annually for homes of that value in FY 2025-26—a 0.85% increase year over year.

Humble home values

Humble tax bills

Average home value

Annual tax on average home

$0 $100 $200 $400 $300

$100K $150K

$333.52

$330.71

$129,187

$126,478

$0 $50K

2024-25

2025-26

2024-25

2025-26

Fiscal year

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