Del Rio, Texas
Del Rio is a border city in Val Verde County, on the Rio Grande roughly 141 miles west of San Antonio. The city grew up around San Felipe Springs, one of the largest springs in Texas, which supplies its water and once fed a network of irrigation canals. Nearby Amistad Reservoir, formed on the Rio Grande, draws boaters and anglers, and Laughlin Air Force Base east of town is a major U.S. Air Force pilot-training installation.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 34,496
- Change from 2020 base
- -0.6%
- Land area
- 20.5 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Val Verde County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Val Verde County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Del Rio
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Del Rio.
County History
Val Verde County was created and organized one week apart
Texas created the county on March 24, 1885, organized it March 31, and made Del Rio the seat.
Property Tax
Val Verde's value desk is on Cantu; payment is on Mill
The appraisal district handles value and exemptions, while the county collector handles payment for the units listed under its office.
Homestead Exemption
The Val Verde homestead form belongs at the value desk
A qualifying main home receives a school-tax exemption, and the application goes to the appraisal district rather than the payment office.
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