North Texas property taxes
Property taxes in North Texas, city by city.
Texas has no state income tax, so your property tax bill matters more here. Compare combined 2025 rates across 22 cities before you choose where to buy.
What makes up your tax bill
A Texas property tax bill is the sum of every taxing unit on the address: the city, the county, the school district, sometimes a college or hospital district, and in many newer communities a municipal utility district (MUD) tax or a public improvement district (PID) assessment. Each one sets its own rate per $100 of taxable value every year.
That is why two homes at the same price can carry very different payments. A home inside a MUD can pay a full extra percent or more; in McKinney, McKinney MUD No. 1 alone was 0.98475 per $100 for 2025. Celina lists 31 public improvement districts.
In November 2025 Texas voters approved Proposition 13, raising the school district homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000. If the home is your primary residence, file your homestead exemption with the county appraisal district the year you move in.
22 cities, lowest to highest
1.39% to 1.41% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
1.63% to 1.87% combined, tax year 2025 · Collin and Denton counties · City guide · Realtor
1.65% to 1.73% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County (small part in Tarrant County) · City guide · Realtor
1.66% to 1.90% combined, tax year 2025 · Collin County · City guide · Realtor
1.69% to 1.90% combined, tax year 2025 · Collin County · City guide · Realtor
1.69% to 1.71% combined, tax year 2025 · Collin and Denton counties · City guide · Realtor
1.72% to 2.07% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton and Dallas counties · City guide · Realtor
1.73% to 1.73% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
1.76% to 1.96% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
1.80% to 2.05% combined, tax year 2025 · Dallas, Denton and Collin counties · City guide · Realtor
1.83% to 1.85% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
1.84% to 1.86% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
1.87% to 1.89% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
1.90% to 1.95% combined, tax year 2025 · Collin and Denton counties · City guide · Realtor
1.93% to 2.04% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
1.94% to 2.39% combined, tax year 2025 · Tarrant County, with portions in Denton, Johnson, Parker and Wise counties · City guide · Realtor
1.97% to 2.02% combined, tax year 2025 · Collin and Denton counties · City guide · Realtor
1.99% to 1.99% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County · City guide · Realtor
2.00% to 2.00% combined, tax year 2025 · Collin County · City guide · Realtor
2.09% to 2.14% combined, tax year 2025 · Dallas County · City guide · Realtor
2.23% to 2.34% combined, tax year 2025 · Dallas County, with portions in Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties · City guide · Realtor
2.27% to 2.27% combined, tax year 2025 · Denton County (unincorporated) · City guide · Realtor
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- Texas Comptroller: property tax rates and levies
- Texas Comptroller: property tax exemptions
- FOX 4: Texans pass Proposition 13 raising the school homestead exemption (Nov 2025)
- Republic Title: 2025 DFW area tax rates
- City of McKinney: Tax Information (McKinney MUD No. 1)
- City of Celina: Public Improvement Districts
- Dallas Central Appraisal District: 2025 Ad Valorem Tax Rates
- Dallas Central Appraisal District: 2026 Estimated Ad Valorem Tax Rates
- City of Allen: Lower Tax Rate Set for FY 2026-27
- Collin Central Appraisal District entity rates, all years (Texas Open Data Portal)
- Allen ISD officials approve 2-cent decrease for 2026-27 property tax rate (Community Impact, Aug 25, 2026)
- Denton County FY 2025-2026 Adopted Budget (tax rate $0.185938)
- Community Impact, Denton ISD voter-approval tax rate election ($1.2069 proposed)
- Community Impact, Denton ISD projects $325K budget surplus for FY 2026-27 (voters approved Nov 2025 tax rate election)
- Lewisville ISD: Current tax rates
- Texas Comptroller: 2025 property tax rates and levies (city, school district, county, special district)
- Community Impact: Celina council adopts $529M budget, lowers property tax rate for FY 2026-27
- City of Celina: FY 2026-27 budget cover page (tax rate statement)
- Celina ISD: Adopted tax rate for 2026-2027 school year
- Republic Title: 2025 DFW Area Tax Rates and exemptions
- Town of Cross Roads, Town Council Regular Meeting Agenda packet, Aug 17, 2026 (taxpayer impact statement, July 20 minutes, PID No. 1)
- Town of Cross Roads, tax rates page (school district boundary by Fishtrap Road)
- Dallas County Tax Office: 2025 Tax Rates
- Republic Title: 2025 DFW Tax Rates
- 2025 DFW Tax Rates (Republic Title)
- Town of Flower Mound: Understanding our budget, services and where your tax dollars go
- Lewisville ISD: LISD adopted tax rate for 2026-2027
- Argyle ISD: Tax rate
- Tarrant Appraisal District: 2025 Tax Rates per $100 Valuation
- City of Fort Worth: FY2026 Budget (adopted tax rate $0.67)
- Republic Title: 2025 DFW Tax Rates (totals and exemptions)
- City of Frisco, Property Tax Rate (overlapping entities and school districts)
- City of Frisco, FY26 Property Tax Rate Same as Previous Year; 20% Homestead Exemption
- Community Impact, Frisco ISD lowers tax rate for 2025-26 school year
- Community Impact, Roundup: Collin County property tax rates for FY 2025-26
- Town of Lakewood Village 2025 tax rate ordinance
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