Property Tax & Income in Denton County, Texas
Denton County has an effective property tax rate of 1.61%. On the median home value of $437,200, that's roughly $7,055 per year. Median household income is $111,498.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Denton County | Texas (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 1.61% | 1.18% |
| Median home value1 | $437,200 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 8.20% combined | 8.20% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Denton County, TX
Denton County's median home value of $437,200 carries an annual property tax bill of about $7,055, based on an effective rate of 1.614%. That rate sits well above Texas's statewide median of 1.183% and ranks 25th among the state's 250 counties. Compared with the national median of 0.794%, the county's tax load is roughly double. Households here earn a median of $111,498, with per-capita income at $54,690, so the tax bill equals about 6.3% of median household earnings. Buyers weighing Denton, Flower Mound, Lewisville, and other communities should factor in that higher rate alongside the purchase price. Affordability depends heavily on income: the same house costs noticeably more to carry in taxes than in many other parts of the country, even before mortgage payments enter the picture.