Denton property tax protests: 2026 data

Name: Denton property tax protests: 2026 data
Creator: TaxProtesting.com

34,628 single-family homes in Denton County, compared with their most similar neighbors.

Updated July 24, 2026. Source: Denton Central Appraisal District, 2026 data. Methodology

single-family homes compared: 34,628
valued above similar homes nearby: 48%
look worth protesting in 2026: 46%

48% of Denton homes are valued above similar homes nearby

We compared each of 34,628 single-family homes with its most similar neighbors (same neighborhood and quality, similar size and age). 48% have a house value above the median of those homes: together, $295.5 million of house value above them. Texas lets you protest a value that is above the median of comparable homes.

Link to this findingSource: Denton Central Appraisal District, 2026

16,043 Denton homes look worth protesting in 2026

We rate 2,787 "Yes" and 13,256 "Maybe".

Link to this findingSource: Denton Central Appraisal District, 2026

28% of Texas homeowners protested in 2026, and 72% of decided protests got a reduction

Of 977,048 Texas homeowners in our data, 271,107 protested their 2026 value; 182,845 of 253,402 decided protests lowered it, typically by $15,870 (3.3% of the value). (The Denton Central Appraisal District doesn't publish protest results, so this uses our Texas data.)

Link to this findingSource: our Texas data

Texas homeowners who protested on their own got bigger reductions than those who hired an agent: $22,780 vs. $14,690

The typical winning protest cut the value by 5.3% on your own vs. 3% with an agent. (The Denton Central Appraisal District doesn't publish protest results, so this uses our Texas data.)

On your own

$22,780

typical value cut among wins (5.3%)

Decided protests won: 62%
Cost: $0–50
Off the yearly tax bill: about $330, all yours

With a paid agent

$14,690

typical value cut among wins (3%)

Decided protests won: 75%
Cost: 25–40% of the tax saved
Off the yearly tax bill: about $213, minus $53–$85 to the agent

Source: our Texas data, 2026 protests. Tax figures at a typical 1.5% effective tax rate. Agent or do it yourself? · Methodology

An agent keeps 25–40% of what you save. Doing it yourself costs $0–50.

At a typical 1.5% Texas tax rate, the typical win on your own takes about $330 a year off the tax bill, and you keep all of it. The typical agent win takes off about $213, and the agent keeps about $53–$85 of that. Filing is free, online or by mail, and there's no agent contract to renew or cancel each year.

Link to this findingSource: Denton Central Appraisal District, 2026

The typical Texas home's value rose 0% this year

Median change in appraised market value from last year. (The Denton Central Appraisal District doesn't publish last year's values, so this uses our Texas data.)

Link to this findingSource: our Texas data

The typical Texas home pays about $7,106 a year in property tax

Our estimate from 2026 published tax rates and each home's exemptions: 1.5% of market value. (The Denton Central Appraisal District doesn't publish tax rates with its data, so this uses our Texas data.)

Link to this findingSource: our Texas data

34% of Denton homes have no homestead exemption on file

Usually a rental or second home. If it's your own home, a homestead exemption takes $140,000 off its school taxable value and caps yearly increases in taxable value at 10%; you apply with your appraisal district (Form 50-114).

Link to this findingSource: Denton Central Appraisal District, 2026

Is your home one of them?

Free, in about 10 seconds: how your home compares with similar homes nearby.

By the numbers

Single-family homes	34,628
Median market value	$335,587
Median value per sq ft	$178
Median living area	1,889 sq ft
Median lot	8,124 sq ft
Median year built	2001
Homes with a pool	7%
Homestead exemption on file	66%
Homes with a paid protest agent	29%

Denton by county

County	Homes	Median value	Above similar homes	Worth protesting
Denton County	34,628	$335,587	48%	46%

"Above similar homes": share of homes whose house value is above the median of their most similar neighbors. "Worth protesting": homes we rate Yes or Maybe.

Neighborhoods in Denton

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Neighborhood	Homes	Above similar homes	Worth protesting
Neighborhood DC05317	1,648	50%	52%
Neighborhood DC05317PN	1,599	49%	49%
Neighborhood DC05240	1,175	51%	44%
Neighborhood DC05264	1,031	50%	51%
Neighborhood DC05249	832	52%	48%
Neighborhood DC05535	813	44%	54%
Neighborhood DC05157	662	44%	56%
Neighborhood DC05245	585	49%	26%
Neighborhood DC05300	559	51%	34%
Neighborhood DC05335	484	50%	56%
Neighborhood DC05112	444	49%	52%
Neighborhood DC05243	434	51%	30%
Neighborhood DC05091	425	48%	55%
Neighborhood DC05377	416	48%	53%
Neighborhood DC05934	407	47%	54%
Neighborhood DC05934N	401	46%	48%
Neighborhood DC05130	383	51%	47%
Neighborhood DC05955	380	51%	27%
Neighborhood DS05940	358	36%	61%
Neighborhood DC05147	354	49%	46%
Neighborhood DC05064	350	51%	51%
Neighborhood DC05114	339	46%	61%
Neighborhood DC05013	336	35%	57%
Neighborhood DC05033	335	50%	48%
Neighborhood DC05190	332	50%	52%
Neighborhood DC05045	320	50%	49%
Neighborhood DC05099	316	46%	56%
Neighborhood DC05011	299	49%	39%
Neighborhood DC05119	298	50%	29%
Neighborhood DC05305	270	49%	53%
Neighborhood DC05116	258	43%	55%
Neighborhood DC05136	257	50%	45%
Neighborhood DC05534	257	50%	52%
Neighborhood DC05365	251	42%	53%
Neighborhood DC05050	250	46%	44%
Neighborhood DC05065	239	54%	54%
Neighborhood MF03G01A4	237	41%	59%
Neighborhood DC05181	235	50%	50%
Neighborhood DC05084	230	52%	51%
Neighborhood DC05456	228	47%	46%
Neighborhood DC05035	223	52%	46%
Neighborhood DC05019	221	52%	50%
Neighborhood DC05014	218	53%	51%
Neighborhood DC05143	218	47%	26%
Neighborhood DC05133	217	54%	53%
Neighborhood DC05120	215	52%	37%
Neighborhood DC05170	215	46%	48%
Neighborhood DC05047	213	51%	47%
Neighborhood DC05172	211	46%	53%
Neighborhood DC05452	210	49%	51%
Neighborhood DC05015	208	48%	41%
Neighborhood DC05601	205	44%	62%
Neighborhood DC05044	202	49%	42%
Neighborhood DC05360	201	55%	54%
Neighborhood DC05932	196	40%	54%
Neighborhood DC05144	194	49%	49%
Neighborhood DC05939	192	42%	54%
Neighborhood DC05039	189	39%	60%
Neighborhood MF03G01A	188	43%	58%
Neighborhood DC0535SF	187	47%	25%
Neighborhood DC05604	184	44%	53%
Neighborhood DC05005	182	51%	57%
Neighborhood DC05085	178	51%	44%
Neighborhood DC05355	178	45%	51%
Neighborhood DC05390	172	46%	46%
Neighborhood DS05002	169	51%	22%
Neighborhood DC05158	168	51%	51%
Neighborhood DC05237	167	51%	50%
Neighborhood DS05006MH	167	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05175	160	50%	40%
Neighborhood DC05192	152	55%	47%
Neighborhood DC05108	151	50%	52%
Neighborhood DC05380	150	51%	51%
Neighborhood DC01005	149	48%	52%
Neighborhood DC05026	148	49%	36%
Neighborhood DC05180	146	44%	50%
Neighborhood DC05024	142	55%	54%
Neighborhood DC05357	139	49%	50%
Neighborhood DC05198	138	53%	53%
Neighborhood DC05230	138	49%	45%
Neighborhood DC05046	137	50%	51%
Neighborhood DC05131	136	49%	38%
Neighborhood DC05151	133	52%	51%
Neighborhood DC05607	133	39%	55%
Neighborhood DC05030	132	49%	39%
Neighborhood DR07KR01B	131	51%	27%
Neighborhood DC05311	130	46%	49%
Neighborhood DC0535SBL	128	47%	22%
Neighborhood DC05948	127	67%	2%
Neighborhood DC05548	126	50%	56%
Neighborhood DC05054	122	59%	47%
Neighborhood DC05344	120	55%	53%
Neighborhood DC05029	118	47%	45%
Neighborhood DC05164	118	56%	57%
Neighborhood DC05946	118	48%	55%
Neighborhood DC05166	115	54%	53%
Neighborhood DC05928	113	52%	55%
Neighborhood DC05146	112	47%	44%
Neighborhood DC05206	110	43%	53%
Neighborhood DC05141	109	51%	46%
Neighborhood DC05600	108	47%	52%
Neighborhood DC05945	107	47%	51%
Neighborhood DC05214	106	53%	47%
Neighborhood DC05089	105	49%	47%
Neighborhood DC05102	105	47%	45%
Neighborhood DC05540	105	52%	52%
Neighborhood DC05213	103	47%	43%
Neighborhood DC05358	103	42%	61%
Neighborhood DC05606	100	49%	50%
Neighborhood DC05001	99	51%	47%
Neighborhood DC05228	99	53%	52%
Neighborhood DC05250	99	51%	49%
Neighborhood DC05055	98	51%	44%
Neighborhood DC05142	95	52%	51%
Neighborhood DC05923	95	42%	59%
Neighborhood DC04056	93	45%	56%
Neighborhood DC05222	93	45%	53%
Neighborhood DC05208	91	51%	47%
Neighborhood DC05246	90	49%	44%
Neighborhood DC05929	90	49%	52%
Neighborhood DC05025	89	48%	48%
Neighborhood DC05934TH	87	40%	48%
Neighborhood DC05546	83	54%	52%
Neighborhood DC05541	82	50%	38%
Neighborhood DC05031	81	53%	49%
Neighborhood MF03G01A1	79	32%	51%
Neighborhood DC05012	77	47%	45%
Neighborhood DC05058TH	75	45%	48%
Neighborhood DC05113	73	53%	52%
Neighborhood DC05023	70	47%	44%
Neighborhood DS05006	70	57%	6%
Neighborhood DC05944	69	45%	46%
Neighborhood DC05066	68	55%	24%
Neighborhood DC05949	66	52%	55%
Neighborhood DC05551	65	48%	35%
Neighborhood DS05032	65	67%	6%
Neighborhood MF03G01A3	65	42%	62%
Neighborhood DC05048	63	53%	49%
Neighborhood DC05093	62	51%	44%
Neighborhood DC05295	58	53%	53%
Neighborhood DC05933	58	55%	53%
Neighborhood DC05008	56	43%	32%
Neighborhood DC05074	53	42%	25%
Neighborhood DC05233	53	39%	36%
Neighborhood DC05027	50	49%	38%
Neighborhood DC05106	50	45%	40%
Neighborhood DC05308F	50	25%	2%
Neighborhood DC05334CO	50	50%	60%
Neighborhood DC05318	49	75%	6%
Neighborhood DC05320	47	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05367	47	51%	72%
Neighborhood DC05188	46	51%	48%
Neighborhood DC05005TH	45	51%	49%
Neighborhood DC05929N	45	55%	53%
Neighborhood DC05078	44	48%	43%
Neighborhood DC05177	44	27%	52%
Neighborhood DR07KR01MH	44	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05057	43	53%	56%
Neighborhood DC05139	43	48%	26%
Neighborhood DC05922	43	54%	35%
Neighborhood DS07061	43	56%	56%
Neighborhood DS0510B	42	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05204	41	53%	46%
Neighborhood DC05283	41	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05096	40	50%	55%
Neighborhood DC05332TH	40	28%	78%
Neighborhood DC05100	39	50%	8%
Neighborhood DR05DS03F	39	50%	3%
Neighborhood DC05090	36	53%	50%
Neighborhood DC05122	36	47%	22%
Neighborhood DC05251	36	44%	19%
Neighborhood DC05306	35	50%	6%
Neighborhood DC05931	35	62%	51%
Neighborhood DC05176	34	55%	47%
Neighborhood DC05191	34	52%	50%
Neighborhood DC05329	34	83%	15%
Neighborhood DC05179	33	48%	39%
Neighborhood DC05537	33	50%	36%
Neighborhood DC05549CO	29	10%	66%
Neighborhood DC05342	27	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05544A	27	52%	59%
Neighborhood DC05331	26	40%	8%
Neighborhood DS05031	26	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05087	25	55%	44%
Neighborhood DR05DS03B	25	–	0%
Neighborhood DC0535NF	24	–	0%
Neighborhood MF03G01A5	23	52%	52%
Neighborhood DS07062	22	33%	32%
Neighborhood DC05173	21	56%	24%
Neighborhood DC05277	21	56%	24%
Neighborhood DC05388	21	38%	38%
Neighborhood DS05040	21	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05156	20	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05603	20	50%	25%
Neighborhood 23.18HOA	19	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05345MH	18	–	0%
Neighborhood DC0535NBL	17	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05184	16	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05940	16	50%	31%
Neighborhood EX11.18	16	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05307	15	44%	27%
Neighborhood DS05110	15	–	0%
Neighborhood DS0514MH	15	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05943TH	14	60%	43%
Neighborhood DC05278TH	13	46%	46%
Neighborhood DS05011	13	–	0%
Neighborhood DS0511MH	13	–	0%
Neighborhood EX11.20REL	11	–	0%
Neighborhood AA01%	9	–	0%
Neighborhood DS05033MH	9	–	0%
Neighborhood EX11.20REO	9	–	0%
Neighborhood AA01G01	8	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05938	8	–	0%
Neighborhood DR05DS03BH	8	–	0%
Neighborhood EX11.11CTY	8	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05058	7	67%	29%
Neighborhood DC05059CO	7	29%	100%
Neighborhood DC05145	7	–	0%
Neighborhood DC0535WBL	7	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05942	7	–	0%
Neighborhood DS05922	7	–	0%
Neighborhood DC0535NMH	6	–	0%
Neighborhood DC34023MH	6	–	0%
Neighborhood DR05DS03MH	6	–	0%
Neighborhood DR07KR01	6	–	0%
Neighborhood DC0535WF	4	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05545DP	4	–	0%
Neighborhood DS05012	4	–	0%
Neighborhood EX11.11UNV	4	–	0%
Neighborhood MF25G01C2	4	–	0%
Neighborhood AA001HS	3	–	0%
Neighborhood DC04079	3	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05001A	3	67%	67%
Neighborhood DC05280B2	2	–	0%
Neighborhood DC0535WBH	2	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05936CO	2	–	0%
Neighborhood MF25G01C6	2	–	0%
Neighborhood AA01G01BB	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DC05288	1	100%	100%
Neighborhood DC26026BH	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DC34016	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DC34022	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DS01009B	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DS01009F	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DS05303	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DS05PASTUR	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DS13006F	1	–	0%
Neighborhood DS13006MH	1	–	0%
Neighborhood EX11.11ISD	1	–	0%
Neighborhood EX11.184ML	1	–	0%
Neighborhood EX11.23MIS	1	–	0%

Showing 10 of 251 neighborhoods

Appraisal neighborhoods, named after their most common subdivision. Homes counted here are the ones in Denton.

Streets where most homes are valued above similar homes

Street	Homes	Above similar homes	Median gap
HIGHLAND PARK CIR	15	100%	+22.6%
MAGGIES MDW	18	100%	+8.5%
CENTRAL VILLAGE DR	11	91%	+2.1%
S BRADSHAW ST	16	90%	+20.6%
BRETON DR	15	86%	+0.7%
CONGRESS ST	16	85%	+8.9%
GRITSTONE DR	13	85%	+0.7%
LAUREL ST	18	83%	+3.7%
CRESTRIDGE CT	12	83%	+1.6%
FAIRDALE DR	17	82%	+1%

Streets with at least 10 homes we could compare. "Median gap": how far the street's typical house value is from its comparables' median.

How to protest

The protest deadline is May 15, or 30 days after your appraisal notice was mailed, whichever is later. Check the date on your notice. New to this? Read how to protest.

Denton Central Appraisal District protest portal

Have a specific Texas address? Check it at taxprotesting.com/check?address=1234 Main St, Plano, TX with your own street address, or use the search box.

Based on 2026 appraisal values from the Denton Central Appraisal District. Estimates, not promises: every protest is decided on its own evidence.