Texas · Rockwall County
Property taxes in Rockwall County.
What the homestead exemption is worth here, what the combined rate is, and what a protest is actually worth on a Rockwall County home.
Homestead exemption, a year
$1,538
Against this county's school tax rate. We file it free.
Combined tax rate
1.404%
Every taxing unit in the county, summed.
School tax rate
1.0983%
The part the homestead exemption comes off.
What a protest is worth on a Rockwall County home
An example, not a quote. On a home the county has at $400,000, a 7% reduction is $28,000 off the value.
| Value removed | $28,000 |
| At Rockwall County's 1.40% rate, you save | $393 |
| Our fee, 40% | $157 |
| You keep | $236 |
Illustration only. Every house is different, we pull your exact appraisal district account before we file anything, and we will tell you plainly if we do not think a protest is worth filing on your home.
Why we argue condition here
Rockwall County’s appraisal district values every home in the county with a model: recent sales near you, square footage, lot, year built. Nobody walks through. Your house gets valued as if it is in average condition for its age.
If it is not, that difference is worth money, and somebody has to bring it to the district. That is what we do differently.
Counties with a similar rate
- Lavaca County1.40%
- Lampasas County1.40%
- Howard County1.40%
- Cherokee County1.40%
- Houston County1.41%
- Brown County1.39%