The number buyers forget to ask about is the one that follows them every single year. In Burleson your property tax bill depends on more than the price of the house — it depends on which county you are in, which school district you are in, and whether the neighborhood carries a special district. Here is how it actually works.
A Texas property tax bill is several taxing units added together. In Burleson that usually means:
Each one sets its own rate per $100 of taxable value. Add them up and you have your total.
| Taxing unit | 2025 rate per $100 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| City of Burleson | $0.7218 | $0.6627 |
| Burleson ISD | $1.2552 | $1.2552 |
2025 rates are the ones on the bills most homeowners paid last winter. Rates for 2026 are adopted each September; confirm them with the Johnson County or Tarrant County tax office before you budget.
The city adopted its voter-approval rate for 2025. The no-new-revenue rate — the one that would have collected the same money from the same homes as the year before — was $0.6591.
Burleson sits in both Johnson and Tarrant counties. Which side you are on decides:
Here is the part that surprises people: Burleson ISD crosses that line too. Its taxes are collected by the Johnson County tax assessor, but homes are valued by both appraisal districts, depending on location. Same school district, two different appraisers.
In November 2025 Texas voters raised the school district homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000. Homeowners 65 and older or disabled saw their additional school exemption go from $10,000 to $60,000 — up to $200,000 off the school portion in total. The increase applied back to the 2025 tax year. (For how Texas ended up with two different “homestead” laws, see the Texas homestead exemption, and the two laws everyone confuses.)
The City of Burleson raised its own homestead exemption from 3% to 5% of appraised value in 2024, and offers exemptions for residents 65 and older and for disabled residents.
For veterans: a veteran rated 100% disabled or individually unemployable by the VA pays no property tax on their homestead at all. Lower ratings get a partial exemption. The details are in the Texas disabled veteran exemption.
A $350,000 home in Burleson ISD, inside city limits, with a homestead exemption, at 2025 rates:
| Line | Taxable value | Tax |
|---|---|---|
| Burleson ISD$350,000 less $140,000 | $210,000 | $2,636 |
| City of Burleson$350,000 less 5% | $332,500 | $2,400 |
| City and school | $5,036 |
Before county and other districts. A homeowner 65 or older would save roughly another $753 on the school line alone. This is an illustration, not a quote.
Master-planned communities often pay for their roads, parks and utilities through a special district. Chisholm Summit uses a Public Improvement District. Tallgrass will sit in a Municipal Maintenance District outside city limits. Two homes at the same price can carry different monthly payments because one carries that extra assessment, and it never shows up in the county average anyone quotes you. More in before you buy that new build on the edge of DFW.
That third one bites people. If the seller is over 65 or a disabled veteran, their tax bill can look tiny. Yours will not be.
There is no single rate. For the 2025 tax year the City of Burleson rate was $0.7218 per $100 of value and Burleson ISD was $1.2552 per $100, plus the county rate and any other districts.
Both. Most of the city is in Johnson County, appraised by Johnson County Central Appraisal District; the northern part is in Tarrant County, appraised by Tarrant Appraisal District.
$140,000 off your home's value for school district taxes, plus an additional $60,000 if you are 65 or older or disabled. Texas voters approved both in November 2025, effective for the 2025 tax year.
A veteran rated 100% disabled or individually unemployable by the VA is fully exempt on their homestead under Texas Tax Code Section 11.131. Lower ratings receive a partial exemption.
With the appraisal district for your county: Johnson County Central Appraisal District or Tarrant Appraisal District.
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REALTOR® · BHHS PenFed Realty Texas
I help buyers and sellers across the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex — Fort Worth, Burleson, Crowley and Keller, and the surrounding Dallas area. I write these because they are the questions I answer on the phone every week, and most people never get a straight answer to them. If you have one I have not covered, ask me — I will probably turn it into the next post.