Taxes in Grapevine
Texas has no state personal income tax, and Grapevine residents pay a combined sales tax rate at or near the Texas statutory maximum of 8.25% (6.25% state plus local add-ons), consistent with most Texas cities. As in the rest of Texas, property tax is where the real state-and-local tax weight lands for a Grapevine household -- and this fills a gap the base Grapevine record left explicitly open (its effectivePropertyTaxRate field was left null pending exactly this kind of city-level research).
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Learn moreNo State Income Tax (Statewide, Not Grapevine-Specific)
Texas is one of a small number of U.S. states with no state personal income tax, a structural fact that applies statewide. It matters directly when comparing take-home pay for a Grapevine-area job offer against one in an income-tax state, and it's the single largest driver of Texas's overall tax competitiveness relative to most other states.
Property Tax: The City Rate and the Combined Bill
The City of Grapevine's own Fiscal Year 2026 ad valorem tax rate is $0.237228 per $100 of assessed valuation, per the city's official tax page and property-tax research aggregators (Ownwell, PropertyTaxByState) reviewed August 2026 -- with a proposed reduction to $0.226817 under discussion for Fiscal Year 2027. That city rate is only one layer of the bill: a Grapevine property owner's full tax bill also includes Tarrant County, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Tarrant County College District, and Tarrant County Hospital District levies stacked on top of it. Multiple aggregators put the combined effective rate for Grapevine homeowners at roughly 2.0%-2.3% of appraised value, with a typical annual tax bill cited around $7,439 on a median home valued near $470,400 in the source's own dataset -- confirm your specific parcel's current rate and assessed value against the Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD) before budgeting precisely.
How Grapevine Compares to the Rest of the DFW Mid-Cities Corridor
A roughly 2.0%-2.3% combined effective rate is described by one source as one of the lower combined rates in the DFW mid-cities corridor -- notable given Grapevine's home values themselves run meaningfully above most of that corridor. In practical terms: the rate is moderate, but because it's applied to a higher assessed value than in many neighboring cities, the dollar amount of the resulting tax bill is still substantial. Dallas's own effective rate was independently cited in this site's Dallas research at roughly 2.0%-2.6%, meaning Grapevine and Dallas sit in a broadly similar effective-rate range even though the underlying jurisdictions differ.
Homestead Exemptions and Other Local Taxes
Texas's general homestead exemption for school-district property taxes rose to $140,000 in 2026 (up from $100,000), and homeowners 65 or older or with a qualifying disability receive an additional $60,000 school-district exemption (a combined $200,000), per multiple property-tax guides reviewed August 2026 -- this applies in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD the same as any other Texas school district. New buyers generally need to file their own homestead exemption application; it does not transfer automatically from a prior owner. Separately, Texas levies no state real estate transfer tax, a real cost advantage at closing (see buying-a-home); a specific, independently confirmed City of Grapevine hotel-occupancy tax rate -- relevant given the city's tourism-heavy hospitality sector -- was not sourced to a single reliable figure this pass. See retiring for how the senior exemption and accompanying school-tax ceiling affect a retiree's specific picture.
Key takeaways
- No Texas state income tax -- applies statewide, the single biggest driver of overall tax competitiveness.
- Grapevine's own FY2026 city tax rate is $0.237228 per $100 valuation (a reduction to $0.226817 is under discussion for FY2027); combined effective rate across city, county, GCISD, Tarrant County College, and hospital district layers is commonly cited around 2.0%-2.3% of appraised value.
- A typical Grapevine homeowner tax bill is cited around $7,439/year on a median home near $470,400 in one dataset -- confirm your specific parcel against the Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD).
- Texas's 2026 homestead exemption ($140,000 general, $200,000 combined for seniors/disabled) applies fully in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD -- new buyers must file their own application.
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