By Mark Hewitt · Hewitt Group at Real Broker, LLC

Hurst sits at the center of the HEB corridor triangle and shares the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD school district tax framework with its immediate neighbors, but the city's specific municipal tax rate, its housing stock characteristics, and the buyer demographics it attracts — including a meaningful component of aerospace and aviation industry professionals from across the country — give its property tax story enough market-specific texture to warrant its own dedicated guide. Mark Hewitt and the Hewitt Group at Real Broker, LLC work with Hurst buyers across zip codes 76053 and 76054 and discuss property taxes as a standard element of every buyer consultation, whether the buyer is a local first-time purchaser or a Bell Textron engineer relocating from Washington State. The guide below provides the rate structure, the complete payment calculation, and the state comparison that every Hurst buyer needs before committing to a purchase price.

Hurst's Property Tax Rate and What Drives It

Hurst's combined effective property tax rate — City of Hurst, Tarrant County, HEB ISD, Tarrant County College District, and Hospital District — runs approximately 2.2% to 2.4% of appraised value. The HEB ISD component is the dominant driver, as it is across the corridor. The City of Hurst's municipal rate has historically been managed at a moderate level, and the Tarrant County components are consistent across all Tarrant County cities.

On a $310,000 Hurst home — reflecting the current mid-market price point in 76053 and 76054 — with the standard homestead exemption applied, the annual property tax obligation runs approximately $4,900 to $6,100 per year. Divided by twelve, this produces a monthly escrow contribution of approximately $408 to $508. On a $380,000 home in the more premium corridors of 76054 near the Colleyville border — where newer construction and larger lots command higher prices — the annual obligation runs approximately $6,100 to $7,600, or $508 to $633 per month. The range across Hurst's two zip codes and price bands is meaningful, and using the specific property's address to determine the precise rate — rather than estimating from the zip code average — produces a more accurate payment projection.

The Complete Hurst Monthly Payment

On a $310,000 Hurst home with 5% down, a $294,500 mortgage at 6.75% produces principal and interest of approximately $1,910 per month. Property tax escrow at the midpoint of $5,500 annual obligation equals approximately $458 per month. Homeowners insurance at current rates runs approximately $210 per month. PMI adds approximately $125 per month. Total monthly payment: approximately $2,703 per month.

The aerospace and aviation industry professional demographic that Hurst attracts — technical employees, engineers, and skilled trade workers whose incomes are strong but whose financial planning backgrounds may not include deep familiarity with Texas's property tax structure — is the buyer group for which this complete payment calculation is most frequently a revelation. Many of these buyers are relocating from states where property tax rates are lower or where their previous housing cost was employer-provided or highly subsidized. The $458 per month in property tax escrow on a $310,000 Hurst home is not an unexpected cost if it is explained clearly before the home search begins — but it becomes a source of payment shock and buyer disappointment when it is discovered only at the pre-approval or closing stage. Mark Hewitt and the Hewitt Group at Real Broker, LLC prevent this by making the complete payment analysis the starting point of every Hurst buyer consultation.

The Relocation Tax Comparison for Hurst Buyers

Washington State buyers are a specific and frequently overlooked relocation group for Hurst's aerospace corridor market — Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and other defense contractors maintain significant Washington State operations, and when those companies move employees to the Fort Worth area to work with Bell Textron or Lockheed Martin operations, Washington State buyers enter the Hurst and mid-cities market. Washington State has no income tax — making it, like Florida, a comparison where the income tax advantage of Texas does not apply. Washington State property taxes run approximately 0.9% to 1.1% of assessed value — lower than Texas. Washington State buyers relocating to Hurst should model the property tax increase carefully — from approximately $2,800 to $3,400 per year on a comparable Washington State home to approximately $4,900 to $6,100 per year in Hurst — as a real budget cost without an offsetting income tax savings.

California buyers relocating to Hurst for aerospace and defense industry positions follow the same California comparison that applies across the DFW market — significant income tax savings that more than offset the property tax obligation on Hurst's accessible price points. For a California aerospace engineer household earning $180,000, the California income tax runs approximately $14,000 to $18,000 per year. Relocating to Hurst eliminates this entirely and replaces it with approximately $4,900 to $6,100 in property taxes on a $310,000 home — a net annual tax savings of $8,000 to $12,000.

Illinois buyers targeting Hurst for aerospace corridor employment follow the same pattern described across the HEB corridor — the Illinois income tax plus Illinois property tax combination creates a state and local tax burden that the Hurst equivalent — zero income tax plus $4,900 to $6,100 in property taxes — relieves by $5,000 to $10,000 per year for typical professional household income levels. The net savings, invested over a ten-year Hurst homeownership horizon, represents $50,000 to $100,000 in retained household wealth.

New York, Colorado, and Florida comparisons follow the same general frameworks as other HEB corridor cities — the key variable is always the origin state's income tax rate applied to the specific household income, compared to the difference in property tax between the origin state home and the Hurst home. Mark Hewitt and the Hewitt Group at Real Broker, LLC run this calculation specifically for every relocating buyer's situation. Contact us today for your Hurst property tax and payment analysis.