Bonton, Dallas County: property tax data
What the public appraisal record actually shows for this neighborhood — and how to use it if your own home's value looks too high.
Bonton by the numbers
25th to 75th percentile appraised value spread
Source: Dallas County appraisal datadata as of August 1, 2026
What this means for a protest here
A protest filed on a Bonton property draws its comparables from a pool of 970 parcels — the properties in this area with enough nearby data to run a full evaluation, out of 1,382 recorded here overall. Of those 970, 38% came back with an actual case for a lower appraised value when run through the same evaluation used across this site. The rest didn't have enough nearby comparable data to produce a reliable answer either way.
Among the 370 Bonton parcels that did come back with a case, the size of the reduction varied a lot. The median was 7%, and three out of four landed at 14% or less. The low end was just above 0%, and the highest recorded was 55%. That's a record of what was found across already-evaluated properties here — not a forecast for any one address, since the result still depends on which specific comps apply to that address. The same unevenness shows up in price per square foot across Bonton parcels, which ranges from $37 to $285 for similar-sized homes — a spread wide enough that no single neighborhood-wide number stands in for what a given property's own comps will look like.
How filing a protest actually works
Your deadline to file a written protest is whichever comes later: May 15, or the 30th day after your appraisal district delivers your notice of appraised value. There's no single date that applies to everyone — it depends on when your own notice arrives, not a date any page can print in advance.
A protest based on unequal appraisal compares your property against similar, nearby homes in this same neighborhood. LoneStarLower prepares that comparison and the supporting materials; it does not file the protest, negotiate with the appraisal district, or represent you at a hearing. You file it, using Form 50-132 or an equivalent written notice, with your county's appraisal district office — not the Texas Comptroller, which doesn't handle individual protests. You attend the hearing and present the evidence yourself.
Questions about this data
Where do these Bonton numbers come from?
They're built from the Dallas Central Appraisal District's certified roll, file dallascad_2026_certified_07232026, dated August 1, 2026. This snapshot of Bonton was generated August 22, 2026.
How many Bonton properties were actually used to calculate these figures?
1,382 parcels are recorded under Bonton's geo code, 1DSA07, in the August 1, 2026 Dallas CAD snapshot. Of those, 970 had enough nearby comparable properties to be evaluated for a protest case.
What does the range of past reduction percentages actually tell me?
Among the 370 Bonton parcels that had an actual case for a lower value as of the August 1, 2026 Dallas CAD data, reductions ranged from just above 0% up to 55%, with a median of 7% and three-quarters at 14% or below. That describes what was found in Bonton's own evaluated parcels — it isn't a prediction for any specific address.