Highland Hills West, 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.
Highland Hills West 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
Walk a few blocks in Highland Hills West and the per-square-foot math on a house can swing wildly: recent figures here range from $65 to $245 per square foot. That gap matters more than the address does. If a comparable pulled for your notice comes from a bigger or pricier home without a size adjustment, the number on your notice can drift away from what your house would actually sell for. Most homes in this footprint are modest by comparison — the typical living area here is 1,202 square feet — so any comparable from a larger home nearby needs to be scaled down before it means anything, not treated as a shortcut past that step.
Dallas County's own figures back this up: among the properties analyzed for this neighborhood code, 27% showed characteristics associated with a protest case. Where a case existed, the estimated reduction ranged from 0% up to 29%, with the middle of that range sitting at 5%, based on a sample of 335 properties. None of that is a promise about your house specifically — it's a description of how much variation this neighborhood code has shown, which is exactly the kind of spread that makes a size- and comparable-adjusted case worth building yourself rather than accepting the notice as-is. The comparison pool behind these figures draws on 1,263 nearby parcels, so there's real depth to check your notice against.
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
How current is the appraisal data behind this page?
The Highland Hills West figures come from Dallas County's certified appraisal roll dated August 1, 2026, refreshed into this snapshot on August 22, 2026. That's the same roll the appraisal district uses to set your notice value, so the numbers here reflect the same certified data, not a separate estimate.
Why isn't there a year-over-year change shown for this neighborhood?
This is the first snapshot collected for Dallas County, so there isn't yet a prior-year version of the same data to compare against. Once a second annual snapshot exists, a year-over-year figure can be shown here.
What does the range in reduction percentages mean for my house specifically?
It means outcomes in Highland Hills West have varied widely, from close to 0% up to 29%, with the middle of that spread around 5%, across a sample of 335 properties. It isn't a prediction for your property — every house differs in size, condition, and comparables, which is exactly why adjusting for those before you file matters.