Original Townsite of Justin, Denton 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.
Original Townsite of Justin by the numbers
25th to 75th percentile appraised value spread
Source: Denton County appraisal datadata as of August 1, 2026
What this means for a protest here
With 405 parcels, Original Townsite of Justin sits toward the low end of parcel counts among the neighborhoods covered in this Denton County release — several others in the same batch run well past that. Fewer total parcels naturally narrows the pool available for comparing any one property, so it is worth stating plainly how much that pool actually carries. Running the same per-property check used for a live address across every parcel here, 70 came back evaluable, meaning they had enough valid comparable records to return a real result instead of a data gap. Of those 70, 49 percent came back with an actual case for a lower appraised value. A smaller neighborhood did not mean an unusable one — it meant a narrower, but still real, base to work from.
Among the parcels that came back with a case, the size of it was not uniform. Recorded reductions ranged as low as 1 percent and as high as 43 percent, with a median of 17 percent and a middle band, from the 25th to the 75th percentile, running from 6 percent to 24 percent. Those figures are drawn from 34 evaluated cases — a range showing outcomes varied property by property, not one number describing every parcel. Per-square-foot values across the neighborhood's comparable homes were similarly wide, spanning from 15 dollars per square foot up to 374 dollars per square foot, which is part of why an individual comparison carries more weight here than any single neighborhood-wide figure.
None of this says what any one property will get. The comp pool, the case rate, and the reduction range all describe what happened when every parcel in this pool was run through the same check — not a forecast for a specific home. Running your own address through that same evaluation, using this pool's homes as your comparables, is what turns this range into something you can look at, decide on, and submit with your own protest.
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 the numbers on this page come from?
They come from Denton County's appraisal district source data dated August 1, 2026, pulled into this snapshot on August 22, 2026. The parcel counts, values, and per-square-foot figures shown here are drawn directly from that file.
Why is the comparison pool only 70 parcels when the neighborhood has 405?
Not every parcel has enough valid comparable data to run the same evaluation a live address would get. Some have missing or sparse records, or fall outside the residential classification the check requires. The 70 parcels counted here are the ones that returned a real, evaluable result as of the August 1, 2026 source data.
Does a 49 percent case rate mean my property will qualify?
No. That figure describes what happened when every evaluable parcel in this pool was run through the same check, not a guarantee for any specific address. Running your own property through the same evaluation, using this neighborhood's homes as the comparison, shows you where your case stands — you decide whether and what to file yourself.