What a Benbrook house pays
Property tax, water, trash and energy from public rates. Look up your address to make it yours, and see how to pay less.
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Starts at the typical market value, $296,400; your assessed value is often lower. Typical use.
- Property tax$4,482
2.074% of $296,400, less $140,000 school homestead exemption and less $2,964 city of benbrook exemptions: homestead exemption - 1.00% and less $59,280 homestead exemption of 20% for both tarrant county and the tarrant county hospital district
- Electricity and gas$3,327
1096 kWh a month $2,112 · 42.2 therms $1,215
- Water and sewer$1,916
11.5 units (CCF) a month on Benbrook Water Authority: water $63, sewer $90, storm water utility fee (residential) $7 a month
- Trash$245
Residential service, $20 a month
- Home insurance$2,397
Typical premium $2,397
A Benbrook house at the typical market value ($296,400) pays about $12,400 a year: $4,480 property tax and charges, $1,920 water and sewer, $240 trash, $3,330 electricity and gas, $2,400 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.
Rates checked Oct 22, 2026. Insurance: what you enter, or a typical premium until you do. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Ways to pay less
Nothing here applies to every house automatically. These are worth checking:
Seniors 65+ or disabled: extra school exemption$60,000 off school taxable value
School districts must give owners 65 or older or disabled an additional $60,000 homestead exemption on top of the $140,000 general one.
How: File the residence homestead exemption application (Form 50-114) with the appraisal district.
Disabled veterans rated 100%Total exemption
A disabled veteran awarded 100 percent disability compensation for a service-connected disability, and rated 100 percent disabled or individually unemployable, gets a total property tax exemption on the homestead.
How: The application is Form 50-114. Exemption applications are filed with the appraisal district in your county.
Seniors 65+: city over-65 exemption and tax freeze$30,000 off city value
The City of Benbrook lists an over-65 exemption of $30,000 and a freeze for over 65.
Your winter water use sets your sewer chargeDec–Mar water use sets your monthly sewer volume
Wastewater volumes used for monthly billing are based on water usage shown on the December through March bills, with the highest month discarded and the other three averaged.
Homestead cap: appraised value rises at most 10% a year
Once you have qualified your home for homestead exemptions in the prior and current year, its appraised value may not increase more than 10 percent per year (plus new improvements).
Money dates
- Jan 31in 100 daysProperty taxes for the prior year are delinquent if not paid by January 31 (a mailed payment needs a postmark by then).
- Jan 31in 100 daysOwners with an over-65 or disabled person exemption can pay in four installments (Jan 31, Mar 31, May 31, Jul 31) if they ask in writing.
- Feb 1in 101 daysUnpaid taxes get 6% penalty and 1% interest in February, rising every month after.
- Apr 30General deadline to file exemption applications: before May 1.
Who serves this house
- Water
- Benbrook Water Authority
- Benbrook Water Authority water rates set by Resolution 2025-07: a fixed charge of $17.00 per month plus single family residential rates per cubic foot in three monthly blocks
- Property tax
- 2.07% of value
- 2025 tax year, Tarrant County
- Garbage
- Republic Services (city contract)
- Weekly trash and recycling pickup on Wednesdays, billed on your Benbrook Water Authority bill
- Sewer
- Benbrook Water Authority
- Fixed monthly charge plus a volume charge set from your winter quarter average
- Electricity
- Oncor
- Benbrook is on the list of cities served by Oncor
- Gas
- Atmos Energy, Mid-Tex Division
- Benbrook is one of the ACSC cities under Atmos Mid-Tex
- Schools
- Fort Worth ISD
- 2025 rate $1.0291 per $100
Your water
- Source
- Surface water from Lake Benbrook, treated at the Benbrook Water Authority's treatment plant.
- Lead
- In the 2025 report, lead was 1.7 ppb at the 90th percentile, against an action level of 15 ppb.
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How these numbers are made
- Benbrook Water Authority (not the city) bills water, sewer, the city's storm water fee and Republic Services' trash and recycling on one monthly bill.
- Water: $17.00 a month plus $3.50, $5.10 and $7.40 per CCF in blocks at 8 and 24 CCF a month (Resolution 2025-07, $0.0350, $0.0510 and $0.0740 per cubic foot). The page's typical use is 11.5 CCF (the authority's 1,150 cubic feet a month example).
- Sewer: $11.00 a month plus $6.90 per CCF of your winter quarter average, capped at $120.75 of volume charge a month (17.5 CCF). Storm water $6.50 and trash $20.38 a month are added.
- Property tax: 2025 rates (the latest we could source): City $0.5550, Tarrant County $0.1862, JPS hospital district $0.1650, Tarrant County College $0.11228, Tarrant Regional Water District $0.0265 and Fort Worth ISD $1.0291 per $100 (2.0541% in all in 2025), with the $140,000 school homestead exemption, the city's 1%, and the county's and JPS's 20% homestead exemptions. Tarrant County College may also grant a homestead exemption; it is not applied. Over-65, disabled and veteran exemptions are tips, not applied. A small part of Benbrook may lie in another school district; Fort Worth ISD is what the city lists.
- The starting value, $296,400, is the Census median value of owner-occupied homes (market value). Texas limits homestead appraisal growth to 10% a year, so assessed values are often lower.
- Electricity uses the EIA Texas residential average (16.06 cents per kWh, 2026 through July) because Oncor customers choose a retail provider; gas is Atmos Mid-Tex Rate R from Oct 1, 2026 with an example gas cost; franchise fees are not included. Insurance is the 2022 Texas average premium. Benbrook Water Authority rates for 2026 are unchanged from Resolution 2025-07; the city's 2026 tax rate was not found in an official source.
- Gas rate: the page prices gas per therm; $1.03839 + $0.26375 + $0.58642 = $1.88856 per Ccf, divided by 1.037 therms per Ccf = $1.82118 per therm.
- Nothing here is legal, tax or insurance advice.
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Common questions about Benbrook house costs
What is the property tax rate in Benbrook?
About 2.07% of the value before exemptions a year (2025 tax year, Tarrant County), plus flat charges on the same bill.
How much is property tax on a $500,000 house in Benbrook?
About $8,551 a year on $500,000 of the value before exemptions with the school homestead exemption.
How much is the water bill in Benbrook?
About $160 a month for water and sewer at typical use (11.5 units, or 8,602 gallons a month) on Benbrook Water Authority.
How much does trash pickup cost in Benbrook?
$20 a month for a house.
When is property tax due in Benbrook?
Jan 31: Property taxes for the prior year are delinquent if not paid by January 31 (a mailed payment needs a postmark by then).
Can seniors lower their property tax or bills in Benbrook?
Yes. Seniors 65+ or disabled: extra school exemption: School districts must give owners 65 or older or disabled an additional $60,000 homestead exemption on top of the $140,000 general one.
How much does a house in Benbrook cost to run each year?
A Benbrook house at the typical market value ($296,400) pays about $12,400 a year: $4,480 property tax and charges, $1,920 water and sewer, $240 trash, $3,330 electricity and gas, $2,400 home insurance. Estimated from public rates, not anyone's actual bill.