Ennis · Ellis County · The McDonald Group
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Licensed local Realtors serving Ennis, honest pricing guidance, professional marketing, and listing options that fit how much help you actually want.
Licensed local Realtors serving Ennis, honest pricing guidance, professional marketing, and listing options that fit how much help you actually want.
Corridors, build era, and taxing boundaries shape what you can buy in Ennis and what it costs to hold.
Ennis lies along I-45 south of Dallas and grew up around the railroad that still runs through the middle of town. The National Polka Festival, rooted in the area's Czech settlement history, has been held there over Memorial Day weekend since the 1960s. The Texas Motorplex drag strip sits south of town and Lake Bardwell lies just west, and the legislature named Ennis the Official Bluebonnet City of Texas for its marked spring trails. Ennis ISD serves the city.
Ennis sits in Ellis County, where the combined property tax rate runs about 1.84 percent of market value for the 2025 tax year, ranging 1.70 to 2.15 percent depending on the school district. On a $350,000 home with a homestead exemption that works out to roughly $408 a month. The Texas homestead exemption reduces only the school district portion, not the county or city portion, which is the detail most online estimates miss.
Taxes and insurance are a large share of a monthly payment in Texas, so a national mortgage estimate will understate what a Ennis home actually costs to hold.
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