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One developer, eleven builders, and a tax rate you should see before you fall for a model home.

One Huffines Community, Not an Incorporated City

On a map, Heartland looks like any other town east of Dallas. It's not one. It's a single master-planned community, roughly 2,000 acres that Huffines Communities started building in 2006, sitting in unincorporated Kaufman County. There's no city hall and no city tax line. The whole place is one development, now in its final phases on the way to nearly 5,400 homes.

That changes how you shop it. You're not comparing neighborhoods across a city, you're comparing phases, builders, and lot positions inside one community. Your comps are your neighbors. And with the last phase under construction, the new-build clock is running out, which matters whether you're buying new or selling a resale.

Eleven Builders, the $240s to the $610s, and a 35-Acre Lake

Eleven builders are active here as of mid-2026, including Highland Homes, Coventry, Chesmar, Davidson, KB Home, and HistoryMaker, which builds the townhomes. The community lists new construction from the $240s to the $610s, and Redfin put the median sale around $304,500 in early 2026. That spread means a first-time buyer and a move-up buyer can be shopping the same streets.

The amenity package is the other draw. A 35-acre stocked fishing lake with a pier, more than 400 acres of parks and trails, and The Oasis, an amenity center with a 6,000 square foot fitness center, pools, and waterslides. You're buying into all of it, and you're paying for it, which brings me to the numbers.

The $2.90 Tax Rate and What Your Payment Really Looks Like

The community's own buyer information puts the total 2025 tax rate near $2.90 per $100 of value. That stacks Crandall ISD at $1.28, a municipal utility district line at $1.00, Kaufman County at $0.33, and other assessments on top. Then add HOA dues, listed at $552 a year for single-family homes and $291 a month for townhomes. A house priced in the $280s here can carry a very different monthly payment than the same price in a lower-rate area, so I run the full math, taxes, MUD, HOA, insurance, before you commit to anything. The location is the payoff: the community sits at I-20 and FM 741, about 30 minutes from downtown Dallas.

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