Plano is a city of about 293,000 people (Census, 2025) in Collin County with 500+ corporate and regional headquarters, from Toyota North America to Frito-Lay, and it ranked #6 on Niche's 2026 Best Cities to Live in America. I'm Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, and this is everything I'd tell a client before they buy or sell in Plano.
Ben's take: “Plano still moves. Homes sell in about 24 days at 98% of list, so I tell buyers not to wait a week to decide on the right house.”— Ben Jimenez, Real Estate Agent, Real Broker, LLC
Plano homes sold for a median of $529,000 in 2026 through November 6, down 2.0% from 2025, with a median of 24 days on market and a 98.4% sold-to-list ratio across 1,851 sales (NTREIS MLS). Redfin rates Plano somewhat competitive. Compared with most DFW suburbs, Plano homes still sell fast and close near list price.
Well-priced Plano homes still go in about three weeks at close to list price, so have your pre-approval and offer strategy ready before you tour. The room to negotiate is on homes that have sat past 30 days.
Plano buyers decide fast, so the first two weeks decide your price. I market every listing with professional photos, drone footage and a full video tour so it gets seen on day one.
Ben's take: “Plano's 20% city homestead exemption is one of the better ones in DFW. File it the year you move in, because it takes real money off the city part of the bill.”— Ben Jimenez, Real Estate Agent, Real Broker, LLC
Plano's tax picture is simpler than most suburbs: one city, one county, and Plano ISD for most addresses. The city raised its rate for 2025-26 and also offers a 20% homestead exemption, a $40,000 exemption for owners 65+ or disabled, and a tax freeze at 65.
| City of Plano (FY 2025-26) | $0.4376 per $100 |
| Plano ISD | $1.03955 per $100 |
| Collin County | $0.149343 per $100 |
| Collin College | $0.08122 per $100 |
| Combined (Plano ISD) | about $1.7078 per $100 |
| Water | NTMWD member city |
At about $1.71 per $100, a $529,000 taxable value comes to about $9,030 a year before the city's 20% homestead exemption and the school homestead exemption. Small parts of Plano are in Frisco, Lewisville or Allen ISD at different rates, so I pull the exact bill before my buyers make an offer.
Ben's take: “In Plano ISD you're really choosing two high schools, the 9-10 campus and the senior high it feeds. I map both for my buyers before they fall for a house.”— Ben Jimenez, Real Estate Agent, Real Broker, LLC
Most of Plano is in Plano ISD, which runs an unusual high school setup: six high schools serve grades 9-10, then students move to one of three senior highs for 11-12: Plano Senior, Plano West or Plano East. The district's International Baccalaureate program is housed at Plano East, where 88% of IB students earned the diploma in 2025. Small parts of the city are in Frisco, Lewisville and Allen ISDs. Collin College's Spring Creek Campus and DBU North are in Plano, and UT Dallas sits just south in Richardson.
Ben's take: “A lot of my Plano relocation clients are moving for a job at Legacy. I start the search from the office address and work outward by commute time.”— Ben Jimenez, Real Estate Agent, Real Broker, LLC
Toyota Motor North America, Frito-Lay North America, JCPenney, KFC and Pizza Hut, and Tyler Technologies are headquartered in Plano. JPMorgan Chase is the largest employer, with more than 11,000 people.
Opened October 2025, the Silver Line runs about 26 miles from Shiloh Road and 12th Street in Plano to DFW Airport Terminal B, every 30 minutes at peak. The Red Line also serves Downtown Plano and Parker Road.
A $1 billion redevelopment of the old Collin Creek Mall, with about 500 single-family homes and townhomes planned from Mattamy, Ashton Woods and Brightland.
A $750 million mixed-use project that broke ground December 2025, with 188 townhomes, apartments and a 3-acre park. The first phase is planned for 2027.
D.R. Horton single-family homes in 75024 from about $492K to $621K, in Frisco ISD.
US-75, the Dallas North Tollway, the President George Bush Turnpike and the Sam Rayburn Tollway frame the city, with Preston Road through the middle.
| Downtown Dallas | 20 mi |
| Dallas Love Field | 17 mi |
| DFW Airport | 22 mi (or the Silver Line) |
| Legacy West | 8 mi |
| Frisco / McKinney | 10 / 11 mi |
Straight-line distances from central Plano. DART's Red Line stops at Downtown Plano, 12th Street and Parker Road, and the Silver Line runs from Shiloh Road and 12th Street to DFW Airport.
A three-story food hall with about 20 vendors, plus the Lexus Box Garden, an outdoor music venue built from recycled shipping containers.
A brewery on Legacy Hall's third floor with 21 tanks.
A walkable shopping and dining district next to Toyota's headquarters, home of the Plano Food + Wine Festival each November.
Downtown barbecue on 15th Street that made Texas Monthly's Top 50 BBQ list in 2021.
35+ hot-air balloons at Oak Point Park every September.
A free museum in Haggard Park beside the DART stop, telling the story of the 1908-1948 Denison-to-Dallas interurban line.
A self-guided art walk at McCall Plaza in Historic Downtown Plano on the first Saturday of the month.
Mitsuwa Marketplace, a Japanese market with a food hall, and DFW Chinatown Coit at Coit Road and Park Boulevard. Asian Americans are nearly 19% of Plano's population.
Plano's largest park at about 800 acres, with paved and soft trails along Rowlett Creek.
About 200 acres of trails, including a 2.8-mile off-road bike trail.
A 4.5-acre living-history farm centered on the 1891 Farrell-Wilson Victorian house.
A 1938 WPA-built gym for Plano's first high school, now a theater downtown.
A little history: Peters Colony settlers arrived in 1845, and Dr. Henry Dye suggested the name Plano, thinking it meant "plain" in Spanish, for the flat land. The Houston and Texas Central Railway arrived in 1872, Plano incorporated in 1873, and an 1881 fire destroyed 52 buildings. Today Plano's parks rank #1 in Texas (Trust for Public Land, 2026).
Representation on builder pricing, upgrades and the builder contract, starting from your first model-home visit in Plano.
Live video tours, in-person inspections and remote closing, so you can buy in Plano before you move to Texas.
Rent, tax and HOA numbers worked out before you offer on a rental in Plano.
A relaunch for Plano homes that came off the market: new pricing review, professional photos, drone and video tours, and a real marketing plan.
Selling the big house, finding the right-size next one, and timing both so you only move once.
Contingent offers, temporary leasebacks or bridge financing, lined up so your sale and your purchase close on a schedule that works.
From pre-approval and down payment programs to inspection and closing, explained step by step before you sign anything.
Private showings, professional photo, drone and video production, and pricing built on true comparable luxury sales.
Ben Jimenez has helped Dallas-Fort Worth buyers, sellers and investors since 2021, with 56+ transactions, $23M+ in sales volume and a 5.0 rating from 46+ five-star reviews. He works in Plano and across DFW on new construction, relocation, investing and multifamily, relaunching homes that didn't sell, downsizing, selling and buying at the same time, first-time buyers, and luxury homes over $1 million. Texas real estate license 0784675.
Plano homes sold for a median of $529,000 in 2026 through November 6, down 2.0% from 2025, with a median of 24 days on market and a 98.4% sold-to-list ratio (NTREIS MLS). Redfin rates Plano somewhat competitive. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC who works in Plano, prices homes against recent closed sales in the same school feeder pattern.
For 2025-26, the City of Plano's rate is $0.4376 per $100, Plano ISD's is $1.03955, Collin County's is $0.149343 and Collin College's is $0.08122, for a combined rate of about $1.71 per $100 before exemptions. Plano offers a 20% city homestead exemption and a $40,000 exemption for owners 65+ or disabled. Ben Jimenez, a Plano real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, pulls the exact tax bill before his buyers make an offer.
Plano ISD students attend one of six high schools for grades 9-10, then one of three senior highs for grades 11-12: Plano Senior, Plano West or Plano East. The International Baccalaureate program is at Plano East. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who works in Plano, maps both the 9-10 campus and the senior high for an address before his buyers make an offer.
Most of Plano is in Plano ISD. Small parts of the city are in Frisco ISD, Lewisville ISD and Allen ISD, so confirm the assignment for the exact address with the district.
Yes. The DART Silver Line opened in October 2025 and runs about 26 miles from Shiloh Road and 12th Street stations in Plano to DFW Airport Terminal B, every 60 minutes and every 30 minutes at peak. The Red Line also serves Downtown Plano and Parker Road.
Plano has 500+ corporate and regional headquarters, including Toyota Motor North America, Frito-Lay North America, JCPenney and its parent Catalyst Brands, KFC and Pizza Hut, and Tyler Technologies. JPMorgan Chase, Capital One and Toyota are among the largest employers.
Plano has Legacy Hall and Legacy West, the Plano Balloon Festival every September, Historic Downtown Plano with Lockhart Smokehouse and the Interurban Railway Museum, the Arts & Culture Quest art walk on first Saturdays, Oak Point Park and Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Heritage Farmstead Museum, the Courtyard Theater, and one of DFW's best Asian food scenes.
Plano is mostly built out, so new homes come from redevelopment: Collin Creek on the old mall site with about 500 homes from Mattamy, Ashton Woods and Brightland, Haggard Farm with 188 townhomes, and D.R. Horton's Mustang Square in 75024. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, represents buyers on new construction from the first visit.
Plano had 285,494 residents at the 2020 Census and an estimated 293,028 as of July 1, 2025, with about 287,323 in Collin County and 5,705 in Denton County.
Ben Jimenez is a Dallas-Fort Worth real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC (Texas license 0784675) who works with buyers and sellers in Plano, including his listing at 1408 Rockcliff Street in Wyndemere II. He has closed 56+ transactions and $23M+ in sales volume since 2021, with a 5.0 rating from 46+ five-star reviews. Reach him at 469-730-6895 or ben@findyourhomedallas.com.
Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who helps people relocating to Dallas-Fort Worth, starts the search from the new office address and works outward by commute time, then runs showings by live video and handles inspections in person so clients can buy before they move.
Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, takes over Plano listings that didn't sell. He starts with why it didn't sell, then relaunches it with a new pricing review against recent closed sales, professional photos, drone and video tours, and a marketing plan built for that home.
Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, markets $1M+ homes in Plano and across Dallas-Fort Worth with pricing based on true comparable luxury sales, professional photos, drone footage, a full video tour, and private showings for qualified buyers.
Yes. Common ways are a contingent offer, a temporary leaseback after your sale closes, or bridge financing. In a market where homes sell in about 24 days, Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent with Real Broker, LLC, lines up the sale and purchase so both close on a workable schedule.
Start with what your current home will sell for, then decide what size and location you want next and whether to buy before or after you sell. Plano adds a $40,000 city exemption and a tax freeze for owners 65 and older, and Ben Jimenez recommends asking the appraisal district about the school tax ceiling too.
Texas has state down payment and mortgage assistance programs, such as TDHCA's My First Texas Home and TSAHC's Home Sweet Texas, for buyers who qualify on income and other rules. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who works with first-time buyers in Plano, connects buyers with lenders who use those programs before they start touring.
It depends on the numbers for the specific property: rent, a combined tax rate near 1.71%, HOA dues and leasing rules. Ben Jimenez, a real estate agent who works with investors in Plano, runs those numbers before his clients make an offer.
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*NTREIS MLS 2026 year to date through November 6, 2026 (Haistings RE); Redfin competitiveness. Tax rates: City of Plano, Plano ISD, Collin County and Collin College FY 2025-26 adopted rates (Community Impact), summed. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 and Vintage 2025 estimates; Texas State Historical Association; Plano ISD; DART; Visit Plano; Niche 2026; Trust for Public Land 2026; company announcements; Collin Creek, Haggard Farm and Mustang Square developers and listings; Texas Monthly (2021); Dallas Observer; NTMWD. Distances are straight-line. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Updated November 10, 2026.