Community guide · Hunt County
The Hunt County seat on I-30: a historic downtown on Lee Street, L3Harris at Majors Field, new builder streets and country land in every direction.
By Shayla Eadler, REALTOR® · TREC #0747934 · Based in Van Alstyne · Updated
Greenville, Texas
Yes — living in Greenville, TX makes sense if you want a real county seat with its own jobs, a historic downtown and a straight shot down I-30 to Rockwall (about 35 minutes) and downtown Dallas (about an hour). The trade-offs are rising taxes — about 2.08% in city limits for 2025 and about 2.25% for 2026 — and school ratings that are still climbing back.
Greenville is the largest city in Hunt County and one of the fastest-growing towns I cover. The Census estimated 37,069 people in July 2025, up from a 2020 base of 28,115 — about 32% in five years, with roughly 2,600 of that added in the last year alone. The city sits where I-30 meets US-69 and US-380, with SH-34 running north–south through town. Downtown centers on Lee Street, home to the restored Texan Theater, and the Greenville Municipal Auditorium is a few blocks away.
The job base is the reason Greenville feels like its own place instead of a bedroom town. L3Harris runs its aircraft-modification work at Majors Field, Hunt Regional is the county’s hospital system, and East Texas A&M University is 20 minutes up the road in Commerce. I’ve helped buyers close in Greenville, including a first-time buyer in 2025, and I’ll help you sort the older streets near downtown from the newer builder communities and the acreage outside city limits.
The Census numbers tell the story: Greenville went from 29,557 people in 2021 to 32,800 in 2023 and 37,069 in 2025. Much of that is new construction on the edges of town, where national builders such as Lennar (Jackson’s Run) and Meritage Homes (Stratton Place) have been selling new homes.
The schools are catching up. In November 2025, Greenville ISD voters approved a $399 million bond — the largest in the district’s history and its fourth attempt since 2022. It pays for a new high school built for 2,300 students, turns the current high school into a middle school, builds a new L.P. Waters Early Childhood Center for 560 pre-K students, and adds storm-shelter classrooms and science labs at Lamar and Carver elementaries. The cost shows up in the 2026 tax rate: the district’s rate went from 0.9669 to 1.1269.
I-30 is being rebuilt in stages. TxDOT is reconstructing the interstate at FM 1570, FM 1903 and Monty Stratton Parkway, with the final phase expected to finish by summer 2027, and has two longer six-lane projects in planning on either side of town.
The honest version
Every town has trade-offs. Here’s what I tell my own clients before they buy.
Pros
Cons
For sale now
Greenville’s housing runs from older homes on the streets around downtown to brand-new builder communities and country property outside city limits. Prices vary a lot by age, lot size and which side of the city limits a home sits on — I’ll pull current comps for any street.
Established homes on the streets around Lee Street, the Hunt County Courthouse and the Municipal Auditorium. Expect mature trees, a mix of ages and styles, and the usual older-home inspection items.
Lennar’s Jackson’s Run and Meritage’s Stratton Place are two of the builder communities in Greenville ISD. New streets can carry HOA dues, and Hunt County has a handful of MUDs — I check the full tax stack on every new home.
Step outside city limits and you’re into Hunt County farm roads. You skip the city tax line, but water source, septic, road frontage and agricultural valuation all matter.
The lake is about 30 miles south of downtown Greenville. Homes and land on that side of the county are usually in Quinlan ISD or another district, with their own tax stack.
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Jobs
Greenville’s biggest employer works out of Majors Field, an airfield opened in 1942 that trained P-47 pilots in World War II. Today it’s home to L3Harris’s Mission Integration Division. L3Harris says its Greenville facilities cover more than 3.7 million square feet, with manufacturing, sensor and anechoic testing, aircraft painting and an FAA-approved test range — and the team recently delivered the first MC-55A Peregrine aircraft.
The rest of the job base is what you’d expect in a county seat: Hunt County government, Greenville ISD, and Hunt Regional, the hospital system run under the countywide Hunt Memorial Hospital District. If you’re relocating for a job here, I’ll map your drive to the gate from every home you like before you write an offer.
The Greenville job picture
Before you buy
All four local governments that tax a Greenville home raised their rates for 2026, and the school district accounts for most of it. The $399 million Greenville ISD bond added 16 cents to the school rate, taking the in-city stack from about $2.08 to about $2.25 per $100 of value.
The school portion is where the homestead exemption does the most work: the first $140,000 of a homestead’s value is exempt from school tax, and homeowners 65 and older or disabled get another $60,000 plus a school tax ceiling. If you’re comparing a Greenville home with one in Rockwall or Collin County, I’ll run both tax bills side by side.
| Taxing unit | 2025 rate | 2026 rate |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville ISD | 0.966900 | 1.126900 |
| City of Greenville | 0.568000 | 0.576000 |
| Hunt County | 0.333241 | 0.334612 |
| Hunt Memorial Hospital District | 0.207241 | 0.214812 |
| Total in city limits | 2.075382 | 2.252324 |
Rates per $100 of value. Source: Hunt County Tax Office adopted rate listings for 2025 and 2026. Hunt County MUDs (Magnolia Pointe, Riverfield #1, Verandah) and Caddo Mills Municipal Management District #1 add their own rate where they apply.
Where to live
I won’t invent subdivision names — here are the real areas and communities buyers in and around Greenville usually choose between, and I’ll match specific streets to your budget.
Established · In town
Older homes on the streets around Lee Street, the Hunt County Courthouse and the Municipal Auditorium. Close to the Texan Theater, downtown shops and the fall Bob Wills Fiddle Festival.
Greenville ISD
New construction · Near I-30
Meritage Homes’ Stratton Place sits off I-30 at Monty Stratton Parkway. Builder listings show Lamar Elementary as the zoned elementary — confirm by address, and expect I-30 interchange work here until 2027.
Greenville ISD
New construction · Lennar
A Lennar community in the 75402 ZIP code, with plans from about 1,300 to 2,000 square feet. Ask me about HOA dues and whether a lot sits inside city limits before you write an offer.
Greenville ISD
Country homes · Toward Rockwall
Homes and acreage between Greenville and Caddo Mills along I-30 and SH-66, a few minutes closer to Rockwall. Much of this side is in Caddo Mills ISD, which rated B for 2024–25 and had a 1.2552 school rate for 2025.
Caddo Mills ISD (confirm by address)
Lake · South Hunt County
About 30 miles south of downtown Greenville. Lake homes and land around Quinlan and West Tawakoni are mostly in Quinlan ISD, which rated C for 2024–25.
Quinlan ISD (confirm by address)
Acreage · Outside city limits
Farm roads in every direction from town, with land and small-ranch listings outside city limits. You skip the city tax line, but check water, septic, ag valuation and which school district the land is in.
Varies — confirm by address
Subdivision names are a starting point. Lot sizes, HOA rules and school zoning vary street by street — I’ll confirm all of it for any home you’re considering.
Cost of living
For tax year 2025, the combined rate inside Greenville city limits and Greenville ISD is about $2.08 per $100 of value: Greenville ISD 0.9669, City of Greenville 0.568, Hunt County 0.333241 and the Hunt Memorial Hospital District 0.207241. Outside city limits but still in Greenville ISD, drop the city line and the stack is about 1.51.
For 2026 the in-city stack rises to about 2.25, mostly from the school bond (see the table above). Hunt County has no college district tax line, unlike Grayson and Collin counties.
Schools
Greenville ISD had 5,417 students in 2023–24, with about 14.5 students per teacher (state average 14.7). In the 2025 TEA ratings (school year 2024–25, released August 2025), the district earned a D with a score of 65. Bowie, Lamar and L.P. Waters earned C ratings; Greenville High and Travis Intermediate earned Ds; and Carver, Crockett and Greenville Middle earned Fs. Greenville High’s four-year graduation rate was 97.1% for the class of 2023, against 90.3% statewide.
There are signs of movement. Bowie Elementary rose from a D (66) to a C (79) in the 2025 ratings, and Greenville ISD has since reported an overall C (72) for 2025–26, with Greenville High at a B (85). The $399 million bond passed in November 2025 will build a new high school for 2,300 students. Rural addresses near Greenville can fall in other districts — Caddo Mills ISD rated B and Quinlan ISD rated C for 2024–25 — so I confirm the district for every address.
Getting around
I-30 is Greenville’s main line to Rockwall and Dallas. US-380 runs west to McKinney and US-75, US-69 heads north toward Bonham, SH-224 goes northeast to Commerce, and SH-34 runs south toward Quinlan and Lake Tawakoni.
Rockwall
35 min≈ 29 mi
via I-30 W
Downtown McKinney
40 min≈ 31 mi
via US-380 W
Van Alstyne
60 min≈ 46 mi
via US-380 W & US-75 N
Downtown Dallas
60 min≈ 51 mi
via I-30 W
DFW Airport
85 min≈ 67 mi
via US-380 W & SH-121
Commerce (East Texas A&M)
20 min≈ 15 mi
via SH-224
Bonham
50 min≈ 36 mi
via US-69 N
Lake Tawakoni State Park
60 min≈ 30 mi
via SH-34 S & FM 751
Typical drive times without heavy traffic. Rush hour on US-75 and the Tollway can add 15–30 minutes.
Local favorites
Greenville has more going on than most towns its size — a restored theater, a big auditorium, a museum on I-30 and Lake Tawakoni within an hour.
Lee Street is the heart of downtown, with the Texan Theater, local shops, antique stores and wineries a short walk from the Hunt County Courthouse.
An Art Deco movie house on Lee Street that opened in 1934, closed in 1975 and reopened in 2014 after a renovation. It now hosts concerts and shows through the year.
A historic downtown hall on Washington Street that has hosted everyone from Elvis Presley to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, plus the Kenneth Threadgill Concert Series.
A two-day downtown festival each November with free Western swing on outdoor stages, fiddle contests for all ages, vendors and a headline concert at the Municipal Auditorium.
Hunt County history on I-30, from the cotton era to the Audie L. Murphy veterans exhibit. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The county courthouse downtown is one of a handful of Greenville buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the Katy Depot, Central Christian Church and the old Post Office.
About an hour south on a 37,879-acre reservoir: a four-lane boat ramp, a swimming area, campsites and nearly five miles of trails in 376 acres of oak woods.
East Texas A&M University in Commerce is about 20 minutes away, adding college sports, performances and lectures to the local calendar.
Before you move
Here are the practical details I walk every Greenville buyer through before closing.
FAQ
Quick answers to the questions I hear most from people moving to Greenville.
Greenville is a good fit if you want a county seat with its own jobs, a historic downtown and I-30 access — about 35 minutes to Rockwall and an hour to downtown Dallas. The trade-offs are rising taxes (about 2.08% in city limits for 2025 and 2.25% for 2026) and school ratings that are still improving.
For tax year 2025, the combined rate inside Greenville city limits is about $2.08 per $100 of value: Greenville ISD 0.9669, City of Greenville 0.568, Hunt County 0.333241 and the Hunt Memorial Hospital District 0.207241. For 2026 it rises to about $2.25, mostly from the school bond. The school homestead exemption is $140,000.
Most of Greenville is in Greenville ISD, home of the Lions, which earned a D in the 2025 TEA ratings and has since reported a C for 2025–26. Voters approved a $399 million bond in November 2025 for a new high school. Rural addresses nearby can fall in Caddo Mills, Quinlan or another Hunt County district, so I confirm the district for every home.
Downtown Dallas is about 51 miles west on I-30 — roughly an hour without traffic. Rockwall is about 29 miles (35 minutes), downtown McKinney about 31 miles (40 minutes) via US-380, and DFW Airport about 67 miles (85 minutes).
Yes, fast. The Census Bureau estimated 37,069 people in July 2025, up from a 2020 base of 28,115 — about 32% in five years. New builder communities, a $399 million school bond and I-30 widening all reflect that growth.
Inside the city, GEUS — the city-owned utility — handles electric, water, sewer and garbage with one application, and also offers internet and streaming TV. Outside city limits, providers vary, and many rural homes use a water supply corporation or well and septic.
About 46 miles, or roughly an hour without traffic, via US-380 and US-75. I work both sides, so if you’re torn between Hunt County and Grayson County I can show you homes in each and compare the drive, taxes and schools.
Yes. Hunt County is mostly farm and ranch land, so country homes, small acreage and raw land come up regularly outside city limits. Check water source, septic, road frontage, school district and whether ag valuation will carry over before you buy.
Compare nearby towns
Rockwall CountyRockwallAbout 35 minutes west on I-30: lake living and more shopping, closer to Dallas.Read the Rockwall guide 
Collin CountyMcKinneyAbout 40 minutes west on US-380: a bigger downtown square and Collin County jobs.Read the McKinney guide 
Grayson CountyVan AlstyneMy home base, about an hour northwest — small-town Grayson County on US-75.Read the Van Alstyne guide 
Fannin CountyBonhamAbout 50 minutes north on US-69: another county seat with acreage and lower prices.Read the Bonham guide Facts on this page were checked against public sources in October 2026. Tax rates, school ratings and road plans change — confirm anything important for your decision.
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I’ll show you around — the neighborhoods, the schools and the places locals love — and put together homes in Greenville that fit your budget.
