Seagoville

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Gas availability: available — Atmos Energy serves Seagoville. Texas HB 17 (2021) prohibits cities from adopting gas bans; Seagoville has no electrification ordinance. Gas service is routine.

ZIP 75159 median residential value was approximately $299K-$305K in mid-2025 per ATTOM, Orchard, and Redfin aggregates. City of Seagoville FY 2024 adopted tax rate was $0.710932 per $100 valuation; Dallas ISD adds approximately $1.08 per $100; Dallas County, Parkland Hospital District, and Dallas County Community College District add the remainder. Combined effective rate is approximately 1.76% — slightly higher than the Dallas citywide 1.66% because Seagoville's municipal rate is higher than the City of Dallas municipal rate (Dallas is around $0.74 per $100 combined property-tax rate, but its sales-tax capture and higher appraised base partly offset the municipal-rate differential). Housing stock skews newer than Pleasant Grove — a substantial share is 1990s-2010s single-family tract development along US-175 and Malloy Bridge Rd, with older 1950s-1970s stock closer to the downtown Seagoville core.

Meaningfully higher HOA coverage than Pleasant Grove (~5%) or most Dallas in-city neighborhoods, because a substantial fraction of Seagoville's housing stock is post-1990 suburban tract development with HOA covenants. Texas Property Code Chapter 202 upholds HOA covenants where they exist, and many Seagoville HOAs restrict or prohibit detached accessory structures / secondary dwellings — a homeowner would need to check the CCRs before planning any accessory building.

• flood-zone — FEMA-mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas along Tenmile Creek and smaller tributaries that cross the Seagoville municipal area. The downtown Seagoville core and most 1990s-2010s subdivisions are in Zone X. Parcels along Tenmile Creek and the far-southern edge toward Kaufman County can be in Zone A or AE. · +21d · +15% cost
  Seagoville participates in the National Flood Insurance Program. Parcels in Zone AE must elevate to or above the Base Flood Elevation; an accessory dwelling cannot be ground-floor sleeping space in SFHA. FEMA flood maps for Seagoville span Dallas and Kaufman Counties and are available via the FEMA Flood Map Service Center. The Trinity River main stem does not pass through Seagoville, but its East Fork and related tributaries do create localized floodplain exposure.
• other — FCI Seagoville (Federal Bureau of Prisons low-security institution) occupies a substantial parcel on the north side of the city. While this is not a regulatory overlay in the zoning sense, it is a location-specific consideration that affects adjacent-parcel property values and can trigger additional federal-land-use coordination for properties immediately bordering the facility.
  Parcels immediately adjacent to the FCI have reported slower resale and some appraisal pressure. Not a permitting obstacle — the City of Seagoville zoning rules apply normally.
• other — A small portion of Seagoville extends into Kaufman County. Parcels in that sliver are appraised by the Kaufman Central Appraisal District rather than Dallas CAD, and benefit from slightly lower Kaufman County and Kaufman County ESD tax rates. Building permits still issue from the City of Seagoville regardless of county.
  Dual-county taxation means the effective property-tax rate varies slightly across Seagoville. Kaufman-County Seagoville parcels typically see 0.1-0.2% lower overall rates than Dallas-County Seagoville parcels.