Forest Hill is four square miles of Tarrant County sandwiched between Fort Worth and Arlington. A farming community turned bedroom suburb since 1896, with seven parks, 14,000 diverse residents, and a mayor who says it plainly: “We have such a diverse city. We have established so much and grown so much. We have a big history here.” Eight miles from downtown Fort Worth, tucked between two of Texas’s largest cities, and holding its own identity on purpose.
Forest Hill is a city of 13,955 (2020 census), estimated at 14,056 in 2025, on about 4 square miles southeast of Fort Worth along I-20, with a median sale price near $235,900. Most homes date to the 1940s–70s, with newer homes in Rose Crest, and three school districts split the city. Here are 10 areas with dated context.
Citywide median about $236K
The oldest part of town, near the original crossroads of Old Mansfield Road and Forest Hill Drive.
Small frame and brick cottages from the 1920s through 1950s. Price context is citywide: Redfin’s median sale price was about $235,900 for the three months ending September 2026. No HOA found.
Citywide median about $236K
One-story brick ranches built around 1972, in the Sherwood Forest and Sherwood Forest North additions.
A typical early-1970s Forest Hill street of single-story brick homes. Era dates come from individual listings and are approximate; lot sizes and the school district vary by address.
Citywide median about $236K
Brick ranches from around 1968 on Carriage Hill and Rustic drives.
A late-1960s addition in the 76140 ZIP code, which Forest Hill shares with Everman, so confirm city limits on the appraisal record.
Citywide median about $236K
A late-1970s neighborhood with Civil War-themed streets: Valley Forge, Appomattox, Merrimac, Stonewall and Jamestown.
Homes here date to about 1977. It sits south of I-20 in the 76140 ZIP code; check the school district and city limits for each address.
Citywide median about $236K
Brick ranches from around 1971 on Trailwood Drive.
Another early-1970s addition of single-story brick homes. HOA status and lot sizes weren’t confirmed.
Homes and rentals
Early-1970s single-family homes plus rental townhomes built around 2022.
The name echoes Brambleton Station, the town’s original name, per the city’s history. The townhomes are rentals; single-family homes date to about 1971–72.
Citywide median about $236K
A cluster of mid-century brick-ranch additions in the 76119 ZIP code.
Forest Wood, Forest Glen, Twin Oaks and Forestedge are separate plats with similar one-story homes. The era of each addition wasn’t confirmed.
About $229K to $400K (c. 2018)
The city’s newest single-family area, where 174 homes went up in about four years.
A city newsletter from about 2018 put values at $229,000 to $400,000 and cited a 38.8 percent value jump in 2017. No HOA was reported and the builder wasn’t identified. Some addresses mail as Fort Worth, so check city limits.
Duplexes to fourplexes
A planned community of duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes.
A 2022-built triplex has been listed here. It’s one of the few small multifamily options in town; HOA terms weren’t confirmed.
Pipeline
Small infill subdivisions in planning: 22 lots on 4.8 acres at Anglin Estates, and Whispering Oaks by a local builder.
Anglin Estates’ preliminary plat went to the council in August 2022; whether it was finalized and built wasn’t confirmed. Whispering Oaks was described as in its formative stages. Treat both as plans.
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Redfin’s median sale price was about $235,900 for the three months ending September 2026, down 1.3 percent, at a median 61 days on market.
Only about 18 homes sold in September, so one sale can swing a month.
The city adopted $0.704512 per $100 for 2026, its no-new-revenue rate, with no debt rate. No city homestead percentage was found.
With 2026 school and county rates, totals run about $2.20 in Fort Worth ISD, $2.35 in Everman ISD and $2.30 in Kennedale ISD.
Forest Hill shares the 76140 ZIP code with Everman, and Forest Hill Drive crosses more than one city.
Check the Tarrant Appraisal District record for “City of Forest Hill” on every listing.
Work on Wichita Street and Forest Hill Drive is under way, and city leaders have said about 400 new homes are planned.
Voters decide on November 3, 2026, whether to renew the quarter-cent street-repair sales tax.
Forest Hill is a home-rule city of 4.17 square miles in Tarrant County, southeast of Fort Worth along I-20, incorporated March 16, 1946. It counted 13,955 residents in the 2020 census; the Census Bureau estimated 14,056 for July 1, 2025. Area names follow addition names in appraisal records and listings, and boundaries are approximate. A Forest Hill, 76119 or 76140 mailing address doesn’t establish the city; 76140 is shared with Everman, and some addresses mail as Fort Worth. Confirm everything by address with the Tarrant Appraisal District. Prices are Redfin’s three-month median ending September 2026 and a city newsletter’s figures from about 2018, not per-neighborhood values. They are context, not values. Eras come from individual listings and are approximate. HOA status, flood exposure and school district by area weren’t verified; Redfin and First Street flag about 8 percent of properties citywide as likely flood-exposed, so check FEMA maps by address. Combined rates use 2026 adopted rates for the city ($0.704512), Tarrant County ($0.186), the hospital district ($0.159), Tarrant County College ($0.12) and Fort Worth ISD ($1.029099), Everman ISD ($1.1771) or Kennedale ISD ($1.1352), before exemptions; Tarrant Regional Water District ($0.0273) may also apply and wasn’t confirmed in city limits. The city offers a $40,000 over-65 exemption, per Tarrant County’s 2025 exemption table, but no general homestead percentage or disability exemption; no city tax ceiling was confirmed. The 400-home figure is a stated plan. Which of the three school districts serves each street is from secondary sources; confirm by address. School districts are listed at the district level only. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
Forest Hill eats along Mansfield Highway: independent taquerias, mesquite-grilled chicken, a tortilleria, a mariscos spot and Mexican bakeries, with quick chains on Wichita Street near I-20. A couple of nearby Everman stops are labeled. Here’s a 2026-checked list of 18.
5130 Mansfield Hwy.
Traditional, slow-cooked Mexican dishes on the Mansfield Highway corridor.
The one listing here confirmed directly by the business’s own website in October 2026.
3052 Mansfield Hwy.
Mesquite-grilled chicken, with thousands of online reviews.
3251 Mansfield Hwy.
A tortilleria with breakfast and Mexican plates.
3701 Mansfield Hwy.
Tacos on the city’s main commercial road.
3221 Mansfield Hwy.
A locally run Mexican kitchen.
3205 Mansfield Hwy.
A Mexican seafood spot on Mansfield Highway.
3344 Mansfield Hwy.
A chicken spot on the Mansfield Highway strip.
5101 Mansfield Hwy.
A Mexican bakery and taqueria under one roof.
5304 Mansfield Hwy.
Tacos on Mansfield Highway.
3075 Mansfield Hwy.
A neighborhood donut shop on Mansfield Highway.
6732 Forest Hill Dr.
Chinese takeout on Forest Hill Drive.
3207 Forest Hill Circle
A 24-hour diner the city welcomed as a new business in 2025.
3104 Mansfield Hwy.
A meat market and grocery the city listed as a new business in 2025, one of the in-city grocers.
6325–6555 Wichita St.
A cluster of regional chains near I-20, including Chicken Express and Taco Casa, per the city’s restaurant list.
6808 Forest Hill Dr.
A model railroad club with its home in Forest Hill.
6962 Forest Hill Dr.
The city library, funded by a dedicated quarter-cent library sales tax; the Civic & Convention Center is at 6901 Wichita St.
100 N. Forest Hill Dr., Ste. B2
Burgers, wings and pizza at a sports bar just over the line in Everman, opened with a city ribbon cutting.
1829 Everman Pkwy.
A neighborhood grocery with a fruit and taco counter, in Everman.
Most local spots line Mansfield Highway, a run of taquerias, chicken grills and bakeries, with chains along Wichita Street near I-20. No big-box grocery anchor inside city limits was confirmed.
Some Forest Hill Drive and 76140 addresses are in Everman; those are labeled.
Compiled October 2026. Listings are from business websites, City of Forest Hill newsletters, budget documents and restaurant lists, the City of Everman, Tripadvisor (updated June 2026), Restaurantji, Yellow Pages, Uber Eats and Yelp, and were not confirmed with owners; call ahead to confirm hours and that a business is still open. Only Taqueria El Toro was confirmed on its own website; Waffle House, Los Portales and the Wichita Street chains appear in city documents, and the rest rely on directory listings. Trio Pizza & Pasta shares El Toro’s address and was left out; DA Crab Trap, Daddyz’ Kitchen and Delicias de Tacos all list 3056 Mansfield Hwy. and were left out until confirmed. A Wendy’s on Wichita Street may have closed. Chain grocery anchors and the city’s alcohol sales status weren’t confirmed. Businesses listed are for general local reference and are not endorsements; I receive no compensation from any business named. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
From Brambleton Station to a City of About 14,000 on the Loop
Forest Hill sits in south-central Tarrant County, where the Grand Prairie meets the Cross Timbers south of the Trinity River.
Tarrant County straddles the line between the open Grand Prairie and the Eastern Cross Timbers, a belt of post oak and blackjack oak woodland that runs north and south through North Texas. The West and Clear forks of the Trinity River join near downtown Fort Worth, about eight miles northwest of today’s Forest Hill. Before Anglo-American settlement, Native peoples used the region for hunting and travel.
Surviving local sources say little about specific bands in what became Forest Hill, so this history describes Native peoples at the regional level. The land’s small creeks and wooded rises would shape the town that followed. One of them now runs through the city’s largest green space, the South Creek Linear Park, which entered city plans after a 1974 bond election and is known today as Griggs South Creek Linear Park.
A farming settlement that began around 1860 as Brambleton Station, with a cemetery that still carries a state historical marker.
The city says Forest Hill has existed since about 1860, began as a farming community and was first known as Brambleton Station, then Forest Hill Village. Its own history adds that mail went to Brambleton, Texas, at a post office facing the railroad near today’s Trade Days site on the 3500 block of Bisbee Street. Which railroad served the stop, and when, wasn’t confirmed. Settlers reportedly liked the land’s meadows and woods.
The oldest documented landmark is Forest Hill Cemetery, one of Tarrant County’s oldest burial grounds. In 1883, landowner J. W. Chapman deeded it to the Forest Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and the cemetery was named for its location. A Texas Historical Commission marker went up in 1974 near 5713 Forest Hill Drive. As of 2016, the city called the cemetery its only recognized historic site.
A Fort Worth suburb with its own schools by 1896, two main roads by 1905 and an interurban stop by 1911.
The Handbook of Texas says Forest Hill was a residential suburb of Fort Worth by 1896, when its schools enrolled 106 students with three teachers. By 1905 the community ran two schools with 226 students and four teachers. The city adds that the Forest Hill school system once reached the Masonic Home area on Wichita Street and the Polytechnic area, and that L. C. Collier served as its first principal.
By 1905, Old Mansfield Road and Forest Hill Drive were the community’s two streets. In 1911, Forest Hill became a stop on the Fort Worth Southern Traction Company’s electric interurban line between Fort Worth and Cleburne, and the city says the cars ran hourly. Around 1912, residents drilled what they called the crooked hole well, which served as a private water system until the early 1940s.
A tiny farm community, about 25 residents in 1925, saw its first planned subdivisions during World War II.
The Handbook reports that by 1925 Forest Hill had just 25 residents and two businesses. Through these decades the area depended on its private water well, a privately owned telephone exchange run out of nearby Everman and the interurban line for trips into Fort Worth. Like much of rural Tarrant County, it stayed a farming community well into the Depression years, with little to mark it as a future city.
That changed around 1944, when the Trentman Company began developing the Twin Oaks Addition and the Johnson Campbell Company started the Forest Oaks Addition. The new homes brought enough demand that the owners of the private water system sold it to the Texas Water Company. Those wartime additions laid the street pattern for the suburban growth that would follow after 1945.
Voters approved incorporation on March 16, 1946, 75 to 26, and the village later became the City of Forest Hill.
In early 1946, 23 residents petitioned County Judge Clarence Kraft for an incorporation election. On March 16, 1946, voters approved it 75 to 26. George Wright became the first mayor, the first council met on May 7, 1946, and the new town’s spending for the whole year came to $98.16, according to the city’s history. The Texas Municipal League also lists 1946 as the year of incorporation.
The village later changed its name from Forest Hill Village to the City of Forest Hill. The city’s detailed history dates that change to an ordinance of April 8, 1949, while its 2026 budget summary says April 8, 1946. Sources also differ on how many people lived there at incorporation, with figures of about 300, about 500 and 90 in different accounts.
Volunteer fire and police services, a city-owned water system and a 1959 vote to go dry.
In 1947, the fire department at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, now a federal prison, served the town. By 1954 Forest Hill had its own volunteer fire department, a police department and a corporation court. In 1955, after a bond election, voters authorized buying the water system from the Texas Water Company, building a sewer system and sewage plant and phasing out septic tanks across town.
The Handbook puts the population at 1,519 by the mid-1950s, and the city’s history counts 2,100 by 1959. That same year, a local-option election made Forest Hill dry, and several nightspots along Mansfield Highway closed. A first comprehensive plan followed in 1960, setting the course for the subdivisions that would fill much of the city over the next fifteen years.
With Loop 820 open by 1963, new additions such as Sherwood Forest, Trailwood and Carriage Hill filled in fast.
The city’s history says Loop 820, today’s I-20, was finished through the area by 1963, with the Forest Wood, Highland Forest, Sherwood Forest, Rosebud and Trailwood additions already well underway. The Forest Edge and Carriage Hill additions followed soon after. Volunteers finished the Wanda Lane fire station in 1965, when the city put its population near 5,000; the Handbook counts 3,800 in 1967.
Development of the Heritage Addition began in 1966, and Woodbridge, south of Carriage Hill, was annexed. A 1966 bond bought a second fire truck and a City Hall building and built a 500,000-gallon water tower at Forest Hill Drive and Lon Stephenson Road. A new comprehensive plan came in 1973, and a 1974 bond paid the city’s share of widening Wichita Street and a community center at 6800 Forest Hill Drive.
A 1976 home-rule charter, the city’s first library and new sales taxes dedicated to streets.
The city’s history dates approval of the Forest Hill Home Rule Charter to 1976, which gave the city annexation powers; other city pages say the early 1970s or 1946. In 1985 the council issued certificates of obligation to rebuild Forest Hill Drive, and a 1989 bond remodeled a 9,000-square-foot building at Forest Hill Drive and Horton Road for the police department.
The Forest Hill Public Library first opened on July 30, 1988, at its Forest Hill Plaza location, but closed after budget cuts; the library dates the closing to 1994, while the city’s history says mid-1995. Also in 1994, voters approved a 4B sales tax for street improvements, one of several dedicated sales taxes the city has used for streets and development.
Voters created a library district in 2000, City Hall moved in 2010, and Rose Crest brought new homes.
In 2000, voters approved a quarter-cent sales tax that created the Forest Hill Library District, and the library now stands at 6962 Forest Hill Drive. In 2010, City Hall moved into a former bank building at California Parkway and Wichita Street, now 3219 E. California Parkway, and the old City Hall became the Police and Fire Substation. Today that library quarter cent remains part of the city’s 8.25 percent sales tax, alongside quarter- and half-cent shares for streets and economic development.
The city describes the RoseCrest Estates subdivision as part of an effort to replace run-down homes with new ones, and listings show homes there built from 2015 to 2019. The Texas Western Model Railroad Club moved into the former community center at 6808 Forest Hill Drive on a 25-year lease. In November 2018, voters reauthorized the quarter-cent street maintenance sales tax.
The city tax rate fell from $0.99 to about $0.70, Wichita Street broke ground, and 2026 marked 80 years since incorporation.
City newsletters report property tax rates of $0.99 in 2021, $0.88 in 2022 and about $0.72 in 2023 and 2024. The city set $0.700466 for 2025 and $0.704512 for 2026, with no debt-service portion. The Wichita Street widening broke ground on December 13, 2024, adding four lanes, a center turn lane, 6-foot shared-use paths and new signals, at an estimated $12 million.
In February 2024, the Regional Transportation Council approved $20 million to rebuild a two-mile stretch of Forest Hill Drive from Lon Stephenson Road to Shelby Road. City leaders have said about 400 new homes are planned. March 16, 2026, marked 80 years since incorporation, and on November 3, 2026, voters decide whether to renew the quarter-cent sales tax that pays for street maintenance.
Compiled from the Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas (Forest Hill, Tarrant County entry), the City of Forest Hill’s history of the city through March 2016, its About Our City page, newsletters and 2026 budget, the Texas Historical Commission marker for Forest Hill Cemetery (1974) as transcribed by the Historical Marker Database and Tarrant County Archives, the Texas Municipal League, the Forest Hill Public Library, NCTCOG, the Fort Worth Report, NBC DFW, Tarrant County election records and U.S. Census counts. Sources differ on several points: whether the village became the City of Forest Hill in 1946 or 1949, the year of the home-rule charter (1946, the early 1970s or 1976), the population at incorporation (about 300, about 500 or 90), the 1967 population (3,800 or about 5,000) and whether the first library closed in 1994 or 1995. The railroad that served Brambleton Station and the origin of the Forest Hill name weren’t documented. The Wichita Street cost is an estimate from a state accessibility filing. The 400-home figure is a stated plan. No 80th-anniversary event was found. Native peoples are described at the regional level. No current officials are named. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
A Tree Lighting Since About 1981, National Night Out Since 1984 and Family Fun Day at Griggs Park
The city’s spring morning: a breakfast with the Easter Bunny, then an egg hunt. In 2025 that meant breakfast from 10 to 11 a.m. and 10,000 eggs at 11:15, with Everman, O.D. Wyatt High School’s culinary program and the library pitching in.
City photo albums show egg hunts in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and the 2025 event ran Saturday, April 12. The venue and any admission weren’t listed.
The city budgets for the event each year; the 2027 date hadn’t been announced.
A semi-annual cleanup where residents drop off unwanted items, held November 12, 2016, November 10, 2018, and April 12, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The city’s summer block party in Griggs Park, which runs from Anglin Drive south to Parkwood: train rides, games, music, inflatables and vendors, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Held Saturday, July 19, 2025, and Saturday, July 18, 2026. The library and Friends of the Library run a booth.
Griggs South Creek Linear Park is the city’s largest park and recently received about $1 million for renovation. The 2027 date wasn’t announced.
A back-to-school event before classes start, with city photo albums from 2016, 2018 and 2019 and a line in recent city budgets. Exact dates weren’t found.
A city and police department community night, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Civic & Convention Center, 6901 Wichita St. The 2015 event was billed as the 32nd annual, which puts the first one in 1984.
Held Tuesday, October 7, 2025, with the library hosting a table. In Texas, National Night Out falls on the first Tuesday in October.
Next expected Tuesday, October 5, 2027.
A Hispanic Heritage celebration at the Civic & Convention Center, held in September 2017 and on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
A breakfast honoring veterans, held November 11, 2016, and November 9, 2018, and featured in the city’s October 2025 newsletter.
One of Forest Hill’s longest-running traditions: the city’s tree lighting, with Santa, caroling and gifts for children. In 2025 it moved outdoors for the first time, to a new 22-foot tree between the Police and Fire Substation and the model railroad club, and more than 800 children received gifts.
It was billed as the 35th annual on December 3, 2015, the 36th on December 1, 2016, and the 38th on November 29, 2018, all at the Civic & Convention Center, which puts the first one around 1981.
The city said 2026 plans were already underway; the date hadn’t been announced.
The Texas Western Model Railroad Club opens its layout for the holidays, with photos with Santa and a toy drive. Held November 21, 2015, and December 14, 2024, from noon to 4 p.m.
A three-level HO-scale layout built around Fort Worth’s Tower 55, in the city’s former community center. Listings give Thursday and Saturday evening hours; start times vary.
The Senior Center at 7004 Forest Hill Dr. is open weekdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Meals on Wheels lunches, and the library at 6962 Forest Hill Dr. runs storytimes and programs.
A small, city-run calendar. Nearly every event is organized by the city, and most move between the Civic & Convention Center on Wichita Street and Griggs Park. The tree lighting moved outdoors in 2025, to the island at 6800 Forest Hill Drive.
Changed: an MLK Day parade ran from about 2015 to 2019, with no listing found since; the city now budgets for a Black History Month event. The city also budgets for Juneteenth, but no dated program was found.
Missing: no city July 4th fireworks, fall festival, farmers market or founders day could be confirmed, and no public event marked the city’s 80th anniversary in March 2026. Memorial Day appears only in photo album titles.
Timing shown is the usual pattern for each event; exact dates, times, prices and locations change from year to year, and the authoritative source is the City of Forest Hill calendar at foresthilltx.org or City Hall at 817-568-3000. Event details are from City of Forest Hill newsletters, calendars, photo albums and its 2026 budget, the Forest Hill Public Library and the Texas Western Model Railroad Club; each event listed was found in at least two years. The Easter event and Mayor’s Back to School rest partly on dated photo album titles. The tree lighting’s start year is inferred from its edition numbers. The 2026 National Night Out date is inferred from the statewide first-Tuesday schedule. The 2025 tree lighting date wasn’t retrieved. Model railroad club hours differ between listings. Statements that something is missing mean no reliable Forest Hill source was found, not that it doesn’t exist. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
What to know about Forest Hill schools:
The ratings: Check TXschools.gov for the current status.
Nearby: Uplift Ascend Preparatory, a tuition-free public charter (pre-K through 12), sits in the Forest Hill area at a Fort Worth address.
Want the full breakdown? Read our complete Forest Hill schools guide →
Forest Hill is split between Fort Worth ISD, a C (77) district run by a state-appointed board since March 2026, and Everman ISD, a C district of about 4,700 students. On a $236,000 homestead, the school tax runs about $988 or $1,130 depending on the side of the line. Confirm the district and campus by address.
By address
Forest Hill is split mainly between Fort Worth ISD and Everman ISD. Whether any in-city addresses are in Kennedale ISD wasn’t confirmed.
Check the Tarrant County school map for any specific address, and confirm the campus with the district. District lines don’t follow city limits or ZIP codes.
District-wide
Fort Worth ISD earned a preliminary C (77) for 2026, up from C (73) in 2025, its third straight C. TEA counted 67,315 students on 134 campuses in 2025–26.
Final 2026 ratings are expected in December 2026. The 2023 rating wasn’t confirmed.
Fort Worth ISD
After announcing its intent in October 2025, TEA appointed a nine-member board of managers and a new superintendent for Fort Worth ISD on March 24, 2026, temporarily replacing the elected trustees.
Board of managers decisions now set Fort Worth ISD policy, budgets and campus plans. Watch for changes before you rely on any current program or boundary.
Fort Worth ISD
Fort Worth ISD’s May 2025 plan closes 18 campuses over about five years. Harlean Beal Elementary is scheduled to close in June 2028, with students moving to David K. Sellars Elementary.
O.D. Wyatt High School’s feeder pattern was part of the consolidation options; no closure of the high school was found. Campus names are used here only to describe district plans.
Fort Worth ISD
In November 2021, voters narrowly approved Proposition A, up to $1.211 billion, with 50.12 percent; three other propositions failed. The district’s 2026 rate is $1.029099.
The rate splits into $0.7869 for operations and $0.242199 for debt.
District-wide
Everman ISD earned an overall C for 2026, after a C in 2025. In 2026 it moved two campuses into charter partnerships with Third Future Schools under state law.
Enrollment was about 4,734 in 2026, down roughly 16 percent since 2016, across 11 campuses, per the Texas Tribune’s mirror of TEA data. The 2026 numeric score wasn’t confirmed.
Everman ISD
Voters approved a $40 million bond in 2019. In May 2024 they passed Proposition A, $49.0 million for buildings and security, 321 to 168, and Proposition B, $18.1 million for a multipurpose center, 246 to 234.
No Everman ISD election was found on the November 3, 2026, ballot.
After $140,000 exemption
On an illustrative $236,000 homestead, the $140,000 state exemption leaves $96,000 taxable: about $988 in Fort Worth ISD or $1,130 in Everman ISD, a difference of about $142 a year.
Everman ISD’s 2026 rate splits into $0.7146 for operations and $0.4625 for debt. The city reported a 2025 median homestead taxable value of $137,970, so many owners pay less than this example.
Tarrant Appraisal District
School districts exempt $140,000 of a homestead, plus $60,000 at 65 or with a disability, then cap the school bill at the level of the year you qualify.
File the homestead application, Form 50-114, with the Tarrant Appraisal District. City, county, hospital district and college exemptions are separate.
3301 Turf Paradise Pkwy., Fort Worth
A tuition-free public charter serving pre-K through 12th grade on 25 acres, which Uplift describes as in the Forest Hill area. Its address is in Fort Worth.
Charter enrollment is by application. Other charter and private options weren’t verified for this guide.
A Forest Hill address is either Fort Worth ISD or Everman ISD, and district lines don’t follow city limits.
Confirm the district and campus before you write an offer.
On a $236,000 homestead, the school line runs about $988 in Fort Worth ISD or $1,130 in Everman ISD.
Owners 65 and older get another $60,000 off and a school-tax ceiling.
Both districts earned a C for 2026; Fort Worth ISD’s score rose from 73 to 77.
Final ratings come in December; check TXschools.gov.
Fort Worth ISD is under a state-appointed board, and Harlean Beal Elementary is set to close in 2028.
Everman ISD moved two campuses into charter partnerships in 2026.
Accountability ratings are shown at the district level only; campus ratings are intentionally not shown, and campuses are named only for closures and organization. Ratings change every year, and 2026 ratings are preliminary until TEA finalizes them in December 2026; use TXschools.gov for current ratings. TEA notes 2023 and later scores aren’t comparable with earlier years. Fort Worth ISD’s rating and enrollment are from TXschools.gov; its 2024 C is inferred from coverage of a third consecutive C. Everman ISD’s 2026 C is from KERA and its 2025 C from the Texas Tribune’s mirror of TEA data; its enrollment and campus count are from the Tribune. Governance details are from TEA; closure plans from NBC DFW and the Fort Worth Report; bond results from NBC DFW, Ballotpedia and a Texas Public Policy Foundation compilation of state bond data. 2026 tax rates are from the Tarrant County Tax Office’s Truth-in-Taxation table. Whether Kennedale ISD serves any in-city address wasn’t confirmed; its 2026 rate is $1.1352. Uplift Ascend details are from Uplift Education. Other charter and private schools and the nearest Tarrant County College campus weren’t verified. No current officials are named. The school tax example uses the $140,000 state homestead exemption on an illustrative $236,000 home near Redfin’s median sale price; it is an illustration, not a quote. Campus assignment is determined by address and must be confirmed with the district. School information is provided for general reference only and is not a recommendation regarding any school, district, neighborhood or property. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
Median Sales Price
The middle sale each month in Forest Hill, from NTREIS. With fewer than two dozen sales in a typical month, read the trend across several months rather than any single point.
Redfin put Forest Hill’s median sale price near $235,900 for the three months ending September 2026, down 1.3 percent, with just 18 sales in September. One or two sales can move a month, so watch the direction over three to six months.
Most Forest Hill homes are older, and buyers compare condition closely. Price against homes of your era and size on your side of the city, and handle visible repairs before the first showing, since the first weeks bring the most traffic.
Entry pricing here sits well below the Tarrant County median, but check the address before the price: a 76140 home can be in Fort Worth or Everman, and the school line differs by about $142 a year between Fort Worth ISD and Everman ISD.
Redfin showed a median of 61 days on market for the three months ending September 2026, a slow, negotiable pace. Read the line against the season: spring moves faster, and fall and winter listings usually take longer.
The first two weeks bring the most traffic a listing will ever get. If they pass without an offer, that is pricing information. Acting in week three beats acting in week ten. In a market this thin, a few stale listings nearby can set buyers’ expectations for yours.
Long days on market give you room to ask for repairs, a price reduction or closing-cost help. On older homes, get the roof, sewer line and foundation inspected and use the findings in negotiation.
Under 10 showings means buyers are deciding quickly. Rising counts mean people are walking through and walking away, which is a different problem from nobody looking at all.
This separates a pricing problem from a presentation problem. Plenty of showings and no offer usually means something specific is putting people off, and that is fixable without dropping the price. On older Forest Hill homes, that something is often condition or the inspection report, which you can address before listing.
High showings-to-pending means you can be selective without losing homes. Read it against days on market: low on both is a hot market, high on both means the leverage is yours.
Closed sales show how much activity sits behind the price line. With fewer than two dozen closings in a typical month, the median can jump on a handful of sales, so trust the trend more than any single month.
Sales usually build from March through June. If you’re planning to sell, use the winter to make repairs, register a rental if you have one, and have the home ready for spring buyers.
Fewer closings can mean fewer competing buyers. Pair that with Freddie Mac’s 30-year average of 7.24 percent on October 29, 2026, and run your payment, including the city’s bundled utility bill, before you shop.
Charts supplied by NTREIS via 10K Research and Marketing and update automatically. Data reflects residential activity reported to the MLS and may be revised as late-reported sales come in. Forest Hill is a small city of about 4 square miles, so monthly figures rest on few sales and can swing sharply. Context figures are Redfin’s median sale price and days on market for the three months ending September 2026 (about $235,900, down 1.3 percent, with a 61-day median and 18 sales in September) and Freddie Mac’s October 29, 2026, weekly average. The school-tax difference is my estimate on a $236,000 homestead at 2026 rates; it is an illustration, not a quote. A 76140 address may be in Fort Worth or Everman rather than Forest Hill; confirm city limits on the Tarrant Appraisal District record. Market statistics describe the area as a whole and are not a substitute for a comparative market analysis on a specific property. Texas is a non-disclosure state, so publicly available sale prices elsewhere are estimates rather than recorded figures. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
Pick a purchase year and the price fills in. If you own here, type over it with what you actually paid. This calculator runs on the Tarrant County index, the federal repeat-sales measure for the county Forest Hill sits in. A home bought in 2015 is worth about twice its price on the index, with the biggest jump in 2021 and 2022, then nearly flat in 2024 and 2025.
Bought here? Tap the number and enter what you paid.
Federal house price index growth, indexed to the purchase year, where the purchase year equals 100.
From 2015 to 2025 the Tarrant County index rose about 106 percent, with a 21 percent jump in 2022 alone.
It rose just 0.5 percent in 2025, so buyers since 2022 have seen little market appreciation.
Redfin’s Forest Hill median sale price was about $235,900 for the three months ending September 2026, down 1.3 percent, at 61 median days on market.
Only about 18 homes sold in September. Type over the prefilled price with what you paid.
The Tarrant Appraisal District held 2026 residential values at 2024 levels, and its board narrowly renewed the every-other-year plan in September 2026.
Three appraisal board seats are on the November 3 ballot, and most candidates favor annual reappraisal.
On a $236,000 homestead at 2026 rates, I estimate about $3,580 a year in Fort Worth ISD or $3,720 in Everman ISD; the city share is about $1,660.
The city’s 2025 median homestead taxable value was $137,970, so many owners pay far less.
Growth rates are the FHFA All-Transactions House Price Index, annual values 2009 through 2025: Tarrant County, Texas (FRED series ATNHPIUS48439A, base 2000 equals 100), the State of Texas (TXSTHPI) and the United States (USSTHPI). State and national figures are annual averages of published quarters. The Tarrant County series recorded 125.50 in 2009, 146.87 in 2015, 286.37 in 2022, 300.61 in 2024 and 301.99 in 2025, as last updated March 31, 2026. FHFA describes county indices as developmental and subject to revision, and the annual series does not cover 2026. No city-specific index was used. The prefilled dollar figures are derived and illustrative, not published: they apply the Tarrant County index to a $236,000 anchor near Redfin’s three-month median sale price for Forest Hill ending September 2026 ($235,888). Homes.com showed a $250,000 12-month median sale price; a Zillow “Forest Hill” value belongs to a neighborhood in Corinth and isn’t used. Small sample sizes make city figures volatile. The index is built from conforming loans and excludes jumbo lending and all-cash purchases. Equity figures assume a 30-year fixed mortgage at that year’s Freddie Mac annual average rate (2025 approximately 6.6 percent), held to today, with no refinancing, no extra principal and no additional borrowing; Freddie Mac’s weekly 30-year average was 7.32 percent on October 22, 2026. They exclude closing costs, property taxes, insurance, maintenance, improvements and selling costs. Tax examples use an illustrative $236,000 appraised homestead at 2026 adopted rates: City of Forest Hill $0.704512 with no homestead exemption applied; Fort Worth ISD $1.029099 or Everman ISD $1.1771 after the $140,000 state exemption; Tarrant County ($0.186) and the hospital district ($0.159) after 20 percent homestead exemptions; and Tarrant County College ($0.12) after a $5,000 minimum exemption. Tarrant County’s 2025 exemption table shows the city offers a $40,000 over-65 exemption but no general homestead or disability exemption; no city tax ceiling was confirmed. College exemption amounts are from a secondary summary. Tarrant Regional Water District ($0.0273) isn’t included; one sampled Forest Hill parcel didn’t list it, so confirm your own account. The median taxable value is from the city’s FY2026 budget. Because of the appraisal freeze, a home’s 2026 taxable value is its 2024 appraisal. It is an illustration, not a quote. The homestead appraisal cap limits increases in a homestead’s taxable appraised value to 10 percent a year and ends on sale. This is an illustration for general reference, not an appraisal, a comparative market analysis, a valuation or investment advice. Past appreciation does not predict future appreciation. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
Forest Hill counted 13,955 residents at the 2020 census and about 14,056 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, on 4 square miles along I-20, with a median sale price near $235,900. The trade-offs are real: a commute slightly longer than the metro average, two school districts with different tax rates, and mostly older homes.
Estimated Off-Peak Drive Time from Forest Hill City Hall
Around Town and Beyond
Estimated minutes off-peak from City Hall at 3219 California Pkwy. These are planning estimates, so check a live map before relying on any of them.
The city sits about 7 miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth, with I-20, Loop 820, US 287 and I-35W close by.
Trinity Metro’s on-demand ZIPZONE goes anywhere in the city on weekdays, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Griggs South Creek Linear Park has a reservable pavilion, tennis and basketball courts and hosts Family Fun Day each July.
Anglin Ballpark hosts league games, and Memorial Park holds the veterans’ memorial.
The Forest Hill Library District runs on a quarter-cent sales tax voters approved in 2000, with its own board.
Programs include Tuesday story times and STEM sessions.
Wichita Street is being widened, and the city’s development corporation lists a grocery store south of I-20 as its top goal.
The city adopted its no-new-revenue rate for 2026 and levies no debt tax.
The average commute is 29.3 minutes, a bit above the metro’s 27.9.
Homes split between Fort Worth ISD and Everman ISD, and Fort Worth ISD is under a state-appointed board.
A 76140 address can be in Fort Worth or Everman, with different taxes and services.
The city offers a $40,000 over-65 exemption but no general homestead exemption, and a city tax freeze wasn’t confirmed.
Drive times are planning estimates from Forest Hill City Hall, not live traffic or measured routes; check a live map before you rely on them. The downtown Fort Worth and DFW Airport distances are the city’s; I-20 rush-hour traffic can roughly double these times. The Census Bureau reports a mean travel time to work of 29.3 minutes (plus or minus 1.4) for Forest Hill residents (2020–2024), against 27.9 minutes for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro. Population figures are the 2020 census count and the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 estimate. The median sale price is Redfin’s for the three months ending September 2026. Park, library, development and tax details are from the City of Forest Hill’s parks list, newsletters and FY2026 budget; transit details from Trinity Metro. The exemption is from Tarrant County’s 2025 exemption table. Flood zones vary by parcel; check FEMA maps by address. No crime, school ranking or flood zone claims are made. This information is provided for general reference and is not a representation about any specific property, commute or future development outcome. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
Answered with verified specifics, from city limits, school districts, tax rates, exemptions and appraisals to water, trash, utilities, fire and EMS, the library, parks, transit, alcohol sales and the sales tax.
No. Forest Hill covers only about 4 square miles, and its ZIP codes reach into Fort Worth and Everman. The appraisal district shows, for example, a home at 6105 Forest Hill Drive in the City of Forest Hill, while a parcel at 7925 Forest Hill Drive is billed by the City of Fort Worth.
The difference decides which city taxes the home, who sends the water bill and whose rules apply to permits and rentals.
Check the Tarrant Appraisal District record before you rely on the address. An in-city account lists “City of Forest Hill (010)” among its taxing units. If it doesn’t, the home isn’t in the city, whatever the mailing address says.
Not always. The city is split mainly between Fort Worth ISD and Everman ISD, and district lines don’t follow city limits or ZIP codes. Both districts earned a C in TEA’s preliminary 2026 ratings; Fort Worth ISD’s score rose from 73 to 77.
The choice also changes the tax bill. Fort Worth ISD’s 2026 rate is $1.029099 and Everman ISD’s is $1.1771, about $142 a year apart on a $236,000 homestead.
Confirm the district on the appraisal record, then the campus with the district. Fort Worth ISD is run by a state-appointed board, and its consolidation plan closes Harlean Beal Elementary in 2028.
For tax year 2026, the city’s rate is $0.704512 per $100 of taxable value, all of it for operations. That equals the city’s no-new-revenue rate, which raises about the same levy from existing property as the year before. The voter-approval rate was $0.766531.
The rate rose slightly from $0.700466 in 2025, the rate adopted on September 16, 2025, alongside the 2025–26 budget.
The city held its 2026 tax hearing on September 15, 2026; the adoption ordinance number wasn’t confirmed for this guide. The Tarrant County tax office bills and collects city taxes. Bills are due October 1 and become delinquent after February 1, with no early-payment discount.
The city eliminated its interest and sinking rate, the part of a property tax rate that pays off bonds, and now pays its remaining debt from fund balance and other resources instead.
That remaining debt dates to certificates of obligation issued in 2007 and 2009. The 2025–26 budget sets aside about $303,500 for those payments without a property tax line for them.
For homeowners, it means the whole city rate goes to operations such as police, fire, streets and parks. It also means new borrowing would likely bring a debt rate back, so watch council agendas and any bond election if the city takes on large projects.
It has fallen sharply. City newsletters put the rate at $0.99 in 2021 and $0.88 in 2022, then about $0.72 in 2023 and 2024.
The city adopted $0.700466 for 2025 and $0.704512 for 2026, roughly 29 cents below the 2021 rate. Both recent rates sit at or near the no-new-revenue level.
A lower rate doesn’t always mean a lower bill, because appraised values matter too. Tarrant County held residential values at 2024 levels for 2025 and 2026. To compare years for a specific home, look at the dollar levy on the last two tax statements rather than the rate alone.
Before exemptions, a Forest Hill home pays about $2.20 per $100 in Fort Worth ISD or $2.35 in Everman ISD at 2026 rates: the city at $0.704512, the school district, Tarrant County at $0.186, the hospital district at $0.159 and Tarrant County College at $0.12.
A sampled in-city account did not list the Tarrant Regional Water District, while a Fort Worth parcel on the same road did. Confirm your own account.
On an illustrative $236,000 homestead, the bill works out to about $3,580 a year in Fort Worth ISD or $3,720 in Everman ISD after exemptions. The city’s 2025 median homestead taxable value was $137,970, so many owners pay less.
The city offers a $40,000 exemption for owners 65 and older, per Tarrant County’s 2025 exemption table, but no general homestead percentage and no separate disability exemption.
School districts exempt $140,000, plus $60,000 at 65 or with a disability, and then cap the school tax. Tarrant County and the hospital district each exempt 20 percent of a homestead. The city also doesn’t allow the leased-vehicle exemption.
Whether the city freezes taxes for owners 65 and older wasn’t confirmed, so ask the Tarrant Appraisal District, 817-284-0024, when you file homestead Form 50-114. File early: exemptions only apply once the appraisal district approves them.
The Tarrant Appraisal District held residential values at their 2024 levels for the 2025 and 2026 tax years. Its board narrowly renewed that every-other-year plan in September 2026, and the next reappraisal is planned for 2027. Three appraisal board seats are on the November 3, 2026, ballot.
Texas also caps a homestead’s taxable appraised value increase at 10 percent a year; the cap resets when the home sells.
To protest a value, file by May 15 or 30 days after your notice, whichever is later. The appraisal district sets values; the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector sends and collects the bill.
The City of Forest Hill bills water and sewer itself and buys the water and sewer treatment wholesale from Fort Worth. Fill out the residential water service application at City Hall, 3219 California Parkway, or email the utility billing office; the phone is 817-568-3000.
A deposit is required before turn-on. The form lists $160 and $80 amounts by customer type, so ask which applies to you. Bills include water, sewer, drainage and sanitation, with a 10 percent late fee after the due date.
Sewer is billed on your December–February average water use, capped at 15,000 gallons a month. Rental homes can’t be occupied until a rental registration is filed and the property passes inspection. Utility billing is 817-568-3030; current rates weren’t confirmed for this guide.
The city contracts with Waste Connections for trash and bulk collection; schedule questions go to 817-222-2221.
Brush and bulk items follow the city’s zone-based calendar, which splits the city into six zones and shifts dates around holidays. Find your zone and the 2026 dates on the city’s Brush and Bulk Collection Calendar page before you set a pile out.
Trash is collected twice a week and bulk twice a month, billed on the city utility bill; the city raised the trash charge about $2.44 a month in October 2025. The city doesn’t offer curbside recycling. Residents also get one free landfill dump a year with a current water bill.
Atmos Energy’s Mid-Tex Division holds the city’s natural gas franchise, granted by ordinance in 2023, so homes with gas service are on Atmos.
Oncor owns the electric lines and handles outages, and the city partnered with Oncor on 60 LED streetlights along Mansfield Highway. In Oncor territory, homeowners generally choose their own retail electric provider.
Shop electric plans on the state’s Power to Choose site and read each plan’s fact label, since advertised rates can depend on usage. Ask the seller for the last 12 months of gas and electric bills to estimate costs, especially in an older home with original windows or ductwork.
The Forest Hill Fire Department is a career department, with 16 paid firefighters in the city’s 2025–26 budget, a station at 6304 Wanda Lane and offices at 6800 Forest Hill Drive. It also operates Rescue 23, a state homeland security rescue unit.
Ambulance transport comes from Fort Worth Fire Department EMS under a city contract, budgeted at $350,000, since the MedStar system merged into Fort Worth Fire in July 2025. Call 911 for emergencies.
The department’s non-emergency line is 817-531-5715. Its insurance rating class and any ambulance subscription program weren’t confirmed for this guide.
The library at 6962 Forest Hill Drive is run by the Forest Hill Library District, a separate entity with its own board, funded by a quarter-cent sales tax voters approved in 2000. The phone is 817-551-5354.
Programs include Tuesday story times and STEM and after-school literacy sessions, and the Friends of the Library meet monthly. The library also takes part in city events such as Family Fun Day and National Night Out.
Cards are free for residents of the 76119 and 76140 ZIP codes with a state ID and recent mail, with a 20-item limit. Non-residents pay $25 a year, waived for some partner-library cardholders. Call for current hours before your first visit.
The city lists eight parks. Griggs South Creek Linear Park, off Parkwood and Griggs, has a reservable pavilion, a playground, restrooms, tennis courts, basketball goals and picnic areas, and hosts Family Fun Day each July.
Forest Hill Anglin Ballpark on Anglin Drive has fields for football, soccer and baseball leagues. Smaller parks include Emily Trentman, Jerline McClellan Harvey, Jewell Blanton Kelly, Leo Spicer and Hanger Meditation parks.
Forest Hill Memorial Park holds the city’s veterans’ memorial and its Memorial Day observance. Park acreage and trail mileage weren’t confirmed. Reserve the Griggs pavilion through City Hall.
The city funds a short calendar of its own events. Family Fun Day fills Griggs Park in July, and National Night Out, running since 1984, comes the first Tuesday in October.
The year also includes an Easter event, a Hispanic Heritage celebration, a Veterans Day breakfast, the Mayor’s Back to School event, a citywide cleanup and the holiday tree lighting, which moved outdoors in 2025 with a 22-foot tree.
The city budget also lists Juneteenth and Black History Month events. Dates change each year, so check the city calendar or call City Hall at 817-568-3000. The Texas Western Model Railroad Club adds a holiday open house in December.
Forest Hill residents average 29.3 minutes to work, according to the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 survey, a little longer than the Dallas-Fort Worth metro average of 27.9 minutes.
The city sits about 7 miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth on I-20, which the city says carries roughly 200,000 vehicles a day, with Loop 820, US 287 and I-35W nearby.
Our drive-time figures are off-peak planning estimates, and rush-hour traffic on I-20 can roughly double them. Before you commit to a home, drive the route at the hour you’d actually leave, and test the trip home too.
Yes, through an agreement with the city rather than full membership; Forest Hill voters rejected joining the transit authority in 1992, so the city doesn’t levy its half-cent sales tax.
Since November 1, 2023, Trinity Metro’s Southeast ZIPZONE on-demand service has covered the whole city, weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., connecting riders with several bus routes. Fixed-route buses run along Mansfield Highway.
Book ZIPZONE rides through Trinity Metro’s app or customer service, and check current route numbers and schedules before you plan a commute around transit, since routes change.
It depends on the type of sale. Forest Hill voted itself dry in 1959, and nightspots along Mansfield Highway closed. The city has since approved specific use permits for alcohol: a restaurant and a hotel in 2018, and an off-premise sales request recommended for approval in 2022.
The city’s zoning code now lists uses for restaurants with alcohol sales and for on- and off-premise sales, each requiring city approval.
The exact local-option status, including whether package stores are allowed, wasn’t confirmed for this guide. Check the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s local-option records before you rely on any assumption.
The state takes 6.25 percent. The city keeps 1.75 percent: 1 percent for the general fund, 0.5 percent for the Community Development Corporation and 0.25 percent for street maintenance. The library district gets the last 0.25 percent.
On November 3, 2026, voters decide Proposition A, whether to renew the quarter-cent street tax for another four years; the result was pending when this was written. The rate wouldn’t change if it passes.
The development corporation’s half cent funds business recruitment, and its stated top goal is a grocery store south of I-20. Hotel stays carry a 13 percent occupancy tax.
The Census Bureau’s 2019–2023 survey puts the median owner-occupied home value at $171,300, while Redfin’s median sale price was about $235,900 for the three months ending September 2026.
They measure different things. The Census figure is what all owners say their homes are worth, averaged over five years and including homes bought long ago. Redfin counts only recent sales, and only about 18 homes sold in September.
The same survey shows a median gross rent of $1,506 a month, about 69 percent of homes owner-occupied and 4,332 households. For pricing a specific home, recent nearby sales beat any of these numbers.
Answers were verified as of October 26, 2026, from the City of Forest Hill’s FY2026 budget, newsletters, history, parks list, utility forms and planning minutes, the Tarrant Appraisal District, the Tarrant County Tax Office, the Texas Education Agency, Fort Worth ISD, Trinity Metro, the Forest Hill Public Library, NBC DFW, the Fort Worth Report, Spectrum News and the U.S. Census Bureau. Rates, fees, providers and hours change; verify anything you intend to rely on. Tarrant Regional Water District status rests on one sampled in-city account; whether the city offers an over-65 tax ceiling wasn’t confirmed; the 2026 tax ordinance number wasn’t found. Water, sewer and drainage rates, which deposit applies to which customer, library hours, the fire department’s insurance rating, park acreage, current fixed-route bus numbers and the exact alcohol local-option status weren’t confirmed. Proposition A was pending when this was written. The $236,000 tax example is an illustration, not a quote. Housing figures are Census Bureau survey estimates; the sale price is Redfin’s. School ratings are preliminary, district-level 2026 ratings. This is general information, not legal, tax, lending, insurance, environmental or engineering advice. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
Verified numbers and links for Forest Hill. Three things to check on every address: whether it’s inside Forest Hill, Fort Worth or Everman, whether it’s in Fort Worth ISD or Everman ISD and which bulk-pickup zone it’s in. Start with the green first-week cards; county offices are in blue, health care in red and regional links in purple.
Water, sewer, drainage and trash on one city bill. Bring the service application and deposit; rentals need registration and a passed inspection first.
817-568-3030 City Hall, 3219 California Pkwy. Do this firstHomestead and over-65 exemptions, values and protests. Check that your account lists the City of Forest Hill.
817-284-0024 2500 Handley-Ederville Rd., Fort Worth Do this firstProperty tax bills, due October 1 and delinquent after February 1, plus vehicle registration.
817-884-1100 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth Do this firstSign up for emergency calls, texts and email, or text ForestHillTX to 38276 for emergency texts.
foresthilltx.org Do this firstPay the city water, sewer and trash bill online; there’s also a drop box on the east side of City Hall.
opengov.com Do this firstFind your zone and 2026 bulk dates before you set anything at the curb.
foresthilltx.org City HallMain line for city departments, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
817-568-3000 3219 California Pkwy. RecordsPublic records requests and council records.
817-568-3040 PermitsBuilding, plumbing and sign permits, inspections and rental registration ($40 a year).
817-806-4561 City Hall CodeProperty maintenance concerns.
817-568-3011 PlanningZoning, plats and specific use permits.
817-806-4701 Public WorksStreets, drainage and sewer problems; after hours, call police non-emergency.
817-531-5700 CourtTickets, fines and court dates; pay by phone at 800-444-1187.
817-568-3046 City Hall PoliceNon-emergency calls and reports. Call 911 for emergencies.
817-531-5250 3336 Horton Rd. FireA career fire department, staffed around the clock; administration at the substation, station on Wanda Lane.
817-531-5715 6800 Forest Hill Dr. AnimalsAnimal control and the shelter shared with Everman; shelter visits by appointment, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
817-561-5495 3961 Bluebell Dr., Everman LibraryFree cards for 76119 and 76140 residents with ID and recent mail; non-residents pay $25 a year.
817-551-5354 6962 Forest Hill Dr. SeniorsAn adult activity center, weekdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
817-293-8319 7004 Forest Hill Dr. VenueEvent and banquet rentals; home of National Night Out.
817-708-2051 6901 Wichita St. ParksReserve the Griggs Park pavilion with the city’s parks rental application.
817-806-4561 BusinessBusiness recruitment, funded by the half-cent development sales tax.
817-568-3009 RulesUtility, zoning, rental and animal rules, searchable on eCode360.
ecode360.com NewsThe city’s newsletter, with project updates and event dates.
foresthilltx.org TrashTrash twice a week and bulk twice a month; the city doesn’t offer curbside recycling.
817-222-2221 Dump dayOne free dump a year for residents; bring a current water bill, a hard hat and a safety vest.
817-568-3030 ElectionsCountywide vote centers; Election Day hours 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
2700 Premier St., Fort Worth DeedsSearch deeds and sign up for property fraud alerts.
817-884-1111 Power linesOutages and streetlights; you choose your own retail electric provider.
888-313-4747 GasThe city’s natural gas franchise holder. For a leak, leave and call 866-322-8667.
888-286-6700 Electric plansThe state’s site for comparing retail electric plans.
powertochoose.org Before you digCall two business days before digging, including fence posts.
811 InternetCheck which internet providers serve a specific address.
broadbandmap.fcc.gov SchoolsServes part of Forest Hill; confirm the campus by address.
817-871-2000 SchoolsServes part of Forest Hill; confirm the campus by address.
817-568-3500 SchoolsSee which school district covers an address.
tarrantcounty.com HOAsAssociations file with TREC, listing transfer fees and contacts; ask for the resale certificate early.
trec.texas.gov Before you buyCheck the exact parcel and ask for the seller’s flood disclosure.
msc.fema.gov AmbulanceProvides 911 ambulance service to Forest Hill under a city contract.
911 Help linesPoison Control 1-800-222-1222; 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; 211 for community services.
1-800-222-1222 TransitBook on-demand rides anywhere in Forest Hill on weekdays, or catch buses on Mansfield Highway.
817-215-8600Links, phone numbers and addresses verified October 2026 against the City of Forest Hill (Residents, utility billing, city secretary, permits, code compliance, planning, public works, municipal court, police, fire, alerts, senior center, civic center and economic development pages, its newsletters, FY2026 budget and Code of Ordinances), Municipal Animal Services, the Forest Hill Library District, Tarrant County and Freddie Mac. Phone numbers change; confirm before you rely on one. The city’s Residents page swaps the library and civic center numbers and lists an older animal control number, alert sign-up and payment link; this directory uses the library’s own number, the city newsletter’s civic center number and the current animal services, CivicReady and OpenGov listings. The Fort Worth ISD number is the communications line the city lists. The appraisal district, tax office, Oncor, Atmos, Trinity Metro and county records numbers weren’t reconfirmed on those agencies’ own pages this cycle. Household hazardous waste access, the landfill’s name and location, library hours and the fire department’s insurance rating weren’t confirmed. Freestanding ERs and urgent care weren’t compiled. Listings are provided for general reference and are not endorsements; I receive no compensation from any organization named. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
Forest Hill counted 13,955 residents at the 2020 census and about 14,056 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. It began as a farm stop called Brambleton Station around 1860, and on March 16, 1946, residents voted 75 to 26 to incorporate. Today its ZIP codes reach into Fort Worth and Everman, and two school districts split the city. I sort out the details that matter here, and the awkward parts are named.
Forest Hill covers about 4 square miles, and its ZIP codes reach into Fort Worth and Everman. One Forest Hill Drive home sits in the city; another farther down the same road is a Fort Worth parcel in Everman ISD. The appraisal record’s “City of Forest Hill (010)” line settles it. I confirm city limits on every address.
On a $236,000 homestead, the school line runs about $988 in Fort Worth ISD or $1,130 in Everman ISD. Fort Worth ISD is under a state-appointed board and plans to close Harlean Beal Elementary in 2028. I confirm the district and campus before you write an offer.
At 2026 rates, I estimate about $3,580 a year on a $236,000 Fort Worth ISD homestead, or $3,720 in Everman ISD, with about $1,660 to the city. The city has no general homestead exemption but gives $40,000 off at 65, and levies no debt tax. I model your actual account.
The city bill bundles water, sewer, drainage and trash. Sewer is set by your December–February water use, and there’s no curbside recycling. A rental can’t be occupied until it’s registered and inspected, at $40 a year. I put the setup on your closing checklist.
Redfin’s median sale price was about $235,900 for the three months ending September 2026, down 1.3 percent, with a median 61 days on market and just 18 sales in September. Freddie Mac’s 30-year average was 7.32 percent on October 22. I price from real comps and negotiate every concession.
Wichita Street is being widened to four lanes with a turn lane and shared-use paths, the city’s development corporation is chasing a grocery store south of I-20, and city leaders have said about 400 new homes are planned. Voters decide the street sales tax on November 3. I track what gets built.
Forest Hill has real trade-offs: a 29.3-minute average commute, mostly older homes, a school district split with one district under state control, no general homestead exemption, no curbside recycling and thin sales data. If any of that is a dealbreaker, you will hear it from me first.
Confirm city limits, Forest Hill, Fort Worth or Everman, on the appraisal record. Second, confirm the school district: Fort Worth ISD or Everman ISD. Third, find your bulk-pickup zone on the city calendar. Fourth, check the FEMA flood map for the parcel. Fifth, file your homestead and over-65 exemptions with the Tarrant Appraisal District. And sixth, open your water account before December so your own winter use sets your sewer charge.
Forest Hill-specific things to raise with all four. Freddie Mac’s 30-year average was 7.32 percent on October 22, 2026. With sale prices near $236,000, compare conventional, FHA, VA and down payment assistance options. Make sure the payment estimate uses the right taxing units, Forest Hill or a neighboring city and Fort Worth ISD or Everman ISD, and includes the city’s water, sewer, drainage and trash charges. I recommend these lenders based on their expertise and service. I do not receive compensation for referrals.
Either is fine. I answer my own phone, and you will never be routed to a call center or handed to a junior agent. Send me an address and I will tell you whether it’s in Forest Hill, Fort Worth or Everman, which school district it’s in, whether a floodplain applies, what the HOA charges and what the full tax bill and utility costs look like.
Bobby Franklin, REALTOR® · Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team · 214-228-0003 · northtexasmarketinsider.com
Information on this page is provided for general reference and is not legal, tax, insurance, environmental, engineering or lending advice. The tax estimate is mine, for an illustrative $236,000 homestead at 2026 adopted rates: city $0.704512 with no homestead exemption; Fort Worth ISD $1.029099 or Everman ISD $1.1771 after the $140,000 state exemption; Tarrant County $0.186 and the hospital district $0.159 after 20 percent exemptions; and Tarrant County College $0.12 after a $5,000 minimum exemption. College exemption amounts are from a secondary summary. The city’s $40,000 over-65 exemption is from Tarrant County’s 2025 exemption table; no city tax ceiling was confirmed. Utility rules are from the city’s Code of Ordinances and utility pages; current dollar rates and which deposit applies to which customer weren’t confirmed. Market figures are Redfin’s three-month median ending September 2026; mortgage rates are Freddie Mac weekly averages. School closure plans are Fort Worth ISD’s. The 400-home figure is a stated plan, and the street-tax election result was pending. Population figures are the 2020 census and the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 estimate. Historical facts are from the Handbook of Texas and the City of Forest Hill. School campus assignment is determined by address. All real estate services are provided through Legacy Realty Group. Equal Housing Opportunity.
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