Where Fort Worth value meets the gateway to national defense, established neighborhoods minutes from Lockheed Martin and the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, a community-anchored White Settlement ISD, and the I-30 and Loop 820 corridors that put downtown and the Cultural District within minutes
White Settlement is a city of 18,269 (2020 census), estimated at 17,932 in 2025, on 5 square miles west of Fort Worth, built around the 1942 bomber plant that now makes the F-35. Listings ran near a $255,000 median list price in September 2026. Here are 9 areas with dated price context, including two new Fort Worth communities zoned to White Settlement ISD.
Citywide list about $255K
Where federal wartime housing went up in 1943 for bomber-plant workers along Cherry Lane.
Liberator Village closed in the mid-1950s, so today’s homes are later rebuilds and infill on a post-war street grid. Price context is citywide: a median list price near $255,000 and about $185 a square foot in September 2026. Boundaries are approximate.
Infill about $350K to $390K
Original mid-century streets around City Hall, with new homes built on infill lots.
Two 2022-built, 1,596-square-foot homes on Pemberton St. were listed at $350,000 in 2026, and a 2025-built home on Pemberton Dr. sold in May 2026 after listing at $389,900. No HOA indicated. Likely inside city limits; confirm on the appraisal record.
Example about $370K
A handful of 2026-built infill homes on Colton Drive.
One 4-bedroom, 1,888-square-foot home built in 2026 listed at $375,000, then $370,000, and went under contract. Some Colton Dr. parcels read White Settlement and others Fort Worth, so city limits must be checked parcel by parcel.
Example about $247K
Small 1940s–60s traditional and ranch homes around Kimbrough St., Wyatt Dr. and Redonda St.
A 3-bedroom, 1,259-square-foot home on Kimbrough St. sold April 29, 2026, after listing at $247,000. Homes here typically run about 1,250 to 1,300 square feet. HOAs aren’t typical, though that wasn’t confirmed for every street.
Example about $430K
Larger contemporary homes of about 2,000 square feet.
A 4-bedroom, 2,047-square-foot home on Hackamore St. sold May 8, 2026, after listing at $430,000, near the top of the city’s range. HOA status wasn’t confirmed.
Mixed
A mixed corridor of older homes, apartments and duplexes from I-30 north toward White Settlement Road.
Rentals cluster on streets such as Foxfire Ln., Cambridge Cir. and Silver Creek Rd., and a 6.8-acre commercial tract at 1725 S. Las Vegas Trail was marketed for development. Splash Dayz, the city’s water park, sits on North Las Vegas Trail.
Example about $350K
Older ranch homes near the I-30 and Loop 820 interchange.
A 1959 ranch of about 2,100 square feet on George St. was listed at $350,000 in August 2026, and a nearby Albert St. listing advertised no HOA. Portals label some of these homes Fort Worth and others White Settlement, so check city limits.
From about $313K
A new-construction community marketed as Fort Worth 76108, zoned to White Settlement ISD.
LGI Homes listings run from about $313,000 to $436,900, by size and listing date. Treat it as Fort Worth, not White Settlement, unless the appraisal record says otherwise; HOA dues weren’t published.
About $272K to $391K
A Lennar community that launched sales September 18, 2025, with 337 lots planned.
Lennar lists homes from $271,999 to $390,999. It carries a Fort Worth address and a listed special tax, about 2.24 percent all-in per one portal, which is not a White Settlement tax. Confirm the school district by address.
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Active MLS listings showed a median list price near $255,000 and about $185 a square foot in September 2026.
Monthly sale medians swing widely on fewer than 25 sales, so ask for real comps.
The city adopted $0.762261 per $100 for 2026, its no-new-revenue rate, with a 20 percent homestead exemption.
With White Settlement ISD’s 2026 rate of $1.1528 and the county, hospital and college rates, the total runs about $2.38 per $100.
White Settlement, Fort Worth and unincorporated land all share ZIP 76108, sometimes on the same street.
Check the taxing units on the Tarrant Appraisal District record for every listing.
NAS Fort Worth JRB and the F-35 plant border the city. Check each address for noise contours and accident potential zones in Texas A&M’s Compatible Use Zones Viewer.
An $11.5 million Corps of Engineers Farmers Branch Creek flood project was finished in 2014.
White Settlement is a city of 5.04 square miles in Tarrant County, west of Fort Worth, incorporated May 24, 1941. It counted 18,269 residents in the 2020 census; the Census Bureau estimated 17,932 for July 1, 2025. Area names follow street, subdivision and builder names, and boundaries are approximate. A White Settlement or 76108 mailing address doesn’t establish the city; Vista West and West Square are marketed as Fort Worth, and Colton Dr. and George St. parcels vary. Confirm everything by address with the Tarrant Appraisal District. Prices are dated 2026 snapshots from HAR, Redfin, Zillow, Lennar and LGI Homes listings and MLS-derived active-listing reports, not closed-sale medians. They are context, not values. The combined rate uses the city’s adopted 2026 rate, 2026 Tarrant County ($0.186), hospital district ($0.159) and college ($0.12) rates, and White Settlement ISD’s 2026 rate ($1.1528, per the Tarrant County Tax Office); Tarrant Regional Water District ($0.0273) may also apply and wasn’t confirmed for in-city parcels. City exemptions: 20 percent general homestead, $37,000 over-65, $10,000 disabled, $12,000 veterans; whether the city offers an over-65 tax ceiling wasn’t confirmed. The West Square tax figure is a portal estimate. Noise and accident-potential zone exposure varies by parcel and wasn’t mapped here; flood zones vary by parcel, so check FEMA maps. School districts are listed at the district level only. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
White Settlement eats local: Tex-Mex and Salvadoran kitchens, Thai, catfish and a donut shop that opens at 4:30 a.m., strung along Cherry Lane, White Settlement Road and Las Vegas Trail. The big-box anchors sit next door in Westworth Village. Here’s a 2026-checked list of 16.
9500 White Settlement Rd.
An Italian dinner house serving White Settlement since 1987, open 4 to 9 p.m. seven days a week, per its own site.
The one listing here confirmed directly by the business in October 2026.
9016 White Settlement Rd.
A Tex-Mex stop on the city’s main east-west road.
600 N. Las Vegas Trl.
A Mexican breakfast and lunch counter, open from 5 a.m. on weekdays, known for menudo.
510 S. Cherry Ln.
A locally run Mexican kitchen on the Cherry Lane corridor.
824 S. Cherry Ln.
A newer Mexican spot on South Cherry Lane.
9251 White Settlement Rd.
Salvadoran pupusas made to order; listings have shown more than one name for this address.
438 S. Cherry Ln.
Thai curries and noodles on South Cherry Lane.
110 N. Jim Wright Fwy., Ste. C
A fried-catfish cafe off Loop 820.
823 S. Cherry Ln.
An early-morning donut and kolache shop, open from 4:30 a.m. to noon, per listings.
9501 Clifford St., Ste. A
Pizza and pasta on Clifford Street.
601 N. Cherry Ln.
Pizza and hot subs on North Cherry Lane.
405 N. Jim Wright Fwy.
Chef Hao Tran’s Vietnamese restaurant and gathering spot at Loop 820 and White Settlement Road, under construction since early 2026; the opening date was still pending in October 2026.
8320 Hanon Dr.
Bomber-plant and Liberator Village history, plus the 1860s William Terry Allen log cabin. Free; open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
405 N. Las Vegas Trl.
The city-owned water park, open Memorial Day to Labor Day; opening-weekend tickets were $16.99 in 2026.
6760–6770 Westworth Blvd.
The nearest big-box grocery anchors, just east in Westworth Village, not White Settlement.
Hawks Creek Ct. & Alta Mere Dr.
A retail center that its leasing broker places in Westworth Village, often searched as White Settlement.
Local spots cluster along Cherry Lane, White Settlement Road and Las Vegas Trail. The big-box stores people associate with White Settlement are actually in Westworth Village or Fort Worth.
Mixed-beverage tax shows up in the city budget, so some restaurants serve drinks; the city’s full local-option alcohol status wasn’t confirmed.
Compiled October 2026. Listings are from business websites, the City of White Settlement, the White Settlement Historical Museum, the Texas Historical Commission, the Fort Worth Report, Fort Worth Magazine, Yelp, Sirved, TripAdvisor and directory listings, and were not confirmed with owners; call ahead to confirm hours and that a business is still open. Only Mancuso’s hours were confirmed on the business’s own site; the others rely on directory listings dated June to October 2026. Arroyo, Joe’s, Aviano’s and Sazón Mondragón were last seen on listings in July 2026. The pupuseria at 9251 White Settlement Rd. has appeared under more than one name. Duong DeVille’s size is reported as 3,600 or 4,000 square feet. Restaurants with Fort Worth addresses, including Happy Bowl Thai and K&K Cafe, were left out until city limits are confirmed; Heim Barbecue on White Settlement Road is in Fort Worth. Splash Dayz full-season prices 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 a Frontier Farm Settlement to the Bomber Plant’s Hometown, a City of About 18,000
Before Anglo settlement, the prairies west of the Trinity River’s forks were Native land, opened to settlers by an 1843 treaty.
The land under today’s White Settlement lies just west of where the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River meet. A city-hosted history describes the area as heavily populated by Native peoples while Texas was a republic, with several villages nearby in the 1840s and only one non-Native settlement. Bird’s Fort, a small stockade east of the Trinity built in 1840, sat about twenty miles from the first settlers west of the river.
On September 29, 1843, Republic of Texas commissioners signed a treaty at Bird’s Fort that drew a line between Native lands and what the document called “the white settlements.” The White Settlement museum’s history says the treaty opened the door for more pioneers onto the Grand Prairie of western Tarrant and Parker counties. Native peoples are described here at the regional level, because surviving local sources say little about specific bands.
Land grants and Tennessee and Kentucky homesteaders built a farm community that people called “the white settlement.”
The city says Logan Vandiver received a headright certificate on February 16, 1838, for a 1,476-acre tract west of the Trinity; a 1976 museum history dates it 1836. The Handbook of Texas says an organized community grew in the later 1850s around Tennessee brothers Elijah, David and Joseph Farmer. Elijah Farmer’s land held the creek still called Farmers Branch, and in 1854 a ten-wagon train of Kentuckians arrived.
Sources disagree on the name. The Handbook says it described isolated farms and trading posts west of Fort Worth in the early 1850s. A 1976 museum history says pioneers simply called the area “the white settlement,” White Settlement ISD credits Native peoples with the name, and a 1966 newspaper story ties it to girls dressed in white at a spring festival. A post office operated from 1866 into the 1870s.
Log schoolhouses, an 1868 Baptist church and a pioneer cabin anchored community life before 1900.
The museum’s history says a one-room log school stood in the early 1860s at Pecan Grove, on land later covered by the Carswell runway. In 1875, W. J. Redford donated two acres near today’s White Settlement Road and Cherry Lane, where Trinity Academy operated from 1877 until 1901, when the White Settlement School replaced it. Settlers organized New Prospect Baptist Church on February 8, 1868.
That congregation is today’s First Baptist Church of White Settlement, recognized with a Texas Historical Commission marker in 2001. William Terry Allen, who came from Kentucky as a boy in 1854, built a 13-by-18-foot log cabin around 1864. The White Settlement Historical Society later moved the cabin to 8320 Hanon Drive, where it stands at the museum with a 1978 state historical marker.
Bypassed by the railroads in the 1880s, White Settlement stayed a farming area of about 500 people into the late 1930s.
The Handbook of Texas notes that the community was bypassed by the railroads in the 1880s, which kept it rural. The museum’s history says the prairies gave way to the plow and the settlement became a prosperous farming community, trading along White Settlement Road toward Fort Worth. A stagecoach line between Fort Worth and Weatherford passed through, with a stop at a home that later stood beside the Carswell golf course.
The school’s parent-teacher association formed in 1916. The school added a second teacher after 1920 and a third by 1933, when a new building brought electric lights, and lunches still cost a nickel in 1938. The city’s profile says the community weathered World War I and the Depression, and a museum transcript puts the population near 500 when war production arrived at the edge of town.
The Consolidated bomber plant and the Army airfield next door turned a farm town into a wartime boomtown.
According to Lockheed Martin, B-24 Liberator production began in February 1942, while parts of the plant were still under construction, and the factory, now Air Force Plant 4, formally began operations on April 18, 1942. It built 2,743 B-24s, though other sources say closer to 3,000, and employed more than 30,000 people during the war. The neighboring airfield, later Carswell Air Force Base, was activated in July 1942.
To house workers, the federal government built Liberator Village near the plant’s south gate along Cherry Lane, with apartments renting for $25 to $42 a month in 1943. Homes in the area jumped from about 200 to 1,200 that year, and the school district doubled in a single month. The village joined White Settlement in 1954 and closed in 1955 or 1956; sources differ on the year.
Incorporated on May 24, 1941, and a home-rule city by 1954, White Settlement has kept its independence and its name.
The city’s official profile gives the incorporation date as May 24, 1941, and the Handbook of Texas confirms the year. A 1966 newspaper history, preserved by the museum, says the city adopted a home-rule charter in 1954. It notes that being almost completely surrounded by Fort Worth and other communities sharpened residents’ interest in their own town, which has kept its own government and school district ever since.
In 2005, city leaders proposed renaming the city West Settlement, saying the name made it harder to recruit businesses. Voters decided on November 8, 2005, and rejected the change by roughly 9 to 1; a contemporary report put the count at 2,388 against and 219 for. In October 2025, Fort Worth renamed its own stretch of White Settlement Road as Westside Drive, while the city’s portion kept its name.
For five decades, the plant beside the city built the B-36, B-58 and F-16, and Carswell later became a joint reserve base.
Lockheed Martin says almost 400 B-36 Peacemakers, the first intercontinental bomber, were built in Fort Worth in the late 1940s and early 1950s. B-58 Hustler production followed in the late 1950s; the B-58 was the first operational jet bomber capable of twice the speed of sound, and the last one retired in 1970. The plant also built the swing-wing F-111 during the 1960s.
The lightweight YF-16 fighter was designed and built at the plant, and the Air Force accepted its first production F-16 on August 17, 1978. Thousands more followed over the next decades. In 1994, Carswell Air Force Base passed to the Navy and became Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, which still borders the city and shapes noise and land-use planning around it.
Wartime enrollment growth led to Brewer High School in 1952 and a new campus near Loop 820 in 2007.
Enrollment in the district rose 500 percent in 1943, according to a 1966 history. Teachers went from 8 to 26, a wartime nursery opened, federal grants added buildings in 1943 and 1944, and nine Army barracks moved over from Camp Bowie in 1947. Enrollment reached 1,800 in 1949 and passed 2,600 by 1951. Brewer High School opened in 1952 with 750 students.
The school was named for C. F. Brewer, a pioneer teacher who later served many years as superintendent. Its 1956 girls’ basketball team was the school’s first district champion. The district later spent about $93 million on a three-story high school on 85 acres near Loop 820 and Silver Creek Road, which opened in 2007; the old Cherry Lane campus became Brewer Middle School in 2008.
Loop 820, a history museum, Veterans Park, a federal flood project and a city water park reshaped the city.
The city sits where Interstate 30 meets Loop 820, and a 1976 Bicentennial history said finishing the loop’s northwest quadrant would be like opening the western frontier again. The White Settlement Historical Society organized that year and opened the White Settlement Historical Museum at 8320 Hanon Drive in 1991. Admission is free. City resolutions on January 10, 1995, set aside land for the future Veterans Park.
After floods in 1984, 1989, 2000 and 2004, the Army Corps of Engineers finished an $11.5 million Farmers Branch Creek project in 2014, widening the channel between White Settlement Road and Meadow Park Road. The June 2000 flood alone damaged 136 homes and 17 businesses. The city built a water park on Las Vegas Trail in 2013 and 2014 and reopened it as Splash Dayz on July 1, 2016.
The population passed 18,000 by 2020, F-35 production anchors the plant next door, and 2026 marked 85 years since incorporation.
Census counts trace the city’s growth after the war: 10,827 in 1950, 13,449 in 1970, 15,472 in 1990, 14,831 in 2000, 16,116 in 2010 and 18,269 in 2020. The Census Bureau estimated 17,932 for July 1, 2025. Lockheed Martin calls the plant next door the epicenter of the F-35 program, after its main factory floor shifted from F-16 to F-35 work starting in the late 1990s.
In December 2025, the museum opened a special exhibit, “Life at Liberator Village: A Homefront Story in White Settlement,” with a ribbon cutting. May 24, 2026, marked the 85th anniversary of incorporation. Near Loop 820 and White Settlement Road, chef Hao Tran’s Vietnamese restaurant, Duong DeVille, was under construction through 2026, one of the newest additions to the city’s table.
Compiled from the Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas (White Settlement entry), Texas Almanac census tables, Texas Historical Commission markers for the William Terry Allen Log Cabin (Atlas No. 5439005848, 1978) and First Baptist Church of White Settlement (Atlas No. 5439012507, 2001), the City of White Settlement’s profile and resolutions, White Settlement Historical Museum transcriptions of 1966 and 1976 local histories, White Settlement ISD, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NPR, CNN, the Fort Worth Report, CBS News Texas, CultureMap Fort Worth and U.S. Census counts. Sources differ on several points: the Vandiver headright date (1836 or 1838), the origin of the city’s name, the number of B-24s built (2,743 per Lockheed Martin, or nearly 3,000), the number of B-36s (about 383 to 400) and whether Liberator Village closed in 1955 or 1956. One source dates incorporation to 1950; the city and the Handbook give 1941. The 1954 home-rule date comes from a 1966 newspaper history, not a charter record. The 2005 vote count is from a contemporary news report and wasn’t checked against the official canvass. A 1950s annexation dispute with Fort Worth couldn’t be documented and isn’t included. Carswell’s 1994 conversion and the F-16 acceptance date rest on secondary sources. Native peoples are described at the regional level. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
A 24th Memorial Day Salute, Fireworks in June, and a Light the Night Christmas Parade to Veterans Park
In a city built around a bomber plant and an air base, Memorial Day brings a morning ceremony at Veterans Park, 8901 Clifford St., run by Parks and Recreation. The 2026 ceremony was billed as the 24th annual.
Held Monday, May 26, 2025, 9 to 10 a.m., and Monday, May 25, 2026, at 9 a.m., when the featured speaker was a former U.S. deputy secretary of defense.
Memorial Day 2027 falls on May 31; the city hadn’t announced details yet.
The city-owned water park opens its Memorial Day-to-Labor Day season, held on May 25 in 2019 and 2024. Opening-weekend tickets were $16.99 in 2026.
The Friends of the Library’s indoor egg hunt at 8215 White Settlement Rd., held April 17, 2019, and April 14, 2022, when it was billed as the 3rd annual. No listing was found since 2022, so check with the library.
The city’s annual fireworks show, about a week ahead of the Fourth, with an evening of activities at Veterans Park. Held June 25, 2022, June 29, 2024, June 28, 2025, and June 27, 2026, when the evening started at 7 p.m. and fireworks went up at 9:45.
It grew out of Light the Night, which in 2019 paired a patriotic parade from Brewer Middle School with fireworks at Veterans Park. The parade hasn’t returned since 2019; the July show is now fireworks only.
Next expected in late June 2027; not yet announced.
The water park the city built in 2013–14 and reopened as Splash Dayz in 2016 runs all summer. Full-season prices weren’t confirmed.
A Parks and Recreation Halloween night at Central Park with haunted trails, trunk-or-treat, food trucks and a hay ride, 5 to 9 p.m.
The first one ran October 26, 2024, followed by October 25, 2025, and October 24, 2026.
City listings give the entrance as 8902 George St.; a 2026 flyer said 8902 Gibbs, so check the map the week of the event.
The police department’s community evening, held October 4, 2022, October 1, 2024, which closed with a drone show, and October 7, 2025, 6 to 8 p.m. The 2026 edition was held in October.
The city’s holiday night: a lighted Christmas parade that finishes at Veterans Park, with a Christmas market, the tree lighting and Santa. The 2026 parade is Saturday, December 5, at 6 p.m.
Held December 4, 2021, December 3, 2022, when it ran from Brewer Middle School to Veterans Park, December 7, 2024, and December 6, 2025, 6 to 9 p.m.
Parade-entry registration for floats and vendors opened in fall 2026 through the city’s recreation sign-up site.
The story of the bomber plant and Liberator Village, plus the 1860s Allen log cabin. A Liberator Village exhibit opened in December 2025.
The public library runs storytimes and hands-on TinkerLab sessions through the year, with dated sessions in 2019, 2022 and 2024.
Veterans Park is the city’s stage. It hosts Memorial Day, the June fireworks, National Night Out and the end of the Christmas parade. The newest addition is Haunted Trails at Central Park, which started in 2024.
Changed: the Fourth of July parade was last held in 2019, and the city considered canceling the 2020 events. Today’s summer show is fireworks only, on the last Saturday in June.
Missing: despite the city’s military roots, no city Veterans Day ceremony could be confirmed. The Wings Over Cowtown air show at NAS Fort Worth JRB ran in April 2024, its first since 2016, but wasn’t held in 2025, so it isn’t annual. A farmers market, a cardboard boat race, a kids’ fishing day and a fall cleanup each have only one dated year.
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 White Settlement calendar at wstx.us. Event details are from City of White Settlement calendar pages, news flashes and reports, the White Settlement Historical Museum, the Texas Historical Commission, White Settlement ISD flyers, Benbrook Life, Hoodline, CultureMap Fort Worth, DVIDS and NBC DFW; each event listed was found in at least two years. Admission is free unless noted, though several city pages don’t state it. No 2023 Summer Celebration or Christmas parade listing was found. The 2026 Summer Celebration times are from a local news report. The library egg hunt hasn’t been listed since 2022. The 2026 National Night Out date wasn’t confirmed. Splash Dayz full-season prices weren’t confirmed. Statements that something is missing mean no reliable White Settlement source was found, not that it doesn’t exist. Bobby Franklin, REALTOR®, TREC #0805459, Legacy Realty Group – Leslie Majors Team.
What to know about White Settlement schools:
The rating: Check TXschools.gov for the current status.
Programs: Career and technical education with industry certifications, dual credit, AP, dual language, gifted and talented and fine arts.
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Most of White Settlement is in White Settlement ISD, a district of about 6,800 students with seven campuses. It earned a C (75) for 2026, up 2 points, and adopted a 2026 tax rate of $1.1528. Several neighboring districts also reach 76108 addresses, so confirm the district and campus by address.
By address
Most of the city is in White Settlement ISD, but the 76108 ZIP code also touches Fort Worth, Castleberry, Lake Worth and possibly Azle ISDs. New Fort Worth communities such as Vista West are marketed as White Settlement ISD.
Check the district’s School Locator and the Tarrant County school map for any specific address. Which neighboring districts serve which 76108 streets wasn’t mapped for this guide.
District-wide
White Settlement ISD earned a C (75) in TEA’s 2026 ratings, up 2 points from a C (73) in 2025, after a C in 2024. TEA’s 2025 report counted 6,808 students; the district says nearly 6,700.
The 2026 rating is the district’s own report of TEA’s August 2026 release; confirm on TXschools.gov. The 2023 rating wasn’t confirmed.
White Settlement ISD
The district runs West Early Learners Academy; Blue Haze, Liberty and North Elementary STEAM Academy; the Fine Arts Academy at Tannahill; Brewer Middle School; and Brewer High School.
The Fine Arts Academy moved to the Tannahill site for 2025–26, serving grades 1–6, and sixth grade moved to Brewer Middle, which now serves more than 1,500 students. The former operations building on Gibbs Street is being cleared as a possible future school site.
White Settlement ISD
In May 2022, voters approved $115 million, 1,250 to 1,105, about 53 percent. The district projected a 2-cent debt-rate increase, and its plan included a sixth-grade center slated for spring 2025.
The bond planning cited projected growth of about 15 percent, or 1,350 students, over five to ten years from new lots in the district’s western section. No White Settlement ISD bond was found on the November 3, 2026, ballot.
White Settlement ISD
Options include career and technical education with industry certifications, dual credit, AP and advanced academics, a dual language program, gifted and talented, and fine arts.
JROTC, P-TECH and a Purple Star military-family designation weren’t confirmed. Open-enrollment terms are on the district’s enrollment page.
White Settlement ISD
The 2026–27 year started August 13, 2026, and is set to end May 21, 2027. There’s no four-day week. November 3, election day, is a staff development day with no school for students.
Dates are from the district’s proposed calendar; key dates match its live calendar.
White Settlement & Lake Worth ISDs
Because campuses sit near NAS Fort Worth JRB, a $4.05 million Community Noise Mitigation Program, mostly federal, targets new windows and doors at six school facilities in White Settlement and Lake Worth ISDs.
Acoustical tests ran in 2024 at Brewer Middle, Liberty Elementary and the Center for Transition Services. White Settlement ISD’s share was $142,791. Whether the 2026 installation is complete wasn’t confirmed.
Edges of the area
2026 district ratings: Fort Worth ISD C (77) and Castleberry ISD B (88); Lake Worth ISD remained a D. Fort Worth and Lake Worth ISDs are run by state-appointed boards of managers. Azle ISD’s latest confirmed rating is C (78) for 2025.
2026 tax rates: Fort Worth ISD $1.029099, Castleberry ISD $1.2469, Lake Worth ISD $1.2265 and Azle ISD $1.085. Confirm any edge address on the appraisal record.
Per $100 of value
White Settlement ISD adopted $1.1528 for 2026 on August 17, 2026, 5–0. On an illustrative $219,000 homestead, the $140,000 state exemption leaves $79,000 taxable, for a school share of about $910.
The operations rate fell 1.07 cents, to $0.6928, while the debt rate held at $0.46. State law still labels the operations rate an effective 5.75 percent increase over the no-new-revenue rate, which is why the district’s notice shows both a raise and a lower bill.
Tarrant Appraisal District
Schools 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. No White Settlement ISD local-option homestead exemption was found.
File the homestead application, Form 50-114, with the Tarrant Appraisal District. City, county, hospital district and college exemptions are separate.
A 76108 address is often White Settlement ISD, but it can also be Fort Worth, Castleberry or Lake Worth ISD.
Confirm the district and campus before you write an offer.
On a $219,000 homestead, the White Settlement ISD share runs about $910 a year at the 2026 rate.
The operations rate went down 1.07 cents in 2026.
White Settlement ISD earned a C (75) for 2026, up from C (73) in 2025.
Check TXschools.gov for the current rating.
Sixth grade moved to Brewer Middle, and the Fine Arts Academy moved to the Tannahill site.
A federal noise program is funding new windows and doors at schools near the base.
Accountability ratings are shown at the district level only; campus ratings are intentionally not shown, and campuses are named only for organization, programs and construction. Ratings change every year; use TXschools.gov for current ratings. TEA notes 2023 and later scores aren’t comparable with earlier years. The 2026 White Settlement ISD rating is from the district’s report of TEA’s August 2026 release, the 2025 rating and enrollment from TEA’s report server and the 2024 rating from the Texas Tribune’s mirror of TEA data; the 2023 rating wasn’t confirmed. White Settlement ISD’s 2026 rate and split are from the Tarrant County Tax Office’s Truth-in-Taxation table, and the August 17, 2026, adoption and vote from board minutes; the district’s own rate ordinance couldn’t be opened. The 5.75 percent explanation is my reading of the published rates. Bond vote totals are from a statewide results compilation and the district’s bond pages. Neighboring districts’ ratings are from TEA coverage by Fox 4, the Fort Worth Report and the districts; Lake Worth ISD’s 2026 score and Azle ISD’s 2026 rating weren’t confirmed. Noise program figures are from NCTCOG. Private and charter schools and the nearest Tarrant County College campus weren’t verified for this guide. No current officials are named. The school tax example uses the $140,000 state homestead exemption on an illustrative $219,000 home near Zillow’s typical value; 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 White Settlement, from NTREIS. A small city means few sales a month, so read the trend across several months rather than any single point.
White Settlement is one of the more affordable cities on the west side: active listings showed a median asking price near $255,000 in early September 2026, and Zillow’s typical value was about $219,000. A handful of sales can swing a month, so watch the direction over three to six months.
Your buyer will compare your home to new infill on Pemberton and Colton and to post-war ranches on the central grid. A 1950s ranch priced like a 2025 build sits; price against your own era and square footage, not the citywide median.
Entry pricing here sits well below most of Tarrant County, but check the address before the price: a 76108 home can be in Fort Worth with a different tax bill, and homes near NAS Fort Worth JRB can fall in aircraft noise zones.
Active listings showed about 35 median days on market in early September 2026. Read the line against the season: spring moves faster, and fall and winter listings usually take longer to find a buyer.
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 small market with about 65 homes for sale, one stale listing nearby can set buyers’ expectations for yours.
When days on market climb, you gain room to ask for repairs or closing-cost help, which matters on 1940s–60s homes where roofs, sewer lines and foundations deserve a close inspection.
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 White Settlement 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 is behind the price line. With White Settlement’s small size, a month with few closings can make the median jump, 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 handle repairs, open your utility accounts on time and have the home ready for spring buyers.
Fewer closings in a month 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 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. White Settlement is a small city of about 5 square miles, so monthly figures rest on few sales and can swing sharply. Context figures are MLS-derived active-listing data for early September 2026 (median asking price near $255,000, about 35 median days on market and 65 homes for sale), Zillow’s typical home value of about $219,000 and Freddie Mac’s October 29, 2026, weekly average; asking prices and estimates are not closed sales. A 76108 address may be in Fort Worth rather than White Settlement; confirm city limits on the Tarrant Appraisal District record. Aircraft noise and accident potential zones near NAS Fort Worth JRB vary by parcel. 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 White Settlement 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.
Zillow’s typical White Settlement home value was about $218,600, down 6 percent from a year earlier.
Asking prices run higher, near a $245,000 median list price in July 2026. Type over the prefilled price with what you paid.
The Tarrant Appraisal District held 2026 residential values at 2024 levels and plans its next reappraisal for 2027.
The appraisal board has been reconsidering that plan, so watch for changes before 2027 notices go out.
On a $219,000 homestead, the city share is about $1,335, White Settlement ISD about $910 and the county, hospital district and college about $860.
That’s roughly $3,110 a year at 2026 rates. The water district overlaps only 0.02 percent of the city, so most homes don’t pay it.
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 $219,000 anchor near Zillow’s typical home value for White Settlement ($218,585; the month wasn’t shown in the snapshot retrieved in October 2026). Other measures differ: Redfin reported a $180,000 median sale price on only nine sales in March 2026, and MLS-fed sites showed median list prices of $245,000 (July 2026) and $255,000 (September 2026). Median sale price, list price and typical value are different measures, and 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 $219,000 appraised homestead at 2026 adopted rates: City of White Settlement $0.762261 after its 20 percent homestead exemption; White Settlement ISD $1.1528 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. County, hospital district and college exemption amounts come from a secondary summary of the appraisal district’s schedule. Tarrant Regional Water District ($0.0273) isn’t included; the city’s 2026 bond disclosure puts its overlap with the city at 0.02 percent of taxable value, so confirm your own account. Over-65 exemptions and the school tax ceiling would lower the bill; whether the city offers an over-65 ceiling wasn’t confirmed. 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.
White Settlement counted 18,269 residents at the 2020 census and about 17,932 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, on 5 square miles west of Fort Worth, with listings near a $255,000 median asking price in September 2026. The trade-offs are real: aircraft noise near the base, much of the housing from the 1940s–60s, and a ZIP code shared with Fort Worth.
Estimated Off-Peak Drive Time from White Settlement City Hall
Around Town and Beyond
Estimated minutes off-peak from City Hall at 214 Meadow Park Dr. These are planning estimates, so check a live map before relying on any of them.
Residents average 22.7 minutes to work, against 27.9 for the Dallas-Fort Worth metro.
Trinity Metro’s Route 91 runs along Las Vegas Trail to the Ridgmar Mall transfer center, seven days a week.
Veterans Park has a four-field softball complex, a 1-mile trail and a fishing pier; Central Park adds a duck pond, skate park and amphitheater.
Splash Dayz, the city-owned water park, opens every Memorial Day weekend.
The library issues a free first card to anyone with a Texas address.
The Historical Museum tells the bomber-plant story, with free admission.
Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant, on the city’s edge, counts 19,000 employees and delivered a record 191 F-35s in 2025.
The city adopted its no-new-revenue tax rate for 2026.
Homes near NAS Fort Worth JRB can fall in aircraft noise contours or accident potential zones; check each address.
Farmers Branch Creek flooded 136 homes in 2000; a Corps of Engineers project widened the channel in 2014.
A 76108 address can be in Fort Worth, with a different city tax and water bill.
Whether the city freezes taxes for owners 65 and older wasn’t confirmed; ask the appraisal district.
Drive times are planning estimates from White Settlement City Hall, not live traffic or measured routes; check a live map before you rely on them. I-30 and Loop 820 rush-hour traffic can roughly double these times. The Census Bureau reports a mean travel time to work of 22.7 minutes (plus or minus 2.2) for White Settlement residents (2020–2024); the 27.9-minute metro figure is the same survey’s Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington value. Population figures are the 2020 census count and the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 estimate. The median asking price is from MLS-derived active listings for September 2026, not closed sales. Park details come from the city and the White Settlement Area Chamber; the library, museum, water park and transit details from the city, the museum and Trinity Metro. Lockheed Martin figures are from the company’s January 12, 2026, release; the plant has a Fort Worth address. Flood history is from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Noise contours and flood zones vary by parcel; check the Texas A&M Compatible Use Zones Viewer and 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, sewer, trash, transit, the library, parks, Splash Dayz, aircraft noise and flood risk.
No. White Settlement covers only about 5 square miles, and the 76108 ZIP code also takes in parts of Fort Worth, sometimes on the same street. New communities such as Vista West and West Square are marketed with White Settlement school addresses but sit in Fort Worth.
The difference decides which city taxes the home, who sends the water bill and whose rules apply to fences, rentals and permits.
Check the Tarrant Appraisal District record before you rely on the address. An in-city account lists the City of White Settlement as jurisdiction 030; a Fort Worth account lists 026. If the record shows the wrong city, ask the city to confirm the parcel.
Most are. The in-city accounts sampled for this guide were in White Settlement ISD, which earned a C (75) in TEA’s 2026 ratings and serves about 6,800 students on seven campuses. The district also reaches into parts of Fort Worth.
Around the edges, 76108 addresses can fall in Fort Worth, Castleberry or Lake Worth ISD, and district lines don’t follow city limits or ZIP codes.
Confirm the district on the appraisal record, then use White Settlement ISD’s school locator to confirm the campus. Attendance zones can shift as the district reorganizes; sixth grade, for example, recently moved to Brewer Middle School.
On September 1, 2026, the city council adopted $0.762261 per $100 of taxable value, 5–0. That’s exactly the city’s no-new-revenue rate, the rate that raises about the same levy from existing property as the year before. The voter-approval rate was $0.825343.
The rate splits into $0.592110 for operations and $0.170151 for debt. The debt portion rose from $0.125192, in line with $12.865 million in certificates of obligation the city issued in May 2026.
The city’s 2025 rate was $0.714778. Because the adopted rate matches the no-new-revenue rate, the city projected slightly less property tax revenue than the year before.
It has moved in a band. The city rate was $0.762127 in 2017, held near 76 cents in 2018, then fell steadily to a low of $0.667233 in 2023.
It climbed again after that: $0.679816 in 2024, $0.714778 in 2025 and $0.762261 in 2026, back to about where it stood in 2017. Rising rates in recent years partly reflect taxable values that stopped climbing while debt payments grew.
Rates alone don’t tell you the bill. Appraised values, exemptions and the Tarrant Appraisal District’s freeze of residential values at 2024 levels all matter. To compare years for a specific home, look at the levy, the actual dollars, on the past two tax statements.
For a home inside the city and White Settlement ISD, the 2026 rates add up to about $2.38 per $100 before exemptions: the city at $0.762261, White Settlement ISD at $1.1528, Tarrant County at $0.186, the hospital district at $0.159 and Tarrant County College at $0.12.
The in-city account sampled for this guide did not list the Tarrant Regional Water District, while a Fort Worth account on the same road did. Confirm your own account.
On an illustrative $219,000 homestead, the bill works out to roughly $3,110 a year after homestead exemptions: about $1,335 to the city, $910 to the school district and $860 to the county, hospital district and college. It’s an illustration, not a quote.
The city exempts 20 percent of a homestead’s value, plus $37,000 for owners 65 and older, $10,000 for owners with a disability and $12,000 for qualifying veterans.
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 plus $50,000 at 65, and Tarrant County College exempts 1 percent, at least $5,000, plus $50,000 at 65, per the appraisal district’s 2025 schedule.
The county and college also freeze taxes for owners 65 and older; the hospital district doesn’t. Whether the city offers a freeze wasn’t confirmed, so ask the Tarrant Appraisal District when you file Form 50-114.
The Tarrant Appraisal District held residential values at their 2024 levels for the 2025 and 2026 tax years and plans its next full reappraisal for 2027, though its board has been reconsidering that plan. Very few homes saw value increases in 2026.
Separately, Texas caps a homestead’s taxable appraised value increase at 10 percent a year; the cap resets when the home sells.
If you disagree with a value, the protest deadline is May 15 or 30 days after your notice is delivered, whichever is later. Filing a homestead exemption with the appraisal district is free. The Tarrant Appraisal District is at 2500 Handley-Ederville Road in Fort Worth, 817-284-0024.
The City of White Settlement bills water and sewer itself. Submit a water service application at City Hall, 214 Meadow Park Dr., weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by email to the utility billing office. The property needs an inspection and a current certificate of occupancy.
The deposit is $100 for owners and $150 for renters. Applications approved by 3:30 p.m. can be turned on the same day. Bills are due 15 days after billing, with a 10 percent late penalty.
Utility billing is at 817-246-4971, option 1. The city’s rate schedule wasn’t retrieved for this guide, so ask for the current water and sewer rates before you estimate a monthly bill.
Since March 2018 the city has used a winter quarter average: your sewer charge is based on your water use during the winter months, when little water goes to lawns, rather than on every gallon you use in summer.
The city doesn’t run its own treatment plant. Its sewer fees cover charges from the City of Fort Worth, which treats the wastewater and sets the wholesale water and sewer rates the city pays.
If you’re moving in, open your account before November so your own winter use sets your average. Otherwise the city assigns one until your first winter on record. Watering limits and drought stages can follow Fort Worth’s, so check the city’s notices in a dry summer.
Frontier Waste Solutions collects trash and recycling under a city contract, both weekly on the same day.
Carts can go to the curb no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before and must be out by 7 a.m. on collection day. Recycling goes in loose, not bagged. Residents who can’t move a cart to the curb can ask about assisted side-door service.
When a holiday falls on your collection day, service moves to the next day; Frontier’s example is Thanksgiving Thursday trash shifting to Friday. The monthly trash rate wasn’t confirmed for this guide, so check your first utility bill, or call the utility billing office, before you budget around it.
Curbside bulk pickup runs every eight weeks, for items up to roughly 7 cubic yards, a pile about 8 feet long, 6 feet wide and 4 feet high. Frontier’s own page also mentions a 3-cubic-yard figure, so confirm the limit before you build a big pile.
Extra pickups between cycles cost $15 per cubic yard through Frontier at 888-854-2905.
The city also holds monthly community cleanup drop-off events, which help after a move or a garage cleanout. Household hazardous waste rules weren’t confirmed for this guide; don’t put paint, chemicals or batteries in either cart, and ask the city where to take them.
Yes. Trinity Metro’s Route 91 runs along Las Vegas Trail, with stops such as Las Vegas and Mojave, and connects at the Ridgmar Mall Transfer Center to the rest of the Fort Worth network.
Route 91 runs roughly 6 a.m. to midnight on weekdays, from 7 a.m. on Saturdays and 7 a.m. to about 11 p.m. on Sundays. Route 53 uses White Settlement Road; whether its stops fall inside city limits wasn’t confirmed.
Trinity Metro’s customer care line is 817-215-8600. Check its site for current schedules, fares and holiday or weather changes before you plan a commute around the bus.
About 22.7 minutes on average, according to the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 survey, with a margin of error of about 2 minutes. That’s shorter than the Dallas-Fort Worth metro average of 27.9 minutes.
Location explains much of it: the city sits at I-30 and Loop 820, next to Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant and NAS Fort Worth JRB, and about 15 to 20 minutes from downtown Fort Worth off-peak.
Our drive-time figures are planning estimates, and rush-hour traffic on I-30 and the loop can roughly double them. Before you commit to a home, drive the route at the hour you’d actually leave.
Anyone with a Texas address can get a first card free at the library, 8215 White Settlement Rd. Bring a valid government ID and proof of address.
New cardholders start with one item for three days, then can borrow up to 50 items. Residents renew every two years and non-residents every year; a lost card costs $10. City residents who have held a card for six months with no fines can get a TexShare card to borrow from other Texas libraries.
The library is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and is closed Wednesday and Sunday. The phone is 817-367-0166.
Veterans Park, 8901 Clifford St., is the largest hub, with a four-field softball complex, a 1-mile hike-and-bike trail, a fishing pier, sand volleyball, shelters and a playground. It hosts Memorial Day, the June fireworks and the end of the Christmas parade.
Central Park has a duck pond, sports fields, a modular skate park, an amphitheater and pavilions. John Griggs Park on North Las Vegas Trail covers 12 acres with a tennis court, a basketball court and nature trails, and Memorial Park is on South Judd Street.
The city also lists a dog park on North Cherry Lane, an 18-hole disc golf course and a seasonal spray pad. The Recreation Center is at 817-246-5012.
Splash Dayz is the city-owned water park at 405 N. Las Vegas Trail. The city built the park in 2013 and 2014 for an outside operator, then reopened it under its own name on July 1, 2016.
The season runs from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day. Opening-weekend tickets were $16.99 each in May 2026; full-season prices and passes weren’t confirmed for this guide.
Because the city owns it, Splash Dayz shows up in the city’s budget and recreation sign-up site rather than a private chain’s. Check the city’s recreation pages each spring for the opening date, hours and any resident pricing before you plan a visit.
NAS Fort Worth JRB and Lockheed Martin’s plant border the city. The military maps noise contours from 65 to 80 decibels and accident potential zones called the Clear Zone, APZ I and APZ II off the ends of the base’s north-south runway.
Texas A&M’s Compatible Use Zones Viewer, presented to the regional base committee in 2025, shows whether a specific location falls in a noise contour or zone. Use it on every address you’re considering, and visit at different times of day.
A federal program is also funding new windows and doors at school facilities near the base. Noise exposure varies by street, so a citywide answer isn’t possible.
Some parts do. Farmers Branch Creek flooded in 1984, 1989, 2000 and 2004; the June 2000 flood damaged 136 homes and 17 businesses, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Corps finished an $11.5 million project in 2014 that widened the channel between White Settlement Road and Meadow Park Road and rebuilt the Meadow Park bridge. The city and the Defense Department also funded a separate $3 million drainage project near the base.
Flood zones are set parcel by parcel. Check the FEMA Flood Map Service Center for any address, ask the seller for the Texas flood disclosure, and price flood insurance even if a lender doesn’t require it.
The total is 8.25 percent, the maximum in Texas. The state takes 6.25 percent, and the City of White Settlement keeps 2 percent.
The city’s share splits three ways: 1 percent for the general fund, 0.5 percent for the Economic Development Corporation, adopted January 18, 1994, and 0.5 percent for the Crime Control and Prevention District, adopted January 20, 1996, which is set to expire May 8, 2030, unless voters renew it.
Sales tax matters to homeowners because it funds city services without adding to the property tax rate. Purchases at the big-box stores in neighboring Westworth Village or Fort Worth are taxed under those cities’ rates, not White Settlement’s.
The Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 survey puts the median owner-occupied home value at $187,100, while active listings showed a median asking price near $255,000 in 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. Listing prices reflect only homes on the market now, and sellers often ask more than they get.
The same survey shows a median gross rent of $1,253 a month, about 60.7 percent of homes owner-occupied and 6,509 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 White Settlement, the Tarrant Appraisal District, the Tarrant County Tax Office, White Settlement ISD, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Comptroller, Frontier Waste Solutions, Trinity Metro, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NCTCOG, the City of North Richland Hills’ county-unit tax tables 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; county, hospital district and college exemption amounts are from the 2025 schedule. Water, sewer and trash rates, household hazardous waste rules, Splash Dayz full-season prices and Route 53 stops weren’t confirmed. The bulk pickup limit appears as both 3 and 7 cubic yards on Frontier’s page. The $219,000 tax example is an illustration, not a quote. Housing figures are Census Bureau survey estimates; asking prices are MLS-derived active listings. School ratings are district-level. 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 White Settlement. Three things to check on every address: whether it’s inside White Settlement or Fort Worth, which school district it’s in and whether it sits in an aircraft noise or flood zone. Start with the green first-week cards; county offices are in blue, health care in red and regional links in purple.
Water, sewer, trash and stormwater on one city account. Deposit $100 for owners, $150 for renters; bring the application and a certificate of occupancy.
817-246-4971 City Hall, 214 Meadow Park Dr. Do this firstHomestead exemptions (file by April 30), values and protests. Check the jurisdiction list on your account.
817-284-0024 2500 Handley-Ederville Rd., Fort Worth Do this firstProperty tax payments and vehicle registration; bills mail in October.
817-884-1100 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth Do this firstSee every proposed and adopted rate on your account and estimate the bill.
tarranttaxinfo.com Do this firstYour sewer charge is set by winter water use; open your account before November.
817-246-4971 Do this firstPay the city utility bill online.
wstx.us City HallMain line for city departments.
817-246-4971 214 Meadow Park Dr. PermitsBuilding permits and inspections; fees are in the city fee schedule.
817-246-4971 ext. 079 City Hall CodeReport property maintenance and code issues online.
wstx.us CourtCitations, fines and payments, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
817-246-4971 PoliceNon-emergency service and reports. Call 911 for emergencies.
817-367-3276 8900 Clifford St. FireA career fire department; Fort Worth Fire Department EMS handles 911 ambulance calls.
817-246-1761 8308 Hanon Dr. AnimalsShelter, adoptions and $10-a-year pet licenses; open weekdays 9:30 to 5 and Saturday 10 to 2. After hours: 817-246-4973.
817-246-1043 8900 Raymond Ave. LibraryA free first card for anyone with a Texas address; bring ID and proof of address.
817-367-0166 8215 White Settlement Rd. SeniorsMeals, classes and senior transportation (817-205-8863), weekdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
817-246-6619 8211 White Settlement Rd. RecreationLeagues, programs and pavilion rentals; field rainout line 817-880-7868.
817-246-5012 Sign upOnline program and rental sign-up, including Splash Dayz and event entries.
recdesk.com Water parkThe city-owned water park, open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.
recdesk.com 405 N. Las Vegas Trl. VenueEvent and banquet rentals; rates are in the city fee schedule.
817-246-4971 405 N. Las Vegas Trl. BusinessThe city’s economic development corporation, funded by a half-cent sales tax.
wstx.us RulesFences, pets, parking and rental rules, searchable online.
municode.com MeetingsCouncil and board agendas, minutes and budgets.
wstx.us TrashWeekly trash and recycling on the same day; extra bulk pickups are $15 a cubic yard.
888-854-2905 CleanupCurbside bulk every eight weeks, plus monthly drop-off events; sign up online.
wstx.us WaterThe city’s 2025 drinking water report; water is bought wholesale from Fort Worth.
wstx.us ElectionsCheck registration, polling places and sample ballots.
tarrantcounty.com DeedsSearch deeds and sign up for property fraud alerts.
817-884-1111 HealthImmunizations, clinics and restaurant inspection scores.
tarrantcountytx.gov Power linesOutages and streetlights; you choose your own retail electric provider.
888-313-4747 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 SchoolsUse the school locator to confirm the campus by address.
817-367-1300 8224 White Settlement Rd. SchoolsSee which school district covers an address, including Fort Worth, Castleberry and Lake Worth ISDs.
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, especially near Farmers Branch Creek, and ask for the seller’s flood disclosure.
msc.fema.gov Before you buyRegional planning around the base, with links to the noise and accident-zone maps; check every address.
nctcog.org AmbulanceHandles 911 ambulance service for White Settlement since MedStar merged into Fort Worth Fire in July 2025.
911 Help linesPoison Control 1-800-222-1222; 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; 211 for community services.
1-800-222-1222 TransitBus service along Las Vegas Trail to the Ridgmar Mall Transfer Center.
817-215-8600 BusinessThe local business directory and community events.
817-246-1121Links, phone numbers and addresses verified October 2026 against the City of White Settlement (City Hall, utility billing, development services, municipal court, police, animal services, library, senior services, parks and recreation, economic development, waste collection and fee schedule pages, plus its 2026 certificate of obligation disclosure), the Tarrant Appraisal District, the Tarrant County Tax Office, Tarrant County, Frontier Waste Solutions, White Settlement ISD, Trinity Metro, NCTCOG and the White Settlement Area Chamber. Phone numbers change; confirm before you rely on one. Police non-emergency: the city directory lists 817-367-3276, while other directories list 817-246-7070. The fire department number is from a county-hosted directory. Ambulance service is from news reports of the July 2025 Fort Worth Fire EMS transition, not a city document. Library hours differ between city pages, so they’re not shown. The White Settlement ISD phone, Oncor’s outage line, the Recreation Center and Splash Dayz phone numbers and the emergency-alert platform weren’t confirmed from a city page. Household hazardous waste isn’t accepted in bulk pickup; ask the city about regional drop-off. Tarrant County offices are regional, in Fort Worth. 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.
White Settlement counted 18,269 residents at the 2020 census and about 17,932 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. It incorporated on May 24, 1941, months before the bomber plant next door began turning out B-24s, and in 2005 its voters rejected a new name by roughly 9 to 1. Today one ZIP code spans two cities and several school districts beside an active air base. I sort out the details that matter here, and the awkward parts are named.
The city covers only about 5 square miles, and Fort Worth parcels share the ZIP code, sometimes on the same road. The appraisal record tells you which: jurisdiction 030 is White Settlement, 026 is Fort Worth. Vista West and West Square are Fort Worth. I confirm city limits on every address.
On a $219,000 homestead at 2026 rates, I estimate about $3,110 a year: roughly $1,335 to the city, $910 to White Settlement ISD and $860 to the county, hospital district and college. The city adopted its no-new-revenue rate, and the water district overlaps only a sliver of the city. I model your actual account.
White Settlement ISD’s operations rate fell 1.07 cents for 2026, to a total of $1.1528, but state law makes the district label it an “effective” 5.75 percent increase against the no-new-revenue rate. I translate tax notices into what you’ll actually pay.
The city’s FY2027 budget figures put water at $47.32 and sewer at $61.67 for 6,000 gallons, plus a $6.62 stormwater fee and $16.73 for trash, roughly $130 a month. Sewer is set by your winter average, so open the account before November. I put it in your payment.
Active MLS listings showed a median asking price near $255,000, about $185 a square foot and 35 median days on market in early September 2026, with 65 homes for sale. Zillow’s typical value is about $219,000. Freddie Mac’s 30-year average was 7.32 percent on October 22. I price from real comps.
Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth plant counts 19,000 employees, and NAS Fort Worth JRB’s runway sits beside town. Homes nearby can fall in aircraft noise contours or accident potential zones. I check every address in the Texas A&M Compatible Use Zones Viewer before you write an offer.
White Settlement has real trade-offs: aircraft noise near the base, Farmers Branch Creek flood history, much of the housing from the 1940s–60s, a ZIP code shared with Fort Worth, and an unconfirmed city tax freeze for owners 65 and older. If any of that is a dealbreaker, you will hear it from me first.
Confirm city limits, White Settlement or Fort Worth, on the appraisal record. Second, confirm the school district: White Settlement, Fort Worth, Castleberry or Lake Worth ISD. Third, check aircraft noise and accident zones near NAS Fort Worth JRB. Fourth, check the FEMA flood map near Farmers Branch Creek. Fifth, file your homestead exemption with the Tarrant Appraisal District. And sixth, open your water account before November so your own winter use sets your sewer charge.
White Settlement-specific things to raise with all four. Freddie Mac’s 30-year average was 7.32 percent on October 22, 2026. With asking prices near $255,000, compare conventional, FHA, VA and down payment assistance options. Make sure the payment estimate uses the right taxing units, White Settlement or Fort Worth and the correct school district, and includes the city’s water, sewer, stormwater 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 White Settlement or Fort Worth, which school district it’s in, whether an aircraft noise zone or 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 $219,000 homestead at 2026 adopted rates: city $0.762261 after its 20 percent homestead exemption; White Settlement ISD $1.1528 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. County, hospital district and college exemption amounts are from the appraisal district’s 2025 schedule. The water district’s 0.02 percent overlap is from the city’s 2026 bond disclosure; confirm your account. Utility figures are from the city’s June 2026 FY2027 budget presentation and its posted fee schedule, which lists a lower stormwater fee ($4.62); adopted FY2027 rates may differ. Market figures are MLS-derived active listings as of September 2, 2026, and Zillow’s typical value; mortgage rates are Freddie Mac weekly averages. Lockheed Martin’s employment is from its January 12, 2026, release. Whether the city offers an over-65 tax ceiling wasn’t confirmed. Population figures are the 2020 census and the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 estimate. Historical facts are from the Handbook of Texas, the city and the White Settlement Historical Museum. School campus assignment is determined by address. All real estate services are provided through Legacy Realty Group. Equal Housing Opportunity.
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