What did homes in White Settlement, Texas actually sell for?
One hundred fifty-six single-family homes closed in White Settlement (76108) in the twelve months ending 8 October 2026, at a median of $215,000 — about $170 per square foot on a 1,350-square-foot house built in 1960, under contract in 31 days at 96.3% of the original asking price. But that per-foot number is a small-house number. Homes under 1,000 square feet closed at a median $208 per square foot; homes of 1,400 to 1,600 square feet closed at $132. And the older houses in that middle band were the only group in the city to give up more than a few points off their asking price. (NTREIS, pulled 14 October 2026.)
Written by Eric Duran — Founder and Realtor, The Fort Real Estate | 5 November 2026
White Settlement is its own incorporated city, not a Fort Worth neighborhood. Tarrant County’s own list of incorporated areas names Fort Worth and White Settlement separately, and the consequences are real: a separate city tax rate, a separate school district, and a 76108 mailing address that leads many people to assume otherwise.
The headline figures — the price range, the vintage split, the commute to the Lockheed Martin gate — are on our White Settlement market page. This post is about what the median hides, because that is the part that decides what your house is worth.
The $215,000 median is a small-house number
Sort the 156 closings by floor area rather than by age and the per-foot figures separate immediately:
- Under 1,000 sq ft — 33 closings, median $155,000, $208 per sq ft, 95.9% of original ask
- 1,000–1,199 sq ft — 22 closings, median $190,899, $176 per sq ft
- 1,200–1,399 sq ft — 29 closings, median $221,500, $167 per sq ft, 97.1% of ask
- 1,400–1,599 sq ft — 23 closings, median $200,000, $132 per sq ft, 89.8% of ask
- 1,600–1,799 sq ft — 18 closings, median $280,000, $169 per sq ft, 95.8% of ask
- 1,800 sq ft and up — 30 closings, median $327,000, $161 per sq ft, 96.9% of ask
Smaller houses carrying a higher price per foot is ordinary: the kitchen, the roof, and the lot do not shrink with the floor plan. What is not ordinary is the 1,400-to-1,600 band. It is the only group in the city under $150 per square foot, and the only one that conceded more than five points off asking.
That matters the moment anyone uses the city’s $170-per-foot average as a shortcut. Apply it to a 1,507-square-foot house, the median size in that soft band, and you get $256,328 — about 28% above what houses that size actually closed at. Apply it to a 756-square-foot house, the median in the smallest band, and you get $128,589, roughly 17% below. The citywide per-foot figure is accurate and nearly useless at once, for the same reason a median describes which houses sold rather than what any one house is worth.
Where square footage stopped getting paid for
Hold the vintage constant and split the pre-1960 houses by size. This is the finding:
- Built before 1960, under 1,400 sq ft — 56 closings, median $170,000, 959 sq ft, $190 per sq ft, 96.7% of original ask, 20 days to contract
- Built before 1960, 1,400 sq ft and up — 15 closings, median $166,000, 1,526 sq ft, $108 per sq ft, 87.1% of original ask, 50 days to contract
Same era. The larger house sold for less total money on about 60% more floor area, at roughly half the price per square foot, after two and a half times as long on the market, and gave up nine more points off its asking price. Fifteen closings is a thin sample, and worth saying so plainly, but the direction is not subtle.
The 1,400-to-1,600 band shows why. Nineteen of its 23 closings were built before 1980, and those closed at $129 per square foot and 88.4% of original ask. The four built in 2019 or later closed at $190 per square foot and 99.3% of ask, in a median six days. Not one closing in that band was built between 1980 and 2018 — two separate populations wearing one square footage. Four closings prove nothing alone, but they point the same way as the 19 homes built since 2020 that closed citywide at a median $370,000, $198 per square foot, and 98.6% of asking.
The likely reading, and it is a reading rather than a proven mechanism: at 1,500 square feet there is a new-build alternative in this city at around $190 a foot. At 950 square feet there is none, because nobody is building 950-square-foot houses. Scarcity protects the small end of the old stock; direct comparison exposes the middle of it.
Worth knowing: this does not travel. In Ridgmar, over in 76116, price per foot ran flat across every era and the thing that separated outcomes was the opening number instead. A pattern established in one market is a hypothesis in the next one, not a rule.
One disclosure that cuts against the figure above: five of those 23 closings came in below 80% of their original asking price, including a 1950 house that opened at $265 per square foot in a $170 market and closed at $152. Strip all five out and the band still has the lowest price per foot of any size group ($143) and the weakest ratio to asking (94.3%) — the pattern survives, just less violently.
Roughly one in four went to market and never sold
Of the 206 distinct single-family properties that finished a listing, 54 never closed — 26.2%. Counted listing by listing it looks like 32.8%, but 22 properties were cancelled and relisted, so that count double-counts the same houses. The lower number is the honest one.
Their median original asking price was $245,984, against the $215,000 that actually closed. And 30 of the 54 reduced at least once and still came off the market, which is the uncomfortable part: a cut made later rarely undoes an opening number set too high.
Standing inventory says the same thing from the other side. There were 62 active or pending single-family listings at a median $250,450 on 1,454 square feet, built 1972, after a median 48 days — and 30 of the 62 had already been reduced. They were asking $184 per square foot. The market paid $170.
Two honest limits. Price per square foot is a screening number, not a valuation method: it tells you whether an asking price is near reality, not what a house is worth. And this is MLS data, covering what was listed and closed through the system, not private sales.
One thing I can tell you from living there rather than from the data: you hear the jets. They were very loud. In my experience it comes up in conversation and buyers purchase the house anyway, but go stand in the yard at the hour you would be home, before you tour rather than after.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in White Settlement, Texas?
The median single-family sale was $215,000 across 156 closings in the twelve months ending 8 October 2026, with sale prices running from $90,000 to $480,000 (NTREIS, pulled 14 October 2026). The median home was 1,350 square feet, built in 1960, on 0.18 acres, and went under contract in 31 days at 96.3% of its original asking price. There were no condominium or townhome closings in the window, so every figure here is detached single-family.
Is White Settlement part of Fort Worth?
No. White Settlement is its own incorporated city in Tarrant County, with its own city government and its own school district, bordered by Fort Worth. Tarrant County’s published list of incorporated areas names the two separately. The 76108 ZIP and the mailing address lead many buyers to assume otherwise, and the city line changes both the tax rate and the school assignment.
Why do smaller homes in White Settlement sell for more per square foot?
Partly because fixed components — roof, kitchen, mechanical systems, lot — do not shrink with the floor plan, which is true in most markets. In this city there is a second reason: the smallest stock has no new-construction equivalent competing with it, while houses in the 1,400-to-1,600-square-foot range do. Homes under 1,000 square feet closed at a median $208 per square foot; homes of 1,400 to 1,600 square feet closed at $132.
What school district serves White Settlement?
White Settlement ISD, which is a separate district from Fort Worth ISD. Attendance zones are assigned address by address and do not always follow the lines people expect, so confirm the zone for the exact address with the district before you write an offer rather than relying on a listing’s description.
What are property taxes in White Settlement?
The City of White Settlement’s adopted rate for tax year 2026 is $0.762261 per $100 of valuation, per the city’s own property tax page, and White Settlement ISD’s 2026 adopted rate is $1.152800, per Tarrant County’s Truth in Taxation summary. County-level units are levied on top of both, and no combined 2026 figure is published yet — the county’s summary page is where to check the full stack for a specific address. I am a Realtor, not a tax professional; take rate questions to the Tarrant County tax office or your own tax advisor.
If you own a house here, the number that matters is not the city median — it is what houses of your size and vintage closed at, and whether yours sits in the protected small end or the exposed middle. That comparison takes half an hour to run properly, and it is the difference between a listing that sells in three weeks and one that joins the 26%. If you would rather just ask, send me a text — or call 817-703-1333. A market analysis is an opinion of value, not an appraisal.
About Eric Duran
Eric Duran is the founder and Realtor behind The Fort Real Estate, a boutique brokerage in Fort Worth, Texas. A former firefighter and paramedic, he’s guided buyers and sellers across West Fort Worth since 2020 — from TCU, Colonial, and Tanglewood to Ridglea, Arlington Heights, and the new builds out in Aledo. He has been recognized as a Fort Worth Real Producers Top Agent in 2025 and 2026, a list ranked by yearly MLS sales volume and limited to the top 1,000 agents in the market, and was featured in the magazine as an “Agent on the Rise” in May 2025. Reach Eric at 817-703-1333 or thefortre.com.