White Settlement

Written by Eric Duran — Founder and Realtor, The Fort Real Estate · Updated October 20, 2026

The short answer: White Settlement is really two markets. The median is $215,000 across 156 closings in the twelve months to October 2026 — 1,350 square feet, built around 1960, about $170 a foot. But homes built since 2020 closed at a median $370,000 and 98.6% of asking, against 96.3% for the market overall. It is also the closest address to the Lockheed Martin gate, with its own city government and its own school district in White Settlement ISD, not Fort Worth ISD.

White Settlement is its own city, not a Fort Worth neighborhood — an incorporated municipality in 76108 with its own city government and its own school district, wrapped by Fort Worth on three sides. That distinction is not trivia. It changes your tax rate and your schools.

It is also the closest place to live to the Lockheed Martin entrance. From S Cherry Lane and White Settlement Road the plant gate is four to eight minutes away, about a mile and a half, arriving at 6:30 on a weekday morning. Nowhere else on the west side is close to that.

The housing stock is two different markets sharing one ZIP code. Most of it is the original post-war build-out — 71 of the homes that closed in the past year were built before 1960, at a median of $170,000 for about 1,100 square feet. But 45 of 155 closed sales, nearly a third, were built in 2000 or later, and the homes built since 2020 closed at a median of $370,000 for about 1,850 square feet. A median across all of it lands at $215,000 and describes neither one.

Worth knowing if you are selling: the newer homes are holding their price better. Homes built 2020 or later closed at 98.6% of their original asking price, while pre-1960 homes closed at 94.9%. The older stock is where buyers negotiate.

White Settlement ISD serves the city, a separate district from Fort Worth ISD — which surprises people who assume a Fort Worth mailing address means Fort Worth schools. Confirm the attendance zone for the exact address before you make an offer.

The combined property tax rate is 2.407% for 2026, toward the higher end of the west side. Westworth Village is 1.996% and Benbrook 2.098%, so on a $215,000 home the difference against Benbrook is roughly $660 a year. That is the trade for being this close to the plant.

One honest note, because people ask and the answer is rarely written down: you hear the jets. I lived here for a few years and they were very loud. In my experience it has never changed an offer — it comes up in conversation and people buy the house anyway — but you should know before you tour, not after.