Fort Worth neighborhood guides
The best Fort Worth neighborhoods for the house you want
Best depends on the house. So we measured the two things that decide most of it, how big the houses are and how much land they sit on, in 13 neighborhoods where we buy, sell and build.
Measured, not ranked
Every neighborhood, measured the same way.
A top-ten list is someone else’s idea of a good life. What we can give you is the housing stock itself: the median house and the median lot, neighborhood by neighborhood, from the county’s parcel records.
Bigger is not better on this board. The median lot runs from 6,250 sq ft in Arlington Heights to 18,215 sq ft in Mira Vista, and both are somebody’s right answer.
Half the houses are larger, half smaller. Open a row for the notes and our pages there.
Median house, living area
Median lot
Where most of our work is now · A to Z
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Arlington Heights
West side · 1920s–1950s
Craftsman bungalows and Tudor cottages from the 1920s and '30s beside mid-century houses that have been updated since — a genuine mix rather than one era, on oak-shaded streets.
House 1,508 sq ftLot 6,250 sq ftOur work here: 4 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 1,508 sq ft:
- which is why so much of the work here is finding room, not finishing it
- Lot 6,250 sq ft:
- 50 ft wide by 130 deep — and a third are narrower than 50
Also measured
- Built before 1940
- 57%
- 567 in the 1920s and 434 in the 1930s, out of 1,971 houses
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Crestline
West side · 1920s on
Cottages, Tudors and bungalows laid out around the golf course from 1911 on, 1980s houses, and a newer layer, nearly a third built since 2000, on the same streets.
House 3,265 sq ftLot 7,500 sq ftOur work here: 1 projectBehind the two figures
- House 3,265 sq ft:
- a quarter are over 4,468, and the top tenth pass 5,643
- Lot 7,500 sq ft:
- 52 ft wide at the median, but the top quarter run past 100
Also measured
- Median year built
- 1980
- and 31% were built since 2000, which is not what the street looks like
Our pages for Crestline
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Mira Vista
Southwest · 1990s
Late-1990s and 2000s custom houses on a bit over four tenths of an acre, behind a gate, usually with a three-car garage and a pool in the back yard. Styles run traditional to Mediterranean to contemporary rather than repeating one form.
House 4,703 sq ftLot 18,215 sq ftOur work here: 2 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 4,703 sq ft:
- a quarter run past 5,665, and the top tenth past 6,856
- Lot 18,215 sq ft:
- a median frontage of 136 feet, and a recorded median lot area a shade over 0.4 acre
Also measured
- Houses with a pool
- 418 of 696
- three in five, which is why the yard is usually part of the conversation
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Overton Park
TCU and Tanglewood · 1960s
Low-slung 1960s stock: one-story ranch houses with mid-century modern and two-story colonial mixed among them, on lots running about a third of an acre under mature canopy.
House 2,967 sq ftLot 14,664 sq ftOur work here: 3 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 2,967 sq ft:
- a quarter run past 3,594, and the top tenth past 4,274
- Lot 14,664 sq ft:
- 118 feet across at the median, and 147 deep
Also measured
- Houses with a pool
- 246 of 691
- more than one in three
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Ridglea Hills
West side · 1950–1970
Post-war ranches, traditional brick, and larger custom houses on the elevated lots — most of the neighborhood is fifty to seventy years old.
House 2,351 sq ftLot 15,000 sq ftOur work here: 3 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 2,351 sq ft:
- a quarter are over 2,996, and the top tenth pass 3,769
- Lot 15,000 sq ft:
- 104 ft wide by 155 deep — three times the width of a pre-war Fort Worth lot
Also measured
- Houses with a pool
- 1 in 4
- 356 of the 1,412 single-family parcels record one
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Tanglewood
TCU and Tanglewood · 1950s–70s
Mid-century ranches under big trees, most of them fifty to seventy years old, with a run of larger two-story houses that went up as the neighborhood filled in.
House 3,113 sq ftLot 12,420 sq ftOur work here: 3 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 3,113 sq ft:
- a quarter are over 3,821 — these are large houses already
- Lot 12,420 sq ft:
- 102 ft wide by 136 deep
Also measured
- Houses with a pool
- 1 in 3
- 221 of the 663 single-family parcels record one
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TCU / Westcliff
TCU and Tanglewood · 1940s–50s
Postwar brick: 1940s Minimal Traditional cottages at the north end, one-story ranches as the neighborhood ran south, split levels where the ground rolls, and larger two-story houses toward Westcliff West.
House 1,852 sq ftLot 10,950 sq ftOur work here: 2 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 1,852 sq ft:
- a quarter come in under 1,421, and the top tenth pass 3,380
- Lot 10,950 sq ft:
- 78 feet wide at the median, and only 15 of 1,203 fall under the 50-ft minimum width
Also measured
- Built since 2010
- 71 houses
- against a median year built of 1948 — the scrape-and-rebuild pressure, counted
Our pages for TCU / Westcliff
More of the neighborhoods we work in · A to Z
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Eagle Mountain Lake
Far north · 1990s–2020s
Modern brick and stone traditional houses built between the mid-1990s and the 2020s, on ordinary suburban lots near a lake — new stock rather than a renovation market.
House not measured yetLot 7,042 sq ftOur work here: 1 projectBehind the two figures
- Lot 7,042 sq ft:
- 62.8 ft wide by 111.8 deep — a modern suburban lot, not a lake estate
Also measured
- Built since 2000
- 99.1%
- 519 houses in the 2000s and 146 in the 2010s — there is no pre-war stock here at all
- Already have a pool
- 119 of 690
- just over one in six
Our pages for Eagle Mountain Lake
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Ridglea North
West side · 1940s–1950s
Post-war bungalows on wide, flat lots — a quarter of them under 1,273 square feet and the top tenth reaching nearly 3,000, with 305 of the 1,018 recording no garage at all.
House not measured yetLot 9,044 sq ftNo project of ours here yetBehind the two figures
- Lot 9,044 sq ft:
- 69.2 ft wide by 143.9 deep, and 161 of the 1,018 parcels are narrower than 55 feet
Also measured
- Built 1941–1979
- 92.3%
- 584 houses in the 1940s and 333 in the 1950s — the median year built is 1947
- No garage
- 30%
- 305 of 1,018 houses record none, which is why an addition here so often turns into a question about where the cars go
- Houses with a pool
- 9.9%
- 101 of 1,018
Our pages for Ridglea North
- Nothing yet. Ask an agent about Ridglea North.
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Wedgwood
Southwest · 1950s–1970s
Post-war ranches and traditional brick, built between about 1950 and 1975 on wide, flat lots — a consistent stock rather than a mix of eras.
House 1,864 sq ftLot 10,725 sq ftOur work here: 2 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 1,864 sq ft:
- a quarter run past 2,180, and the top tenth reach 2,448
- Lot 10,725 sq ft:
- 84 ft wide by 137 deep — and not one parcel of 2,084 is under the 50 ft minimum
Also measured
- Built 1941–1979
- 99.6%
- 990 houses in the 1950s and 1,041 in the 1960s — the neighborhood went up in twenty years
Our pages for Wedgwood
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Berkeley Place
Near Southside · 1928
Period-revival brick and stucco from the twenties and thirties — Tudor, Spanish and Colonial, one and two stories, on 60-foot lots that repeat down the block under a deep canopy.
House 2,317 sq ftLot 9,000 sq ftOur work here: 2 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 2,317 sq ft:
- a quarter of them run past 3,056 square feet
- Lot 9,000 sq ft:
- 62 feet across at the median, and 146 feet deep
Also measured
- Houses with a pool
- 95 of 549
- a little over one in six
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Mistletoe Heights
Near Southside · 1922
A genuinely pre-war neighborhood — the median house dates to 1922, four in five went up before 1940, and the original deed restrictions banned frame construction, which is why brick and stucco run these streets.
House 1,952 sq ftLot 7,740 sq ftOur work here: 4 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 1,952 sq ft:
- a quarter are under 1,588, a quarter over 2,584
- Lot 7,740 sq ft:
- 57.7 ft wide by 134.8 deep; half fall between 6,450 and 9,240
Also measured
- Single-family lots
- 428
- the whole neighborhood, on about 172 acres above the Clear Fork
Our pages for Mistletoe Heights
- Garage apartments in Mistletoe Heights
- Home additions in Mistletoe Heights
- Kitchen remodels in Mistletoe Heights
- Master bath remodels in Mistletoe Heights
- Whole-home remodels in Mistletoe Heights
- Mistletoe Heights Garage Conversion ADU
- Mistletoe Heights Kitchen & Primary Expansion
- Mistletoe Heights Primary Bath Remodel
- Mistletoe Heights Whole-Home Remodel
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Ryan Place
Near Southside · 1939
Later than the streets suggest — the median house here dates to 1939, and there are nearly as many houses from the 1940s as from the 1920s. One-story cottages and larger stately homes, prairie through Mediterranean, on wide tree-lined streets.
House 1,691 sq ftLot 7,500 sq ftOur work here: 2 projectsBehind the two figures
- House 1,691 sq ft:
- the top tenth run past 3,164
- Lot 7,500 sq ft:
- 55.1 ft wide by 140.5 deep — deep lots, and the widths vary a lot
Also measured
- Lots under 50 ft wide
- 21%
- so there is no single Ryan Place lot — the width is the thing to check first
Source Tarrant Appraisal District parcel records, read through the City of Fort Worth’s GIS, measured August 26, 2026 to September 20, 2026. Medians across each neighborhood’s single-family parcels; every bar is drawn to the ruler at the top of its column. Not on the board yet, because nothing is measured: Monticello, Park Hill, Fairmount. Measured by another county, so listed below rather than drawn here: Aledo.
The full guides
Three neighborhoods, written up with the sources behind every claim.
Mira Vista
4,703 sq ft house · 18,215 sq ft lot
Inside the guide
The two school districts it sits in, the committee that reviews exterior work before the city does, and the houses we’ve worked on there.
Read the Mira Vista guide →
Overton Park
2,967 sq ft house · 14,664 sq ft lot
Inside the guide
What the parcel record says about scraping a house here, the two zoning districts it is split between, and the greenbelt the developer deeded to the city.
Read the Overton Park guide →
Tanglewood
3,113 sq ft house · 12,420 sq ft lot
Inside the guide
The 2020 school-zone split, the boundary as the city draws it, and the houses we’ve worked on there.
Read the Tanglewood guide →Every neighborhood we cover
Where we buy, sell and build, by part of town.
West side
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Arlington Heights
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Crestline
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Monticello
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Ridglea Hills
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Ridglea North
Southwest
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Mira Vista Guide
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Wedgwood
TCU and Tanglewood
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Overton Park Guide
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Park Hill
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Tanglewood Guide
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TCU / Westcliff
Far north
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Eagle Mountain Lake
Near Southside
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Berkeley Place
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Fairmount
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Mistletoe Heights
Garage apartmentsHome additionsKitchen remodelsMaster bath remodelsWhole-home remodels
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Ryan Place
Home additionsKitchen remodelsMaster bath remodelsWhole-home remodels
West of the city, in Parker County
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Aledo
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Questions buyers ask
Choosing a Fort Worth neighborhood.
What are the best neighborhoods in Fort Worth?
It depends on the house you want, which is why this page does not rank them. It measures them instead: the median house and the median lot in each neighborhood, from Tarrant Appraisal District parcel records. If you want room for a pool, a garage apartment or an addition later, read the lot column first. If you want less house to keep up, read the house column. On this page the median lot runs from 6,250 sq ft in Arlington Heights to 18,215 sq ft in Mira Vista, and the median house from 1,508 sq ft in Arlington Heights to 4,703 sq ft in Mira Vista. An agent can take you from those numbers to the streets and the listings.
Where do these house and lot figures come from?
From Tarrant Appraisal District parcel records, read through the City of Fort Worth's GIS and measured between August 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026. Each figure is a median across the single-family parcels inside that neighborhood's boundary, so half the houses are larger and half are smaller. It describes the neighborhood's housing stock, not any one house. For a specific address, the appraisal district's own record is the number to check before you write an offer.
How do I find out which school a house is zoned to?
Ask the school district about that exact address. Fort Worth ISD publishes a School Finder that answers it, and it is worth checking every time, because attendance zones move when a new campus opens. Some addresses with a Fort Worth mailing address are served by a different district altogether. For how a campus is rated, the Texas Education Agency publishes an accountability rating for each one. Those two sources settle it; a listing description does not.
Why is Aledo missing from the house and lot comparison?
Because it is measured by a different appraisal district. Parker County's bulk parcel records carry lot size but no living area, and they measure lots inside and outside a city separately. Drawing those figures to the same scale as the Tarrant County ones would compare two different measurements as if they were one, so Aledo sits in the list of neighborhoods below instead, with its own pages.
Can I find out what a house would take to change before I buy it?
Yes, and it is the reason to buy through us. Our agents represent buyers and sellers; the building is done by 6th Ave Homes’ construction and design teams, which work in the same company. When a house you like needs work, one of those builders can walk it with you and your agent before you write an offer, so you know what the kitchen or the addition would take, and roughly what it would cost, while you can still walk away.
What does “not measured yet” mean on the comparison?
That the figure is not yet in the measurements we publish for that neighborhood, so there is no bar to draw. We would rather leave the gap than fill it with an estimate. Every neighborhood we cover is still in the list further down the page, with its guide or its service pages where they exist.
Before you choose
Pick the neighborhood once you’ve seen the houses in it.
Tell us the part of town and the house you have in mind. An agent will walk it with you, and bring a builder along when the house needs one.
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Sources House and lot figures: Tarrant Appraisal District parcels via the City of Fort Worth GIS. School zone for a specific address: Fort Worth ISD School Finder. Campus ratings: Texas Education Agency.