White Settlement, Texas

Area Profile

18,150 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for White Settlement, in Tarrant County.

57out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 45% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 16 sources
Opportunity2,504th of 4,199 cities measured52
SchoolsTop 48% of 4,162 cities measured51
Growth2,699th of 4,224 cities measured44
Housing affordability2,185th of 4,218 cities measured66
Climate2,620th of 4,225 cities measured67
Physical resilienceTop 49% of 4,226 cities measured59
AccessTop 45% of 4,226 cities measured94
Economic stability3,327th of 4,226 cities measured40
The quick read

Unemployment is 4.6% and median household income $56,784, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured. The unemployment rate is published for Tarrant County, TX, which contains White Settlement, rather than for White Settlement alone.

In the public schools here, 49% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 15.4 students for every teacher. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Tarrant County, TX, which contains White Settlement, rather than for White Settlement alone.

Residential permitting has slowed: 21 units authorized over the past twelve months, 19% below the prior year. That follows a longer stretch moving the other way, through 2025.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
18,150
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$56,784
Bottom 34% nationally
Density
3,603/sq mi
5 sq mi of land
Median age
35.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Texas
Nearest major airport
AFW
18 mi · Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance
Median home value
$187,100
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Tarrant County, TX, which contains White Settlement, is 4.6% — higher than in all but 40% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Tarrant County, TX, which contains White Settlement, grew 0.2% over the past year, to 1,162,059 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsTarrant County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$70,31646th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftTarrant County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$73,62053rd percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$3,3452024 ACS 5-Year$56,784Bottom 34%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,5232024 ACS 5-Year$25,439Bottom 21%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year12.5%Bottom 43%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.9 min2024 ACS 5-Year24.3 minTop 37%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year17.4%Bottom 42%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year73.5%38th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentTarrant County, TX’s figureJuly 20261,162,059Top 5%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Tarrant County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+3.2%Top 12%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Tarrant County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.2%Top 31%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceTarrant County, TX’s figureJuly 20261,218,72095th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year77.2%Bottom 46%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$70,630Top 45%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$51,440Top 48%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.2%2024 ACS 5-Year0.1%74th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Tarrant County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.4%Bottom 24%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateTarrant County, TX’s figureJuly 20264.6%Bottom 40%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year10.2%61st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202457k50k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $56,784 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers128,380$28,070
General and Operations Managers125,090$111,010
Stockers and Order Fillers111,100$37,590
Retail Salespersons100,340$33,400
Customer Service Representatives96,930$44,990
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand81,940$38,510

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Tarrant County, TX, which contains this city.

49% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 48% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Tarrant County, TX, which contains White Settlement, rather than for White Settlement alone.

There are 15.4 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Tarrant County, TX, which contains White Settlement, rather than for White Settlement alone.

Public schools
—
Students per teacher
15.4
Math proficiency
49.2%
Bottom 43% in Texas
Reading proficiency
47.9%
Top 40% in Texas

The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Tarrant County, TX: too few schools in White Settlement reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 2% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 102.5, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX Metropolitan Division is up 34% over five years, and up 0.7% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $2,762 a year in real estate taxes, about 1.48% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,711, some 37% above the $1,253 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,711 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $68,400 a year, about 120% of the median household income here of $56,784.

The typical renter household here spends 34% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,253 a month.

A median home at $187,100 costs 2.7 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $69,161, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Cost of living
102.5

Prices here run about 2% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
33.6%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.7×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,711
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,253
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$187,100
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against White Settlement’s median household income of $56,784, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area’s figure2023102.5Bottom 42%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+0.7%15th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+34.4%27th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+98.9%60th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.42024 ACS 5-Year2.7Bottom 43%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year60.7%21st percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4822024 ACS 5-Year7,48592nd percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,462Bottom 46%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,258Bottom 47%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,711Bottom 46%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$802024 ACS 5-Year$1,253Bottom 29%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,7042024 ACS 5-Year$187,10050th percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$2282024 ACS 5-Year$2,76270th percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$9,0142024 ACS 5-Year$69,161Bottom 36%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.14%2024 ACS 5-Year1.48%77th percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year33.6%Bottom 25%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±232024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year13.0%74th percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3202024 ACS 5-Year97695th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

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Permitting has been rising for the last 2 years of a series running from 2020 to 2025. That is the direction of the recent run. The chart below compares the first year with the last, which can point the other way.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has fallen 1% since 2020, to 18,099 in 2024.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 21 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.

Federal tax returns show that people moving in from elsewhere in the US and people moving out roughly balanced across Tarrant County, which contains White Settlement, in the most recent year. Households that moved in reported an average income of $70,316, close to the $73,620 of households that moved out.

At 1.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
21
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
1.2
Bottom 28% nationally
Year over year
−19%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202418k18k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been holding roughly steady, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.1%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
39%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$70,316
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$73,620
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Dallas County, TX 25,211 people · 24% of arrivals
  2. Denton County, TX 8,325 people · 7.8% of arrivals
  3. Johnson County, TX 4,145 people · 3.9% of arrivals
  4. Collin County, TX 3,258 people · 3.0% of arrivals
  5. Parker County, TX 3,115 people · 2.9% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Dallas County, TX 18,489 people · 18% of departures
  2. Denton County, TX 9,875 people · 9.4% of departures
  3. Johnson County, TX 7,555 people · 7.2% of departures
  4. Parker County, TX 5,618 people · 5.4% of departures
  5. Collin County, TX 3,280 people · 3.1% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Tarrant County, TX. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

Housing units permitted per year

202020212022202320242025558.0
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was lower than 2020 (−46%).

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 97°F and January a low of 37°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 32.6 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 54, in the Moderate band, and about 30 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station FT WORTH NAS, 1.0 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year972024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals32.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals37°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals97°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year302024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year542024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals39°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
54
Moderate on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
97
90th percentile index
Days above 100
30
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

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Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and hail, with inland flooding alone responsible for 40% of it. Inland flooding is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

TornadoModerate
HailElevated
WildfireModerate
LightningModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, cold wave, inland flooding, ice storm, winter weather, earthquake, strong wind, landslide, hurricane, drought, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Violent crime
288
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year
Property crime
1,689
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year

Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.

White Settlement's police department reported 288 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, near the middle of places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 1,689.

Tarrant County records 5.0 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 13.3 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 20.0 per 100,000 residents in Tarrant County.

Homicide
5.0
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
13.3
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
20.0
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
13.7
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Offenses are reported to the FBI by White Settlement’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around White Settlement (Tarrant County) rather than White Settlement itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance at 18 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year88.9%Bottom 46%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle18 miBottom 49%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle5Top 45%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year8.9%Bottom 43%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Perot Fld/Fort Worth AllianceAFW18 mi11,125 ft
Dallas-Fort Worth IntlDFW26 mi13,401 ft
Dallas Love FldDAL36 mi8,800 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
DallasDallas County1,307,93060Dallas vs White Settlement
Fort WorthTarrant County963,19462Fort Worth vs White Settlement
ArlingtonTarrant County397,74261Arlington vs White Settlement
PlanoCollin County290,59470
IrvingDallas County256,49259
GarlandDallas County246,84458
FriscoCollin County219,30475
McKinneyCollin County210,60072
Grand PrairieDallas County201,88362
DentonDenton County152,86667
MesquiteDallas County149,29956
CarrolltonDenton County133,74065

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
SafetyFederal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer
Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency
2025 calendar year
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.