Walsh: the honest numbers behind the brochure

Walsh is the corridor's flagship — 7,200 acres, Aledo ISD inside Fort Worth city limits, straddling Tarrant and Parker counties, production homes from the mid-$500s into the $900s and custom work past $1M. It's also the clearest example in the corridor of why the advertised price is the start of the math, not the end. Here's the part the model home doesn't volunteer.

The PID math, in public

Walsh's official published total tax rate is 2.689% — city, county, Aledo ISD, plus the Public Improvement District assessment that funds the community's infrastructure. That PID component runs at a millage equivalent of roughly $0.36 per $100 for most newer planning areas — and it doubled from $0.18 in 2026 (planning areas 1–3 remain near the lower rate). On real homes:

Home price	Total taxes @2.689%	≈ PID share @$0.36	Monthly tax burden
$550,000	$14,792/yr	$1,980/yr	$1,233/mo
$700,000	$18,826/yr	$2,520/yr	$1,569/mo
$900,000	$24,205/yr	$3,240/yr	$2,017/mo

Compare: the same $700K home at Weatherford's ~1.90% rate carries about $460 less in monthly taxes. That's not an argument against Walsh — the PID funds amenities people genuinely move there for — it's the number to weigh knowingly, before the design center visit. Two more PID facts worth having: assessments run by lot and for set terms, and PID payoff is sometimes negotiable — some buyers direct builder incentive money toward prepaying the assessment instead of design upgrades, one of the sharpest uses of flex cash available. Ask for the lot's PID payoff figure in writing.

The rest of the file

Incentives: Walsh-area builders advertised $25K–$40K in flex cash this spring — trackable monthly in the Builder Incentive Index — typically tied to preferred lenders; compare that lender's full offer against one outside quote before deciding. Schools: Aledo ISD zoning applies but campus assignment is address-specific in a district growing this fast — verify per lot, in writing. The year-two note: like all new builds, expect the full-value reassessment jump after year one; at Walsh's rate that jump is larger in dollars than anywhere else in the corridor. Run your true monthly number in the rent-vs-buy calculator — it has Walsh's 2.69% rate built in as an option.

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