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Walsh vs Willow Park
Same A-rated district, two different products: the master-plan ecosystem against the small city that built itself a downtown.
The verdict, up front
Both sides zone to A-rated Aledo ISD, so the usual tiebreaker is off the table — this matchup is about what the monthly premium buys. Walsh is the flagship master plan: the amenity campus, its own market, gig fiber as standard, Walsh Elementary inside the plan — funded by a PID that pushes the effective tax load to roughly 2.73% (the adopted 2.366% Fort Worth–in–Parker stack plus a ~$0.36 assessment on most newer planning areas). Willow Park delivers the same district from an ordinary city at 2.089%, and spends its civic energy on The District's restaurant row and the Crown Pointe medical cluster instead. At Walsh's $550K entry point, the tax-and-assessment gap runs roughly $290 a month — the price of the plan being the product. Buyers who will use the ecosystem pay it knowingly and happily; buyers who just want the district at the lowest carrying cost keep landing in Willow Park.
Side by side, verified
| Walsh | Willow Park | |
|---|---|---|
| THE TAX LINE | FW-in-Parker stack 2.366% (2026–27 adopted) + PID ≈$0.36 on most newer areas → effective ≈2.73% | 2.089% total, 2026–27 adopted (city 0.429041, Aledo ISD side) |
| SCHOOLS | Aledo ISD — Walsh Elementary on site | Aledo ISD (most addresses; seam with WISD — verify per address) |
| PRICE POSTURE | The corridor's master-plan premium; townhomes to customs ($550K–$900K core band) | New construction $350–500K band; district premium priced in |
| DAILY LIFE | Own market, amenity campus, gig fiber standard; Clearfork 20–25 min east, The District 10–12 min west | The District at Willow Park (Cork & Pig, live-music pavilion), Parker County Brewing, Crown Pointe medical cluster incl. 24/7 ER |
| COMMUTE | West FW edge — best-positioned master plan for FW jobs | I-20 direct; ~25–35 min to downtown FW off-peak |
| CHARACTER, HONESTLY | The full-ecosystem flagship: the plan IS the product | Small city that added a downtown in one stroke — the corridor's newest retail center plus the medical cluster |
Figures from this site's own verified data layer (tax table, campus files, places layer), October 2026; tax stacks are the adopted 2026–27 rates. Taxes, PID assessments and zones are parcel-specific — verify the exact address and read the PID disclosures before any contract.
The PID is the whole story here. Walsh's underlying taxing units are all adopted for 2026–27 — the Fort Worth–in–Parker stack runs 2.366% (City of Fort Worth 0.70565 + Aledo ISD 1.1775 + the Parker county-side slices) — but the Public Improvement District assessment sits on top at a millage equivalent of roughly $0.36 per $100 for most newer planning areas, after doubling from $0.18 in 2026 (planning areas 1–3 remain near the lower rate). That's what funds the amenity campus, and it's negotiable in one useful way: some buyers direct builder incentive money toward prepaying the assessment. The full dollar math, planning-area nuance, and the payoff play are worked through in the Walsh field notes; every underlying rate lives on the tax table's adoption watch.
Go deeper on each
The full files: the definitive Walsh guide · Walsh field notes with the PID math · the Willow Park vibe file. Run your own numbers: rent or buy in Willow Park · the tax table · compare any two. Adjacent matchups: Walsh vs Morningstar · Aledo vs Willow Park.
Quick answers
Is Walsh or Willow Park better?
Both zone to A-rated Aledo ISD, so the schools mostly cancel out and the trade is what your monthly carrying cost buys. Walsh is the full-ecosystem master plan — the amenity campus, its own market, gig fiber, Walsh Elementary on site — and the PID that funds it pushes the effective tax load to roughly 2.73%. Willow Park delivers the same district from an ordinary city at 2.089%, with an actual downtown (The District) and a medical cluster. The side-by-side on this page puts the verified numbers next to each other.
What are the property taxes in Walsh vs Willow Park?
Walsh: the Fort Worth–in–Parker stack, 2.366% total 2026–27 adopted, plus the Public Improvement District assessment — a millage equivalent of roughly $0.36 per $100 for most newer planning areas (areas 1–3 remain near $0.18) — for an effective load around 2.73%. Willow Park: 2.089% total, 2026–27 adopted (city 0.429041, Aledo ISD side). At Walsh's $550K entry point the gap runs roughly $290 a month. Rates and assessments are parcel-specific — always pull the exact address's taxing entities and PID disclosures before contract.
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