Incorporated 1931 · low-density by design
Estate-lot reserve carved from Amon G. Carter-era estate land
City · Tarrant County
Westover Hills
Population ~641 · fort-worth-isd
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Own municipal police
Despite ~711 residents · ~1 sq mi · entirely surrounded by FW
FWISD serves residents
Public-school students attend FW Independent SD
Local News
Westover Hills headlines
What's happening in Westover Hills right now
🏛️ History
Routinely ranked among the wealthiest places in America
In 2000, Westover Hills was the wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income and ranked twelfth in the United States. The town later ranked among the top five wealthiest U.S. suburbs in a 2021 RenoFi study. Source: CultureMap Fort Worth; TSHA Handbook of Texas.
2021 · Source: fortworth.culturemap.com
🏛️ Civic
About 641 residents in 277 households
Westover Hills's 2020 census population was 641. The town's footprint of about a square mile sits six miles west of downtown Fort Worth, off Interstate 30. Source: TSHA Handbook of Texas; Town of Westover Hills.
Ongoing · Source: westoverhills.us
🏛️ Heritage
Westover Hills incorporated 1931 on land that had been part of Amon G. Carter's estate
Per TSHA, Westover Hills incorporated May 6, 1931 on land that had been part of the Amon G. Carter estate. Platted explicitly as a low-density residential community — character preserved through nearly a century. Source: TSHA.
From across Tarrant County
🗳️ Election
Contested mayor races in nine Tarrant cities on May 2 ballot
The May 2, 2026 ballot featured contested races for mayor in nine Tarrant cities: Arlington, Euless, Keller, Kennedale, North Richland Hills, Pelican Bay, Sansom Park, Westlake, and Westover Hills. The slate also included numerous city council positions, school board trustee seats, and other municipal offices across the county. Source: NBC 5 DFW / Tarrant County Elections.
🗳️ Politics
Taylor Rehmet (D) wins Texas State Senate District 9 special election
In Tarrant County's state Senate District 9 special election held November 4, 2025, Democrat Taylor Rehmet finished as the top vote-getter, ahead by roughly 14,000 votes and a margin of nearly 15%. Rehmet replaces Republican Kelly Hancock, who left the seat in 2025 to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet completes the remainder of Hancock's term. Source: NBC 5 DFW.
Around Town
Around Town
Westover Hills's places, people, and traditions
Landmark
Shady Oaks Country Club neighbor
The town sits adjacent to Shady Oaks Country Club, the longtime golfing home of Fort Worth native Ben Hogan and a defining feature of west-side Fort Worth's affluent corridor.
Year-round
Heritage
An exclusive 1939 enclave
Westover Hills incorporated in 1939 as a deliberately small, residential-only enclave, with no commercial development inside the town limits. That zoning is the foundation of its modern identity.
Year-round
Park
Walkable leafy streets
The town is known for its tree-canopied lanes and pedestrian-friendly residential blocks rather than a traditional park system; the streetscape itself is the public space.
Year-round
Known for
- Wealthiest suburb of Fort Worth
- Luxury estate community (~277 homes)
- Once ranked top per-capita income in Texas
- Incorporated 1939 as Class A city
The Story of Westover Hills
Westover Hills is the wealthy crown of Tarrant County — a small enclave six miles west of Fort Worth long home to the area's cattle and oil fortunes. Much of the land was originally owned by newspaper magnate and Fort Worth booster Amon G. Carter, with the first plats drawn in 1929.
Developer A. C. Luther and the prominent architect Wyatt C. Hedrick began building out the hills in the early 1930s after buying the land from Carter, envisioning an exclusive community of spacious estates amid natural beauty.
The town incorporated in 1939 and became, in the words of one history, 'ground zero' for Fort Worth's elite during the 1930s and 1940s.
That status has endured: in 2000 Westover Hills ranked as the wealthiest place in Texas by per capita income — a tiny, tree-lined town of grand homes entirely surrounded by Fort Worth.
Sources: Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas.
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Sports
Westover Hills Sports (Fort Worth ISD)
School-district athletics + city rec
ISD Athletics
Fort Worth ISD — Arlington Heights HS
Westover Hills students participate in Fort Worth ISD athletics. UIL classification varies by HS enrollment.
Source: Fort Worth ISD
Community Rec
Westover Hills parks + community programs
City Parks & Rec coordinates youth + adult community recreation programs scaled to Westover Hills's pop.
Source: City of Westover Hills
Cross-District
Friday-night football in the surrounding district
For HS football fans, the closest district games are in Fort Worth ISD stadiums — typically a short drive within the Mid-Cities or NE/NW Tarrant corridor.
Source: Fort Worth ISD
⭐ Game of the week
Carroll Dragons — district football (anchor program)
🏈 District football ·
Tarrant County's anchor programs — Carroll (8 state titles), Keller (top-of-district 5A), Mansfield (B-rated district), Arlington Martin (AISD flagship), Fossil Ridge (KISD power program) — get priority weekly coverage from the news radar. Carroll Dragons headline the off-season anchor framing; weekly schedule populates from MaxPreps DFW + each ISD's athletics site.
📜 On this day in Tarrant County sports
1988
🏈 Carroll (Southlake) Dragons claim 1st state football championship — beginning of the dynasty that would produce 8 UIL state titles. Under coach Bob Ledbetter.
1993
🏈 Carroll Dragons capture their 3rd state football title (1988, 1992, 1993 = three-in-a-row 3A run under Coach Ledbetter; QB Kris Brown led the '93 squad past Cuero).
2011
🏈 Carroll Dragons win their 8th and most recent UIL state football title — capping the program's run as Tarrant County's most successful HS football dynasty.
2018
🥎 Mansfield Tigers softball reaches UIL state semifinals — anchor moment for MISD's growing softball program under HC Gregory George's broader program leadership.
2026
🏃 Keller ISD sends 11 athletes to UIL State Track & Field — multiple medal-stand finishes per district release.
📻 Radio guide
Southlake Carroll Dragons football
KKGM 1630 AM (Fort Worth; news/sports) — exclusive radio home of Carroll football
Dragon Sports Network
Aledo Bearcats football (Tarrant-area marquee program)
KTFW-FM 92.1 'Hank FM' (LKCM Radio Group; country) — flagship for Aledo broadcasts
Aledo Sports Network
Arlington ISD football (Martin · Lamar · Bowie)
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — official AISD broadcast partner
NFHS Network
Mansfield Tigers football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Mansfield ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Keller / Fossil Ridge (Keller ISD) football
NFHS Network (streaming platform) — Keller ISD live broadcasts
NFHS Network
Fort Worth-area HS football game of the week
KTCU-FM 88.7 'The Choice' (TCU student station, Fort Worth)
KTCU 88.7
🏆 UIL playoff bracket
No active Tarrant County UIL playoff bracket on the desk. Populates when a Tarrant County team is in a UIL playoff round (football, basketball, baseball/softball, volleyball). Source: UIL playoff records.
Activities
Things to do in Westover Hills
Kids, library, sports, fitness, classes, camps, open play — sourced from libraries, parks, and partner orgs across Westover Hills.
No activities currently on the desk for Westover Hills. New programs are added when partner orgs publish a public schedule. See this weekend across Tarrant County or tip the desk on a missing program.
Civic & Government
Civic & Government
Westover Hills city hall, schools, and county connection
Government
Type A general-law town
Westover Hills is governed by a mayor and five aldermen. The town was incorporated in 1939.
Schools
Served by Fort Worth ISD
Westover Hills students attend Fort Worth Independent School District, with many residents enrolling at nearby private schools as well.
County
Tarrant County (judge Tim O'Hare)
Westover Hills sits in Tarrant County. Commissioners Court meets at 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth. Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare; sheriff Bill Waybourn.
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By the Numbers
By the Numbers
Pop
~711 residents
Per most recent Census, ~711. One of smallest municipalities in Tarrant by headcount, even as ranks among highest per-capita income statewide.
2020 · Source: Wikipedia
Land Area
Under 1 sq mi total area
<1 sq mi — footprint has not materially changed since incorporation. Fully built out — no annexation possible because FW surrounds on every side.
Census · Source: Wikipedia
Population
641
Source: 2020 U.S. Census
Type
city
School District
fort-worth-isd
Ask the Desk
Questions about Westover Hills
What are Tarrant County's 2025 property tax rates?
Tarrant County (general portion): ~$0.19 per $100. City of Fort Worth: $1.0624. City of Arlington: $1.0929 (down ~1¢ from 2024). Combined rates from Fort Worth ISD + City of Fort Worth + Tarrant County College bring the total for most Fort …
Who is Tarrant County's County Judge?
Tim O'Hare. He is the 33rd County Judge of Tarrant County since the county's founding in 1849, took office January 1, 2023, and his current term runs through January 1, 2027. He is running for re-election November 3, 2026, and has said the …
Who is Tarrant County's Sheriff?
Bill E. Waybourn. Source: Tarrant County elected officials (tarrantcountytx.gov).
Who is the State Senator for Tarrant County's District 9?
Taylor Rehmet (Democrat), who won the November 4, 2025 special election to replace Republican Kelly Hancock — Hancock left to become acting state comptroller. Rehmet won by roughly 14,000 votes (~15% margin) and is completing the remainder …
Which ISD serves Westover Hills?
Fort Worth ISD serves Westover Hills. FWISD earned a C (73) on TEA 2024-25 accountability and enrolls approximately 70,184 students district-wide, though many Westover Hills children attend private schools given the town's high income level…
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History
Founded 1939
The cozy, walkable enclave Fort Worth's wealth built
Westover Hills sits six miles west of downtown Fort Worth off Interstate 30, in west central Tarrant County. The town was platted in the early twentieth century as an exclusive residential enclave; residents incorporated it in 1939 to lock in residential-only zoning and self-govern outside Fort Worth's boundaries. The population was 260 in the late 1940s, grew to 350 by the late 1960s, reached 717 in the late 1980s, and was 641 at the 2020 census, spread across roughly 277 households. In 2000 Westover Hills was the wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income and the twelfth-highest-income place in the United States, and it has continued to land near the top of nationwide affluent-suburb rankings. Despite that wealth, the town is known locally as a cozy, walkable, leafy haven rather than a gated compound. Sources: TSHA Handbook of Texas; Town of Westover Hills; CultureMap Fort Worth; Wikipedia.
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