In Walsh, a home on a 50-foot lot in the community's first improvement area owes $597.93 in public improvement district installments for fiscal year 2027. A home on a 50-foot lot in the newest area owes $2,150.30. Both figures come from the same annual service plan, which the Fort Worth City Council adopted on August 25, 2026. The yearly gap is $1,552.37. Price, finish level and appraisal have nothing to do with it. It depends on when that part of the community was built and how wide the lot is.
That is the thing to understand when comparing homes with an Aledo mailing address. The mailing address covers more than one city, more than one school district and more than one county. Inside Walsh and Ventana, the line that changes most between two otherwise similar homes is the assessment, and assessments are set by phase and lot type. Property value doesn't drive them.
One mailing address, three base tax stacks
Start with the ad valorem rates, the part of the bill that does follow value. Every taxing unit below has adopted its rate for the 2026 tax year, and those are the bills going out this fall.
Homes inside the City of Aledo pay these rates per $100 of value:
- Aledo ISD: $1.1775, adopted August 24, according to Community News
- City of Aledo: $0.352415, adopted August 20, according to the Aledo City Council
- Parker County: $0.284719, which now includes the lateral road rate, according to Community News
- Parker County Hospital District: $0.083095, according to the Parker County Hospital District
- Weatherford College: $0.114716, according to Weatherford News
Walsh sits inside Fort Worth city limits and is served by Aledo ISD. So the city line changes to Fort Worth's new rate of $0.70565, according to the Fort Worth Report. Council set that rate on a 7-4 vote, up from 67 cents.
Ventana is also in Fort Worth, but the community's own tax listing puts it in Fort Worth ISD and Tarrant County. For 2026, those units adopted these rates:
- Fort Worth ISD: $1.029099, according to Fort Worth ISD
- Tarrant County: $0.186, according to Community Impact
- JPS hospital district: $0.159, given final approval September 15, according to the Fort Worth Report
- Tarrant County College: $0.12, according to Tarrant County College
- Tarrant Regional Water District: $0.0273, according to the Tarrant Regional Water District
Adding up each set of rates gives the base for a $500,000 taxable value. That base comes before any homestead exemption and before any PID.
| Setting | 2026 combined base rate | Base on $500,000 taxable value |
|---|---|---|
| City of Aledo | about 2.012% | about $10,062 |
| Walsh, using Parker County units | about 2.366% | about $11,828 |
| Ventana | about 2.227% | about $11,135 |
These sums are our own arithmetic from the adopted rates. Walsh crosses into Tarrant County, so a parcel on the Tarrant side will have a different county mix. Fort Worth's rate change by itself adds about $178 a year at $500,000. Fort Worth's tax figures published before September, including the Walsh table dated December 31, 2025, and Ventana's fiscal year 2026 listing, still show 67 cents.
In this table, the gap between the lowest and highest base is roughly $1,766 a year. That's about the same as the gap between two 50-foot lots inside Walsh.
Inside Walsh, the improvement area decides
Fort Worth PID No. 16, Walsh Ranch/Quail Valley, is funded through assessments on each parcel. It is not a flat tax rate. Each improvement area took on its own costs, and each lot type pays a share of its area's total. The fiscal year 2027 plan update lists the results by area.
| Walsh lot type | IA #1 | IA #2 | IA #3 | IA #4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35-foot | $482.14 | $497.53 | $924.52 | $1,706.97 |
| 50-foot | $597.93 | $655.48 | $1,102.42 | $2,150.30 |
| 60-foot | $737.46 | $797.46 | $1,274.07 | $2,642.49 |
| 70-foot | $940.24 | $1,034.55 | $1,518.45 | $3,270.82 |
Improvement Area #4 is where most new Walsh supply will come from. It plans 770 units, and as of June 30, 2026, none had prepaid. Its lot types run from $1,706.97 a year for a 35-foot lot to $5,400.17 for a one-acre custom homesite. One clerical detail matters if you look up the source yourself. The IA #4 table in the city's document carries an "Improvement Area #3" heading, but the paragraph just above it shows it covers the 770 units of Area #4.
The developer describes the same split in simpler terms. Walsh's tax page shows a PID equivalent of about 35 cents per $100, says the rate rose from 18 cents to 36 cents in 2026, and says homes in planning areas 1, 2 and 3 stay near 18 cents. Treat these as approximations. The parcel-level installments in the city filing are the numbers that actually show up on a bill.
Inside Ventana, some phases owe nothing
Ventana splits even more sharply. Under Ventana's August 2026 PID notice, Phases 1 through 5 sit outside Fort Worth PID No. 22, Veale Ranch. Phase 6 is inside the boundary, but the developer gave up the right to request an assessment there, so those homes carry none.
Phase 8 is assessed. The flyer estimates these yearly installments:
- 40-foot lot: $1,948.15
- 50-foot lot: $2,185.09
- 60-foot lot: $2,395.70
- 70-foot lot: $2,632.64
The flyer adds these to the base rates for a total tax-rate equivalent of about 2.64%. That figure uses 2025 Fort Worth data, so it comes before this fall's city rate increase.
Fort Worth City Council's record is a bit higher. On April 28, 2026, Council levied assessments on Veale Ranch Improvement Area No. 5, with yearly installments of $2,195.23 to $2,966.53 by lot width and collection starting in fiscal year 2027. The reimbursement agreement for that area names PMB Ventana Developer South LLC. Those installments use 9.06% interest for the first five years and 7.04% for the remaining 25. The public documents don't confirm that the flyer's "Phase 8" is the same land as the city's "Improvement Area No. 5." The figure to rely on is the one tied to a specific parcel.
Putting it together, a Ventana home in Phases 1 through 6 on a $500,000 taxable value has a 2026 base of about $11,135 and no PID. A Phase 8 home on a 50-foot lot adds about $2,185 by the flyer's estimate, for roughly $13,320. A Walsh home on a 50-foot lot in IA #4 comes to roughly $13,979. The same lot in Walsh's IA #1 comes to roughly $12,426. A City of Aledo home with no add-on district comes to about $10,062. All of these come before exemptions.
Why the assessment follows the house
A PID installment doesn't behave like a tax rate. Ventana's notice says installments are collected over 30 years unless prepaid. The amount covers principal, interest, administrative costs and any reserves, and only the administrative portion can move from year to year. When the home sells, the remaining obligation passes to the buyer. If the seller prepaid in full before the sale, it ends. Assessments can be paid in full, paid in part, or paid as yearly installments, and the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector bills them with the other property taxes.
That has two effects on a transaction. A resale home in an early Walsh area or an unassessed Ventana phase carries a lighter yearly cost than its list price suggests. And a newer phase can bring a 30-year obligation that a mortgage payment estimate built on ad valorem rates alone will leave out.
Homes inside the City of Aledo aren't automatically free of add-ons either. In 2022, the Fort Worth Report said the city approved a development agreement for Dean Ranch, 238 acres along Bailey Ranch Road and FM 1187, with infrastructure financed partly through what the city called its first PID. We found no current assessment figures for it, so check any parcel there individually.
What to request before comparing two homes
- Ask for the parcel's appraisal district account and confirm the taxing units listed for that exact property, especially in Walsh, which crosses two counties.
- Ask which PID improvement area or phase the lot sits in, and what lot type the assessment roll gives it.
- Ask for the current yearly installment from the PID administrator or the city's latest service plan update, not a rate equivalent from a marketing sheet.
- Ask whether the seller has prepaid any part of the assessment.
- Rerun any tax estimate with the rates adopted this fall, since anything published before September uses Fort Worth's old 67-cent rate.
A few questions we hear often
Does a higher home price mean a higher PID bill?
Not in these two districts. Walsh's installments are divided by lot type within each improvement area, and Ventana's are set by phase and lot width.
Did Fort Worth's rate increase raise every bill?
The rate went up, but Fort Worth's average home value fell on the new appraisal rolls. On the city's $232,925 average home, the city portion of the bill drops slightly, from $1,651.82 to $1,643.64. Whether a specific home's bill rises depends on its own appraisal.
Is Parker County's rate going up?
Commissioners adopted a total rate below the no-new-revenue rate on September 28, the seventh straight year the county has lowered its rate. County officials noted that maintenance and operations collections will still rise.
This piece is general cost awareness, not tax advice. A tax professional or the appraisal district can confirm figures for a specific property.
If you're weighing a Walsh lot against a Ventana phase or a home inside Aledo city limits, the Go To Texas Team can pull the assessment roll, improvement area and adopted rates for each property you're considering. Then you'll be comparing full yearly costs, not just list prices. Begin your relocation with the numbers in hand.
