Springtown, Texas.
Typical home $388,733 (+0.6% in a year), asking rent $1,836 . Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,058 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,181 +1%
- $386,552$388,733 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $54,101 +16%
- $334,632$388,733 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Springtown$2,040
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.
Typical home values in Springtown, TX rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Springtown, Parker County, Texas
Springtown is a city of 3,064 people in Parker County. Half its households earn more than $75,391 a year and half less, against $104,443 across Parker County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Parker County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 3.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in construction, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Springtown is a small city in Parker County, and its residents are younger than in much of the country. Household incomes run well below the county's, and the typical home here costs a good deal more than a typical monthly rent would suggest for owners and renters alike. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and short, with January the coldest month, while summers are very hot, with August the warmest month, and rain falls through the year.
Work. Many residents work in the building trades, in shops, in professional and business services, and in schools, hospitals and social care. Springtown ISD and Brookshire's are among the largest workplaces in town, along with Tractor Supply Company. Commutes are long, and few people work from home. Unemployment in Parker County is steady, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Most outings mean a longer drive toward Fort Worth. There you can find the Fort Worth Zoo, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Closer to the water, Eagle Mountain Lake is a reservoir, also a longer drive away, suited to a day by the lake.
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- 1,211households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 44 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Parker County had 42,861 jobs in 2025, 3.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 74°. About 37 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fort Worth Nature Ctr weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Springtown
- Springtown ISDSchool district587FTE
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers126
- Springtown Park Rehabilitation and Care CenterNursing homes89
- SpringtownMail and parcel delivery27
- Tractor Supply Company StoreGeneral merchandise stores24
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 266 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Springtown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Parker County and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro.
Springtown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Springtown$388,733
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Springtown listings, and the typical home goes pending in 35 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Springtown32.66%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Springtown35
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Springtown211
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Springtown41
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Springtown$426,061
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Springtown98.50%
Zip codes with a Springtown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Springtown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.