Official Name: | Town of Westover Hills, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Tarrant |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.84 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.84 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.71 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.71 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 641 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 32.7472°N -97.4144°W |
Elevation Ft: | 607 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 76107 |
Area Code: | 817 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-77788[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2413473 |
Website: | http://westoverhills.us/ |
Westover Hills is a town in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 641 at the 2020 census.
In 2000, Westover Hills was the wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income and the 12th highest-income place in the United States. It has since been surpassed in Texas by both Piney Point Village and Barton Creek. It is still the wealthiest suburb of Fort Worth.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 square mile (1.8 km), all land.
White (NH) | 601 | 93.76% | |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 1 | 0.16% | |
Asian (NH) | 9 | 1.4% | |
Some Other Race (NH) | 4 | 0.62% | |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 12 | 1.87% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 2.18% | |
Total | 641 |
The city of Westover Hills is one of the most reliably Republican jurisdictions in the state of Texas. Every GOP presidential candidate since Thomas Dewey in 1948 has carried the city by over 25 points, with Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush each earning over 90% of the vote in 1952, 1956, 1984 and 1988 respectively. In his 1998 gubernatorial re-election bid, George W. Bush would also top 90% Among the Democratic candidates for president, only Lyndon Johnson in 1964 has ever come within 30 points of carrying Westover Hills.
In 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt finished third in the city, behind Dewey, and the unpledged Texas Regulars third party, who won the city with over three quarters of the vote.
All presidential election results for Westover Hills since 1944, and all gubernatorial results since 1998 are listed below:
Year | Democratic | Republican | Third Parties | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2024[4] | 19.58% 93 | 79.58% 378 | 0.84% 4 | |
2020[5] | 23.27% 118 | 76.73% 389 | 0.00% 0 | |
2016[6] | 17.94% 87 | 78.56% 381 | 3.50% 17 | |
2012[7] | 14.20% 71 | 85.20% 426 | 0.60% 3 | |
2008[8] | 21.51% 108 | 78.09% 392 | 0.40% 2 | |
2004[9] | 16.77% 84 | 81.64% 409 | 1.60% 8 | |
2000[10] | 11.52% 56 | 86.42% 420 | 2.06% 10 | |
1996[11] | 13.42% 62 | 84.85% 392 | 1.73% 8 | |
1992[12] | 8.79% 32 | 81.87% 298 | 9.34% 34 | |
1988[13] | 6.07% 21 | 93.93% 325 | 0.00% 0 | |
1984[14] | 5.68% 20 | 94.32% 332 | 0.00% 0 | |
1980[15] | 25.45% 439 | 71.42% 1,232 | 3.13% 54 | |
1976[16] | 31.74% 510 | 67.89% 1,091 | 0.37% 6 | |
1972[17] | 18.12% 531 | 81.88% 2,399 | 0.00% 0 | |
1968 | 20.13% 93 | 73.59% 340 | 6.28% 29 | |
1964[18] | 35.78% 122 | 64.22% 219 | 0.00% 0 | |
1960[19] | 21.74% 45 | 78.26% 162 | 0.00% 0 | |
1956[20] | 1.52% 2 | 93.62% 132 | 5.30% 7 | |
1952[21] | 5.93% 8 | 94.07% 127 | 0.00% 0 | |
1948[22] | 5.00% 5 | 84.00% 84 | 11.00% 11 | |
1944[23] | 9.57% 9 | 11.70% 11 | 78.72% 74 |
Year | Democratic | Republican | Third Parties |
---|---|---|---|
2022[24] | 20.14% 84 | 78.90% 329 | 0.96% 4 |
2018[25] | 16.30% 75 | 83.26% 383 | 0.43% 2 |
2014[26] | 15.17% 61 | 84.08% 338 | 0.75% 3 |
2010[27] | 23.02% 93 | 76.73% 310 | 0.25% 1 |
2006[28] | 15.54% 62 | 62.41% 249 | 22.06% 88 |
2002[29] | 19.95% 85 | 79.34% 338 | 0.71% 3 |
1998[30] | 7.68% 28 | 92.34% 337 | 0.00% 0 |
Westover Hills is in the Fort Worth Independent School District.
Westover Hills is served by:
However, most families choose to send their children to private schools, typically Fort Worth Country Day School, but also All Saints' Episcopal School and Trinity Valley School, all three of which participate in the Southwestern Preparatory Conference.