White House TN School Zone: $429,900 Median, 233 Sumner County Sales and the County Line to Check First (2026)

In the past 12 months, 571 homes closed with a White House address, and only 233 of them were in Sumner County. The other 338 sat across the county line, most of them in a different high school zone.

The White House TN school zone on the Sumner County side closed 233 sales in the 12 months ending October 9, 2026, at a median of $429,900. Every one of them listed White House Middle School and White House High School in the MLS. That part is simple. The part that trips buyers up is the county line running through the same 37188 ZIP code.

Of the 571 homes that closed with a White House address over that same year, 338 were in Robertson County, and 330 of those listed White House Heritage High School instead. So the Sumner side was only 40.8 percent of White House sales. A buyer searching by city name sees both sides mixed together, at different prices and in different districts.

This guide stays on the Sumner County side, the same basis as the original version of this post. If you want the county and school fields checked on a specific address before you tour, Ryan Beals can pull the MLS record and the closed sales around it so you know what you are looking at before you get in the car.

Which Schools the White House TN School Zone Assigns

By MLS assignment, all 233 Sumner County sales listed White House Middle School and White House High School. The MLS lists these under the Sumner County district rather than a separate city system, so the county draws the zone lines here (verify with Sumner County Schools).

Elementary is where the field varies. 226 sales listed Harold B. Williams Elementary School at a median of $429,900, and 7 listed White House Intermediate School at a median of $320,000. Those 7 ranged from 1960s homes to recent builds, and two of them were in Copes Crossing, where the other six sales listed Harold B. Williams. That kind of split inside one subdivision can come from grade configuration or from how a listing was entered, and it is exactly why the MLS field is a starting point, not the final word.

Zone lines are drawn by address and can change. Verify any specific home with Sumner County Schools before you write an offer. This post reports assignments only and makes no claims about school quality.

The County Line Is the Real School Question

White House is one city split between two counties. Robertson County homes with a White House address listed Robertson County schools, mostly White House Heritage High School, while the Sumner side listed White House High School. The names are close enough that buyers mix them up, and the ZIP code does not settle it.

The question I get most from buyers looking in White House is which schools a house is zoned for, and my first answer is always to check the county. The ZIP code is the same on both sides of the line, and two homes a short drive apart can sit in different districts with different property tax bills. So before I schedule a showing, I pull the county and school fields from the MLS record and point the buyer to the district's own zone lookup to confirm it. It takes a few minutes, and it keeps a buyer from falling for a house in a district they did not plan on.

For the full list of subdivisions inside the high school zone, the White House High School zone subdivision breakdown goes street by street, and the Sumner County school zone guide puts White House next to every other zone in the county.

Simpler Than Gallatin's Zone Lines

Inside Sumner County, White House is a one-high-school, one-middle-school town. Gallatin is not. Buyers there work through lines that can split neighborhoods, which is why the Liberty Creek Middle School zone guide tracks which subdivisions miss by one street, and the Station Camp zone neighborhood guide sorts Gallatin by zone and price.

In White House, once the county is confirmed, the zone question is mostly settled, and the real decisions are subdivision, size, HOA and new versus resale. Buyers who come here on purpose usually figured that out early. They are choosing a simpler zone map and a median of $429,900, not settling for a backup.

Where the Sales Happen: Subdivisions in the Zone

Dorris Farm is the volume leader. Counting every name variant in the MLS, including Dorris Farms and Dorris Farm at Willow Springs, it closed 58 sales at a median of $441,619, 24.9 percent of the Sumner side. 53 of those 58 were new construction, and prices ran from $325,000 to $694,471.

The Retreat at Bridle Creek came next with 19 sales at a median of $510,270, 18 of them new. Marlin Pointe closed 18, all new, at $428,425. Summerlin also closed 18, at $397,450, and none were new, so that community has turned into a resale market. Together those four accounted for 113 of the 233 sales.

Further down the list, Cambria closed 9 at $514,900, Copes Crossing 8 at $476,950, and Northwoods 10 at $339,900. Northwoods is one of the older options in the zone and carried no HOA on its sales, which is where the lower median comes from.

HOAs are common here. 158 of the 233 sales, 67.8 percent, had one, at a median of $58.50 a month after converting quarterly and annual fees. Homes with an HOA closed at a median of $441,180 against $350,000 without one, a $91,180 gap that mostly tracks newer subdivisions against older streets.

New Construction vs Resale Inside the Zone

New construction made up 101 sales, 43.3 percent, at a median of $474,900. The 132 resales closed at $398,500. That $76,400 gap looks big until you check size: the median new home had 2,345 square feet against 1,927 for resale, 418 more, and the price per square foot was nearly the same, $199.68 new against $206.95 resale.

So the choice inside the White House TN school zone is mostly a choice about size and age, not a premium for new. The White House new construction vs resale comparison walks through that tradeoff in more detail.

White House TN School Zone Market Data (Sumner County Side)

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period ending October 9, 2026, Sumner County sales with a White House address only. Closed sales only. Prior-year figures use the same Sumner County basis.

Active, Coming Soon & Under Contract in the White House High School Zone

Recently Sold in the White House High School Zone (Past 12 Months)

A Year Ago vs Today in the White House School Zone

A year ago the Sumner side of White House was closing at a median of $412,528. Today that number is $429,900, up $17,372 or 4.2 percent. That increase came with fewer sales, 233 against 271, which tells you prices held up even as builders closed out fewer homes.

The mix moved too. New construction fell from 55.4 percent of sales to 43.3 percent, yet the new construction median rose 11.8 percent, from $424,745 to $474,900, and resale rose 4.9 percent, from $380,000 to $398,500. Summerlin is a good example of the shift: 31 of its 38 sales in the prior year were new, and none of its 18 this year were. Dorris Farm went from 61 sales at $404,990 to 58 at $441,619, up $36,629.

Who Is Actually Buying in the White House TN School Zone, and When They Look

Most buyers here are working in a band. 160 of the 233 sales, 68.7 percent, closed between $300,000 and $500,000, with 79 below $400,000 and 81 between $400,000 and $500,000. Only 15 sold under $300,000 and 23 at $600,000 or more. That is a market for first-time buyers, move-up buyers from older Sumner County homes, and Nashville commuters priced out closer in.

The commute runs on I-65. From most of the zone, buyers reach the interstate at Exit 108 or take US-31W south, and downtown Nashville is typically 35 to 45 minutes most mornings. Vanderbilt University Medical Center and HCA Healthcare are the big downtown and Midtown destinations. The slow stretch is usually I-65 through Millersville and Goodlettsville, so drive it at rush hour before you commit.

Buyers with one job in Gallatin or eastern Hendersonville face a different trip. That route meets the Long Hollow Pike and Highway 386 interchange, the main friction point on the east side of the county. The Gallatin vs Sumner County cities comparison lays out that tradeoff city by city.

Why Work with Ryan Beals in the White House School Zone

I grew up in Hendersonville and live in Gallatin, and White House is a market where the first question decides everything else. I check the county and the school fields on every address before a tour, then put the closed sales side by side by subdivision and by new versus resale, so you see that a $76,400 gap is mostly 418 square feet, not a zone premium.

For sellers, the competition is often a builder down the road, and 145 of the 233 sales closed at or above list. Pricing against the right comparables matters more than the city average. Learn more about how I work on the Sumner County agent page, or call me at 629-263-0248.

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