4571 Lake Breeze Dr, Waterstone Estates
- Built
- 2019, custom
- Lot
- 1.04 acres, gated
I was the listing agent. Sold.
Homes for sale & lease inMcKinney, Texas
About 32 miles north of Dallas on US 75.
Three films of mine: the great room of a McKinney home I sold, its neighborhood, Waterstone Estates, from the air, and me walking in to a closing.
The county seat.
- Collin County seat since
- 1848
- largest city in Texas
- 15th
- acres of parkland
- 3,110
- school districts
- 7
As of October 2026. Sources
City of McKinney history (county seat by an act of March 16, 1848) · U.S. Census Bureau, Texas cities by population, July 1, 2025 (15th) · City of McKinney FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (3,110 acres of park land, 49 public parks) · City of McKinney GIS, school district boundaries (seven districts)
Where I work, street by street.
Historic Downtown
Built around the square.
- 1848McKinney becomes the Collin County seat.
- 1875The courthouse rises at the center.
- TodayA National Register historic district since 1983.
- See it with meI'll show you around downtown. Text me Moving here?
History as of October 2026. Sources
City of McKinney history (county seat by an act of March 16, 1848; the courthouse begun in 1874 and completed in 1875) · the historic courthouse (dedicated in 1876; listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Downtown McKinney Commercial Historic District) · Downtown McKinney (McKinney Main Street, a program of the City). The model is a diagram of the square; the four streets are Virginia (north), Louisiana (south), Tennessee (east) and Kentucky (west).
A model, not to scale.
No. 10 in the U.S. for people added.
- added, July 2024 to July 2025
- +8,504
- added since April 2020
- +40,670
U.S. Census Bureau, 2026. Sources
U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 city and town estimates: McKinney added 8,504 people (3.7%) from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025, No. 10 in the U.S. for numeric gain among cities of 20,000 or more (press release, Table 4; annual change table), reaching 236,001; since the April 1, 2020 estimates base it has added 40,670 (20.8%; cumulative change table). The line plots the Bureau's estimates (Texas place file):
| Date | People |
|---|---|
| April 1, 2020 (base) | 195,331 |
| July 1, 2020 | 197,507 |
| July 1, 2021 | 203,569 |
| July 1, 2022 | 208,584 |
| July 1, 2023 | 215,834 |
| July 1, 2024 | 227,497 |
| July 1, 2025 | 236,001 |
The City of McKinney's own estimate is 237,130 people on January 1, 2026 (Planning, Feb. 10, 2026).
Real results
I've listed and sold right here.
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McKinney, east to west.
The whole city, about 68 square miles, per the City. What's coming is drawn in glass.
- Closed for renovation
Downtown
The 1875 courthouse is closed for renovation; the City expects substantial completion in mid-December 2026.
- Opening Nov. 11
McKinney National Airport
The new terminal opens Nov. 11, 2026, with Avelo nonstops to nine cities by Dec. 17.
- Under construction
The east side
TxDOT is adding lanes on Spur 399 and SH 5 ($157 million; due July 2029).
- Under construction
US 75 at SH 121
A 20,000-seat amphitheater is set for final completion in September 2027.
- Under construction
Cannon Beach
A $200 million surf resort broke ground Dec. 15, 2025; its first phase is projected for 2027.
- Open
Craig Ranch
TPC Craig Ranch has hosted THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson every year since 2021.
- Open
West McKinney
H-E-B is open at Eldorado and Custer; West Grove's Whole Foods Market opened Aug. 27, 2025.
- Open
Along US 380
Raytheon (RTX), the city's largest employer, had 4,500 employees here in 2025.
- Coming
North McKinney
TxDOT's US 380 freeway is in design, and Texas Health expects its hospital in early 2029.
A historic square, a new airport terminal and a city still building. It's a great time to be in McKinney.
As of October 2026. Sources
City of McKinney: FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (68 square miles; principal employers, Raytheon 4,500), History and the courthouse's history (completed 1875, dedicated 1876), the courthouse renovation timeline (Aug. 10, 2026) and its project page, Projects (City Hall), the Hall Library project, airport releases of June 30 and Sept. 24, 2026, amphitheater releases of March and April 2024, the July 13, 2026 release and Towne Lake Park (229.77 acres). TxDOT: Collin County construction projects (SH 5 and Spur 399: $157 million, 42% complete in August 2026, July 2029), design projects and the US 380 McKinney Record of Decision (Sept. 27, 2023). Texas Health (early 2029). TUPPS Brewery. McKinney Economic Development Corporation (Simpson Strong-Tie). Community Impact on The Silos at Tupps, Spur 399, Encore Wire, the amphitheater, Medical City McKinney, Cannon Beach and its first phase, TPC Craig Ranch, Globe Life, the AC Hotel, the JW Marriott (planned), West Grove and Whole Foods Market, Baylor Scott & White, the Kroger Marketplace and 2025's construction. Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filings for H-E-B and Costco.
Placement: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (the city limits, roads, water, parks, golf courses, neighborhood streets, buildings and the airport), and each place on its own verified point (City of McKinney GIS address points where OpenStreetMap has no building). Distances are to scale; the buildings and roads are drawn larger so they read, and where one would cover a road or a neighbor it sits a short way off its spot.
A diagram · buildings not to scale
East to west
Every neighborhood has its lines.
Willow Wood
Trinity Falls
Honey Creek
Painted Tree
Stonebridge Ranch
Tucker Hill
Craig Ranch
Westridge
As of October 2026. Details and sources
- Willow Wood
- Inside the city limits near SH 5 and CR 275 in north McKinney, in Melissa ISD, with Willow Wood Elementary on site.
- Trinity Falls
- A 2,000-acre master-planned community by Johnson Development, per the developer. It is outside the city limits, in McKinney's ETJ: owners pay McKinney MUD No. 1 or No. 2 on a separate bill and no City of McKinney property tax, and from tax year 2026 Collin County Emergency Services District No. 1 adds its own rate (capped at $0.10 per $100). McKinney ISD's newest campus, Frazier Elementary, opened there in August 2023.
- Honey Creek
- Annexed into the city with planned development zoning on Sept. 17, 2024, inside Honey Creek Municipal Management District No. 1, so ask me about its assessment before you buy. The City's master plan covers about 1,663 acres; Community Impact calls the development Wildwood. McKinney ISD, per the City's school district map.
- Painted Tree
- North of US 380 along Taylor-Burk Dr., Wilmeth Rd., Hardin Blvd. and Lake Forest Dr., and one of the city's most-permitted areas in 2025 (the City's development report, via Community Impact). McKinney ISD, per the City's school district map.
- Stonebridge Ranch
- About 5,000 acres along Stonebridge Dr., Virginia Pkwy., Glen Oaks Dr. and Ridge Rd. in west-central McKinney; by land area about 93% McKinney ISD and 7% Frisco ISD.
- Tucker Hill
- Just north of US 380, east of where Stonebridge Dr. meets it, in Prosper ISD.
- Craig Ranch
- Along Collin McKinney Pkwy., Van Tuyl Pkwy. and Custer Rd. near SH 121, home to TPC Craig Ranch; by land area about 74% Frisco ISD and 26% Allen ISD.
- Westridge
- The City calls it Custer West: along Westridge Blvd. and Independence Pkwy. in far west McKinney, with Westridge Golf Course; by land area about 57% Frisco ISD and 43% Prosper ISD.
Seven school districts have land inside the city, and their lines don't follow city lines; we'll verify school boundaries with the district for any address. District shares are by land area, from a researcher's overlay of the City's and the Census Bureau's boundary maps. Sources: City of McKinney GIS, master-planned communities, subdivision plats, school district boundaries, schools and the Honey Creek master plan; City of McKinney Tax Information; City Council records (Legistar: the Honey Creek annexation and its district); McKinney MUD No. 1 and MUD No. 2; Trinity Falls (the developer); McKinney ISD (Frazier Elementary); Stonebridge Ranch (its own acreage); Community Impact on the emergency services district, Wildwood and 2025's permits. Map: map data © OpenStreetMap contributors; each dot is the neighborhood's mapped center, on a diagram of the city limits, US 75 and US 380.
Schools and taxes
Your district sets your tax line.
Seven school districts. Same price, different payment.
Send me an address. I'll check its district and MUD.
Go deeper: districts, zones and MUDs
Official district links only; I don't rate or rank schools. We'll verify school boundaries and enrollment eligibility with the district.
Seven districts have land inside the city, per the City's school district map (its 2022 map lists six, without Celina ISD). Most of the city's land, about 73%, is McKinney ISD. Trinity Falls sits outside the city limits in McKinney MUD No. 1 or No. 2 (tax year 2025: $0.98475 and $1.05 per $100, in place of the city's $0.412284), and from tax year 2026 in Collin County Emergency Services District No. 1; the bill shows a Trinity Falls example for each MUD. Honey Creek, annexed in 2024, has its own municipal management district.
Tax year 2025 rates. Sources
Rates from the Collin County Tax Office, 2025 Tax Rates and Exemptions (still the current edition on October 3, 2026), the Texas Comptroller (McKinney MUD No. 1) and the McKinney MUD No. 2 FAQ. The bill is a representative example: it includes the general homestead exemptions for each taxing unit; over-65, disability and other exemptions aren't modeled (Collin CAD shows yours). Rates reset every fall. Tax year 2026, as adopted: the City of McKinney kept $0.412284 (Ordinance No. 2026-09-098), Collin County adopted $0.151414, and McKinney ISD's $1.0664 includes a part voters decide as Prop A on Nov. 3, 2026 (the City lists it as pending the election; City Tax Information). General information, not legal or tax advice.
Before you buy
Three things to know here.
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$140,000
off a homestead's value for school taxes
File with Collin CAD before May 1.
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A MUD sets its own rate, per $100
Trinity Falls pays a MUD, not the city.
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days or less makes a short-term rental
Register yearly; hotel occupancy tax applies.
Tax year 2025. Sources
Homestead: the school homestead exemption is $140,000 in every district serving McKinney (Collin County Tax Office, tax year 2025); Texas voters raised it from $100,000 in November 2025 (Proposition 13), and the application is filed before May 1 (Texas Comptroller). The City of McKinney has no general homestead exemption. MUD: the city's rate is $0.412284 per $100 and McKinney MUD No. 2's is $1.05 (tax year 2025; MUD No. 2 FAQ); Trinity Falls owners get a separate MUD bill and pay no City of McKinney property tax (City Tax Information; MUD No. 1). Short-term rentals: a home rentable for 30 days or less; the City requires a free annual registration (since April 6, 2026) and hotel occupancy tax (City of McKinney). General information, not legal or tax advice.
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