West, TX Mobile Homes & Double-Wides for Sale

Texas residents often refer to West as “West comma Texas,” a shorthand way to avoid confusing it with the greater West Texas region. West, the city, is actually in the central part of the state, about 20 miles north of Waco. “Waco keeps expanding, and a lot of Wacoans who don’t want to live in the outlying neighborhoods will just head up to West,” says Alan Cooper, a broker with Duck Brothers Real Estate who has nearly two decades of local experience. The city is home to 3,000 residents — about three-quarters of whom share Czech heritage — with a particular appeal to homebuyers in search of a quiet lifestyle and highly rated schools. “If you’re looking for country living, it’s definitely that, but it’s an acquired taste,” Cooper says. “If you’re coming from a big city, it’s gonna take a while to adjust, because downtown’s just two blocks and everything closes early.” Trees border the broad residential streets in the central area of town, where roads can include sidewalks that are overgrown and uneven in places. Lots typically measure under a quarter-acre, and some have garages or carports. Homes in this section usually date to the 1920s, while many houses on the outskirts were