Summerlin Village 21 · Development from 1997
The Willows
Twenty-one neighborhoods of established housing around a Summerlin Council community center and pool — including Willow Creek, a guard-gated enclave that is itself an umbrella for four separate names.
Development from
1997
Established central Summerlin
Neighborhoods
21
Broad established housing mix
Recreation
Center & pool
One of three Council pools
Middle school
Fertitta
Not Rogich or Becker
Gated enclave
Willow Creek
Four names inside it
Overview
Setting
A recreation center at the center of it
The Willows began development in 1997 and offers a broad established housing mix arranged around a resident recreation center — one of only three Summerlin Council facilities with a pool.
Twenty-one neighborhoods sit inside the village boundary, ranging from attached product to larger detached homes, with one guard-gated enclave. That range means a village-wide price figure describes almost nothing useful; the neighborhood and the plan are what set value here.
Willow Creek is an important guard-gated community within The Willows rather than a synonym for the whole village.
A listing that says "Willow Creek" and a listing that says "The Willows" are not describing the same access, the same assessments or the same architectural controls. We confirm which one applies to every property we show.
Recreation
Four outdoor and community anchors
Council facility
Willows Community Center & pool
One of four Council centers, and one of the three that have a pool.
Park
Willows Park
The village's main park and its school reference point.
Park
Spotted Leaf Park
A second neighborhood park within the village.
Connections
The paseos
Pedestrian routes linking neighborhoods to the parks and centre.
Because The Willows holds both a Council pool and subdivision facilities, a listing that mentions a resident-only pool could be referring to either.
Determine which one it means and obtain the relevant eligibility rules — they are different facilities with different access. We check this before showing a home where the pool is part of the appeal.
Summerlin market snapshot
Master-plan wide · Q1 2026
$825,000
Median sale price
$343.94
Per square foot
33
Median days on market
782
Homes listed
361
Homes sold
Summerlin-wide resale figures across all thirty villages. With twenty-one neighborhoods spanning attached product to gated custom homes, The Willows covers several distinct price tiers. Ask us for comparable sales at the neighborhood and plan level.
Neighborhoods
The directory
Twenty-one neighborhoods
All established resale. The four marked below also sit inside the Willow Creek gate, which carries its own access arrangements and assessments.
Both names appear in secondary neighborhood references for this village. Reconcile either to the property's address and recorded plat rather than treating them as established subdivision boundaries.
Willow Falls is identified as the custom-home component within the Willow Creek gate. We confirm the recorded subdivision on any property carrying one of these names.
Don't count enclaves twice
The Willows contains umbrella names, gated enclaves and recorded phases that overlap one another. A property's subdivision record and association documents identify which obligations actually apply — not the marketing name on the listing.
This matters most when comparing two homes: one may carry a single neighborhood assessment, the other a neighborhood assessment plus a gate assessment plus the master community assessment.
Willow Creek
The gated enclave
One gate, four names, three builders
Willow Creek is a guard-gated community inside The Willows — and it is itself an umbrella for four distinct neighborhood names, each with its own origin.
| Name | Builder association | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Glen | Toll Brothers | Production homes |
| Heritage Glen | Toll Brothers | Production homes |
| Eden Ridge | Pulte | Production homes |
| Willow Falls | — | The custom-home component |
Builder associations as identified in a specialist guide. These describe the original development history, not an active sales office — all four trade as resale today.
Willow Creek's gate conditions and custom-home component should be evaluated on their own terms rather than alongside The Willows' open-street neighborhoods.
Confirm private access arrangements, total assessments and architectural controls before comparing a Willow Creek home with one outside the gate. Those three items account for most of the difference.
What to confirm inside the gate
- Private access arrangements — gate staffing, hours and guest procedures.
- Total assessments — the full stack: master community, neighborhood and gate.
- Architectural controls — what you may change, and the approval process, which is tighter around the custom-home component.
- Which name applies — Wood Glen, Heritage Glen, Eden Ridge and Willow Falls carry different documents.
Schools
Clark County School District
Schools serving The Willows
Ober Elementary is the village's local school anchor, and the Willows Park reference point documents Fertitta Middle — not Rogich, which serves most of central Summerlin.
| Level | School | Campus location |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary | Ober Elementary School | Inside Summerlin |
| Middle | Fertitta Middle School | Outside the master plan |
| High | Palo Verde High School | Inside Summerlin |
Documented at the Willows Park reference point. The school context varies within this village and the sample includes different elementary results elsewhere in it, so confirm the specific home at ccsd.net/zoning — or send us the address and we will confirm it.
The Willows is large enough that a single village-wide trio does not hold across it. Ober and Fertitta are documented at Willows Park; other parts of the village sample differently.
If a particular school matters, confirm it on the specific address before you write an offer. We do this as a matter of course.
Faith Lutheran Academy
Faith Lutheran Academy is a private school anchor in this area. Admission is independent of a home's school zone and runs through the school's own process, with its own criteria and timelines.
Choice and charter options
West Career and Technical Academy is a program-based CCSD magnet drawing from across the valley, and Doral Academy Red Rock and the Discovery charter campus serve the wider area. Each runs its own application, lottery and transportation arrangements.
Other private schools in the area include Alexander Dawson at Rainbow Mountain, Adelson, Bishop Gorman, Faith Lutheran Middle and High School, The Meadows, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Merryhill and Shenker Academy.
Inside the master plan
Campuses located in Summerlin
Summerlin contains thirteen public campuses, which is unusual for a master plan and part of why the community draws the buyers it does.
| Level | Campuses in Summerlin |
|---|---|
| Elementary | Lummis, Bryan, Bonner, Staton, Ober, Givens, Goolsby, Vassiliadis, Berkley |
| Middle | Becker, Rogich, Faiss |
| High | Palo Verde |
| Magnet | West Career and Technical Academy |
A campus inside Summerlin may serve homes across several villages, and a Summerlin address may be assigned to a campus outside the master plan — Fertitta, Batterman, Durango, Spring Valley, Sierra Vista and Cimarron-Memorial all serve parts of the community.
If a student needs a specific program — special education, language support, advanced coursework, arts, athletics, counselling, before or after-school care, or transportation — ask the school about that program directly. That conversation tells you far more than any summary figure, and we are happy to point you to the right contact.
Buying here
On an established home
What to inspect, and what to ask for
Homes here date from 1997 onward, so major systems have either been replaced already or are due. Documented work is worth considerably more than undocumented work.
Systems and permits
- System replacements — HVAC, roof underlayment, water heater and windows, with dates.
- Permits for patio enclosures — a common addition, and a common gap.
- Permits for major kitchen reconfiguration — especially where walls moved.
- Permits for electrical changes — panel upgrades and sub-panels in particular.
- Permits for pools — including equipment replacement and any later alterations.
- Drainage at walls and outdoor structures — where water collects, and what it is doing to the footing.
Established trees and planting add real value here, and they also bring irrigation repair, tree work and root management.
Have the irrigation system tested and look at what the roots are doing to walls, hardscape and sewer lines. It is a far cheaper question to answer before closing than after.
Visit at the right hours
Observe school and recreation traffic before relying on a quiet midday tour. A street near the community center or a campus behaves very differently at arrival, dismissal and evening activity times than it does at eleven in the morning.
Ownership costs
What you will pay beyond the mortgage
A useful budget separates mortgage principal and interest, property tax, insurance, master assessment, neighborhood assessment, any gate assessment, special-assessment installments, utilities, landscaping, pool service and maintenance reserves.
Clark County applies a partial abatement that caps annual growth of a qualifying owner-occupied tax bill at 3 percent. That is a cap on increases, not a 3 percent tax rate.
Recorded ownership documents can reset owner-occupied status pending requalification, so a seller's current bill is not automatically the buyer's future bill. We confirm the status on the specific parcel.
Balances vary lot to lot and sit outside the normal property-tax bill. Obtain the parcel balance, installment schedule, interest terms and payoff quote from the responsible authority or the closing records, and ask whether the seller has paid theirs off.
Association documents to request
The current assessment statement, annual budget, reserve study, governing documents, rules, insurance summary, meeting information and any pending capital projects. Inside the Willow Creek gate, request the gate's documents as well. For a resale, reconcile all of it against the official resale package.
Where we come in
Knowing which name you are actually buying into
The Willows layers umbrella names, a gated enclave and recorded phases on top of one another. Two listings can use overlapping language and carry completely different access, assessments and architectural controls.
We read the subdivision record and the association documents so the comparison is between the real obligations, not the marketing names.
Questions
The Willows, answered
Where is The Willows in Summerlin?
What neighborhoods are in The Willows?
Is Willow Creek the same as The Willows?
What is inside the Willow Creek gate?
Does The Willows have a community pool?
What schools serve The Willows?
Is the middle school Rogich?
Are there new homes in The Willows?
What should I inspect on an older home here?
Is mature landscaping a plus or a problem?
What are the HOA costs in The Willows?
When should I visit a street here?
Sources and currency
Village development date, position and neighborhood directory: Summerlin developer history and neighborhood inventories. Willow Creek's component names and builder associations: a specialist Summerlin community guide. Recreation facilities and Council centers: Summerlin village and Council materials. School assignment context: Clark County School District attendance data sampled at Willows Park, October 8 2026. Summerlin campus inventory: the developer school directory. Property-tax abatement: Clark County Assessor. Market figures: Q1 2026 Summerlin-wide MLS data.
Subdivision records, association obligations and school assignments are property-specific. Confirm them against the records for the home you are considering.