City safety & data profile

Fort WorthTX

Fort Worth, TX is a 1.0M-resident city in Tarrant County with a median household income of $79,507.

Tarrant County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fort Worth, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fort Worth has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $303,000, and 13 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

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Data updated 2026-09-03

1.0M
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $79,507
Median income (place): $303,000
Median home (place): 13.1%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Fort Worth

Fort Worth posts a median household income higher than 49% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 13 hospitals serve the Fort Worth area.

Bottom 50%
by median income, US cities: 13
hospitals in & near Fort Worth

Where Fort Worth income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$79,507 Bottom 49% higher than 49% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Houston

2,314,157
San Antonio

1,526,656
Dallas

1,326,087
Fort Worth

1,008,106
Austin

974,447
El Paso

678,815
Arlington

388,125
Corpus Christi

316,239
Plano

283,558
Laredo

256,153

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Southlake

$250,001
University P…

$250,001
West Univers…

$250,001
Bellaire

$244,015
Colleyville

$218,328
Trophy Club

$201,054
Prosper

$195,281
Lakeway

$190,060
Murphy

$175,699
Keller

$174,950

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading Fort Worth, TX beyond the headline numbers

Fort Worth sits inside Tarrant County, Texas, at roughly 32.73°N, -97.32°W. Population 1,008,106, $79,507 median household income. Median home value $303,000, median rent $1,509. Poverty rate 13.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

13 hospitals in/around Fort Worth, 3.8/5 avg rating, 7 with an ER.

Poverty in Fort Worth, TX stands at 13.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Fort Worth costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

14% of Fort Worth workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 20% in Fort Worth, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Fort Worth's median age is 33.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fort Worth from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

1,008,106

Fort Worth · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$79,507

-11% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$303,000

-27% vs avg

Median Age (place)

33.6

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Tarrant County): Fort Worth's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

2.2M+17%

Median Income

$84,207+48%

Median Home Value

$323,900+137%

Poverty Rate

11.1%-27%

Unemployment

4.7%-43%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fort Worth, TX
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,509/mo
Poverty Rate	13.1% +6% vs avg
Unemployment	4.8%
Bachelor's Degree+	32%
Work From Home	14%
Public Transit	0.5%

Population

White 43.4%

African American 19.7%

Asian 5.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

41.4%

Obesity

34.6%

High Blood Pressure

31%

Physical Inactivity

29.9%

Lack of Health Insurance

20%

Frequent Mental Distress

18.5%

Binge Drinking

16.9%

Current Smoking

13.8%

Frequent Physical Distress

13.6%

Diabetes

12.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.2%

Annual Checkup 71.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

10.3%

Coronary Heart Disease

5.1%

Stroke

3.1%

Hospitals 13 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

3.8/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

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