Texas · Census place 27000
Fort Worth city, TX
Quick answer
Fort Worth city has 941,311 residents, ranking #5 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $76,602, the median home is worth $277,300 and median gross rent runs $1,412 a month.
- Population
- 941,311Fort Worth city residents
- Median household income
- $76,602Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $277,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,412Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 56.7%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Fort Worth city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fort Worth city median would spend about 22.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.9% of residents and 56.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Texas.
- San Antonio city 1,458,954
- Dallas city 1,299,553
- Austin city 967,862
- El Paso city 678,147
- Arlington city 394,769
- Corpus Christi city 317,383
- Plano city 287,339
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