Best PlacesArlington Heights, Fort Worth, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Arlington Heights, Fort Worth, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth ranks 1,892nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on state finances, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Arlington Heights, Fort Worth ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$907 a month, better than 77% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
Where Arlington Heights, Fort Worth ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Arlington Heights, Fort Worth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,887, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Arlington Heights, Fort Worth's effective rate of 1.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Arlington Heights, Fort Worth.
Who works in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth, and how
Work in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 95% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Arlington Heights, Fort Worth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth, month by month
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 98° | 88° | 78° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Arlington Heights, Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 22 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Arlington Heights, Fort Worth
Schools across Arlington Heights, Fort Worth average a C, better than 38% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Tanglewood ElA · 72% proficient
- Lily B Clayton ElB+ · 50% proficient
- Burton Hill ElB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mclean 6th GradeC+ · 37% proficient
- Stripling MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Monnig MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Texas Academy Of BiomedicalB · 50% proficient
- Paschal H SC · 34% proficient
- Castleberry H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Arlington Heights, Fort Worth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Arlington Heights, Fort Worth against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Arlington Heights, Fort Worth suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of neighborhoods, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 20% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 70% of neighborhoods and health care access beats 57%.
Common questions about living in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth
Is Arlington Heights, Fort Worth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Arlington Heights, Fort Worth ranks 1,892nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on summer heat and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Arlington Heights, Fort Worth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $482,538. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $98,887 median income, cost of living beats 81% of neighborhoods.
Is Arlington Heights, Fort Worth safe?
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $517 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 38. That works out to about 137 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Arlington Heights, Fort Worth good for families?
Schools beat 38% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 53%, and childcare runs $907 a month.
Compare Arlington Heights, Fort Worth with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Arlington Heights, Fort Worth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Arlington Heights, Fort Worth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Arlington Heights, Fort Worth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Arlington Heights, Fort Worth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Arlington Heights, Fort Worth detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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