Best PlacesDowntown Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Downtown Fort Worth, 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.
Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth ranks 2,718th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Downtown Fort Worth, 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.
Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth's strengths and weaknesses
Where Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $98,683, 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 Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth's effective rate of 1.88%, 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 Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth
Downtown Fort Worth, 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 Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth.
Who works in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth, and how
Work in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 58%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth
Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 81% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth, month by month
Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 20 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 Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth
Schools across Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth average a C−, better than 26% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Lily B Clayton ElB+ · 50% proficient
- Daggett MontessoriB · 45% proficient
- De Zavala ElD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Daggett MiddleD · 20% proficient
- Elder MiddleD · 20% proficient
- Riverside MiddleD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Im Terrell Academy For Stem And VpaA · 78% proficient
- Young Women's Leadership AcademyB+ · 54% proficient
- Texas Academy Of BiomedicalB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Downtown Fort Worth, 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 Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth
Is Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth ranks 2,718th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $424,155. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $98,683 median income, cost of living beats 76% of neighborhoods.
Is Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth safe?
Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth is safer than 37% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $774 per resident a year.
Compare Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Downtown Fort Worth, 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.
Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Downtown Fort Worth, Fort Worth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Downtown Fort Worth, 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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