Best PlacesFort Worth, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around 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.
Fort Worth ranks 277th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on low taxes and state finances. The weaker spots are civic engagement, thin health care access, and property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in 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.
The best areas in Fort Worth
The parts of Fort Worth, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Downtown Fort Worth & Fairmount
Streets are more walkable, more adults hold degrees, and biking is better.
Far Northwest
Local pay stretches further and fewer homes sit empty.
Wedgwood
Incomes run higher and more residents vote.
Northside & Diamond Hill-Jarvis
More households have young kids and crime runs lower.
Far North Dallas-Fort Worth
Health outcomes score higher and heat risk is lower.
Western Hills Fort Worth, Far West & Arlington Heights
Southside, Sycamore & TCU-West Cliff
Transit reaches more jobs.
Eastside
Homes cost less, though schools score lower.
South East
Health care is harder to reach.
Fort Worth shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 3% of the country and others in the top 3%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Fort Worth's strengths and weaknesses
Fort Worth lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Low taxes, state finances, and a strong job market are the strongest pieces, though none of them is exceptional.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Civic engagement, thin health care access, and property taxes hold the score down. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Fort Worth ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 77% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 68% of cities
- Cheap childcare$906 a month, better than 67% of cities
Where Fort Worth ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Worth
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Worth home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $83,065; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Fort Worth's effective rate of 1.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Worth
Fort Worth runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Worth.
Who works in Fort Worth, and how
Work in Fort Worth centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Fort Worth
Fort Worth has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fort Worth and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Worth, month by month
Fort Worth sees roughly 139 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 Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 21 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 Fort Worth
Schools across Fort Worth average a C−, better than 21% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Overton Park ElA+ · 85% proficient
- Tanglewood ElA · 72% proficient
- Vandagriff ElA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Aledo MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
- Medlin MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Steam MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Im Terrell Academy For Stem And VpaA · 78% proficient
- Byron Nelson H SA · 72% proficient
- Birdville H SA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Worth school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
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 Fort Worth against the other 444 cities.
Who Fort Worth suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Fort Worth
Is Fort Worth a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Worth ranks 277th of 445 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Worth expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,825. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $83,065 median income, cost of living beats 57% of cities.
Is Fort Worth safe?
Fort Worth is safer than 47% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $483 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Fort Worth?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 37. That works out to about 139 pleasant days a year, more than 68% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Fort Worth?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Downtown Fort Worth & Fairmount, Far Northwest, and Wedgwood. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Fort Worth good for families?
Schools beat 21% of cities, crime safety beats 47%, and childcare runs $906 a month.
Is Fort Worth good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 57% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 61% of cities. About 13% of workers already work from home.
Compare Fort Worth with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Worth. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 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.
Fort Worth detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Worth: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Worth: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Worth: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Worth: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.