Fort Worth

Population & Demographics

Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth is home to 963,194 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 446,173 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
963,194
people
Population

963,194 residents

Median age 33.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fort Worth population & demographics

Who lives in Fort Worth — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
963,194
Median age
33.6yrs
Median household income
$79,507
Median home value
$303,000
Median gross rent
$1,509/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
32.0%
Poverty rate
13.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Fort Worth

How Fort Worth breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White36.5%
Hispanic or Latino34.6%
Black19.3%
Asian5.4%
Two or more races3.4%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Fort Worth

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fort Worth.

Fort Worth at a glance
Employed Residents
446,173
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
36.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dallas
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fort Worth proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fort Worth commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

51 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fort Worth

446,173 commutes, one dot at a time

Fort Worth

Where 446,173 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fort Worth, by worker count.

1Fort Worth0.0 mi164,855
2Dallas31.9 mi36,209
3Arlington13.3 mi26,214
4Irving22.5 mi18,618
5Grapevine18.6 mi10,871
6Grand Prairie18.7 mi8,794
7Plano39.7 mi7,777
8Houston236.1 mi6,290

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fort Worth.

1Fort Worth0.0 mi164,855
2Arlington13.3 mi28,899
3Dallas31.9 mi19,873
4Grand Prairie18.7 mi9,885
5North Richland Hills9.5 mi8,028
6Irving22.5 mi7,073
7Burleson15.7 mi7,021
8Haltom City5.4 mi6,539

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fort Worth’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.4%
MFManufacturing11.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing10.4%
RTRetail Trade9.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.3%
EDEducational Services6.7%
WSWholesale Trade5.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fort Worth

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

14 providers · 6 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps98%
8 Gbps0%
See all internet providers in Fort Worth

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