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Fort Worth City Intelligence

Fort Worth is a major North Texas city within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex with highway and rail freight access, growing healthcare and logistics sectors, comparatively moderate housing costs, and heat and severe-storm adaptation context. Fort Worth is a north america city of about ~8M metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Fort Worth sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (68/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~8M metro
View of Fort Worth, United States

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Overall score

Use the Fort Worth profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy mix, and climate resilience alongside Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

Overall68/100
Affordability60/100
Air quality58/100
Energy64/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

68/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Fort Worth data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Fort Worth city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score68/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living60/100Fort Worth's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality58/100Fort Worth's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy64/100Fort Worth's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety64/100Fort Worth's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed66/100Fort Worth's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk60/100Fort Worth's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience60/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety72/100
Low crime74/100
Personal safety75/100
Night safety66/100
Road safety72/100

Fort Worth is estimated to be a generally safe city (72/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life81/100
Healthcare85/100
Education89/100
Green space76/100
Cleanliness79/100
Infrastructure93/100
Mobility73/100

Fort Worth has a very high quality-of-life estimate (81/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness78/100
Education89/100
Green space76/100
Overall safety72/100

Fort Worth scores high for family living (78/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability73/100
Walkability77/100
Cycling61/100
Infrastructure93/100

Fort Worth is high for remote workers (73/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability76/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness79/100
Outdoor lifestyle46/100

Fort Worth is high for retirement (76/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Fort Worth

Local public safety guidance for Fort Worth, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Fort Worth, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Fort Worth

Healthcare context for Fort Worth, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Fort Worth, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Fort Worth

Local mobility context for Fort Worth, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Fort Worth, see the United States transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Fort Worth. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Fort Worth

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Fort Worth will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Fort Worth air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Fort Worth modules

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Cost of Living in Fort Worth

Fort Worth's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Fort Worth

Fort Worth's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Fort Worth

Fort Worth's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Fort Worth

Fort Worth's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Fort Worth

Fort Worth's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Fort Worth

Fort Worth's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Fort Worth

Cost of living estimates for Fort Worth — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Fort Worth

Climate profile for Fort Worth — Humid Subtropical climate, annual average 20.8°C, comfort score 75/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Fort Worth

Economy and jobs profile for Fort Worth — global hub, economy score 87/100, key industries including technology, aerospace, research. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Fort Worth

Education profile for Fort Worth — research center, education score 78/100, 8 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Fort Worth

Source-attributed visual context for Fort Worth using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Fort Worth

Weekend trip planning checklist for Fort Worth — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Fort Worth

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Fort Worth

Estimate a monthly budget for Fort Worth using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Fort Worth

Plan a trip budget for Fort Worth using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Fort Worth

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Fort Worth. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Dallas, United States

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Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Fort Worth — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Fort Worth — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Fort Worth profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy mix, and climate resilience alongside Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (66/100) and energy (64/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (58/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Fort Worth appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.