Arlington vs Fort Worth

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and Fort Worth: population, income, housing, and more.

Arlington and Fort Worth are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Worth has the higher population (941,311 vs 394,769 in Arlington). Fort Worth has the higher median household income ($76,602 vs $73,519 in Arlington). Fort Worth has the higher median home value ($277,300 vs $276,400 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Fort Worth
Population	394,769	941,311
Median age	33.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,519	$76,602
Median home value	$276,400	$277,300
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,412
Housing units	150,519	365,229
Homeownership rate	54.8%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Fort Worth
Population	395,477 → 394,769 (-0.2%)	874,401 → 941,311 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$60,571 → $73,519 (+21.4%)	$62,187 → $76,602 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$170,700 → $276,400 (+61.9%)	$169,700 → $277,300 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,389 (+31.7%)	$1,060 → $1,412 (+33.2%)

Arlington

Population

395,477394,769

Median household income

$60,571$73,519

Median home value

$170,700$276,400

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,389

Fort Worth

Population

874,401941,311

Median household income

$62,187$76,602

Median home value

$169,700$277,300

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Fort Worth
Under 5	6.4%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	6.5%
75 and over	4.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Fort Worth
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	37.3%
Black or African American	21.9%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.2%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	34.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Fort Worth
No high school diploma	14.0%	15.7%
High school graduate	23.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Fort Worth
Drove alone	74.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Fort Worth
1-unit, detached	60.1%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	13.3%
20 or more units	8.8%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Fort Worth
Poverty rate	13.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1985	1992