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Fort Worth, TX
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Fort Worth profile


Living in Fort Worth



Fort Worth is a very large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 956,709 people and 201 associated neighborhoods, Fort Worth is the fifth largest community in Texas. Much of the housing stock in Fort Worth was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fort Worth economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fort Worth, where the median household income is $72,726.00.

Also of interest is that Fort Worth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.86% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing noticeable about Fort Worth, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Fort Worth is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Fort Worth a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Fort Worth is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.

In terms of college education, Fort Worth is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.19% of adults in Fort Worth have a college degree.

The per capita income in Fort Worth in 2018 was $35,428, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $141,712 for a family of four. However, Fort Worth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fort Worth is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Worth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Worth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Worth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.17% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Worth include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Worth's cultural character, accounting for 16.65% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Fort Worth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.