Fort Worth is a very large city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 978,468 people and 201 associated neighborhoods, Fort Worth is the fifth largest community in Texas. Fort Worth has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fort Worth, where the median household income is $76,602.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fort Worth is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Worth is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Worth who work in office and administrative support (11.15%), management occupations (10.64%), and sales jobs (9.48%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Fort Worth telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.92% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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: 31.67% of adults in Fort Worth have a college degree. The per capita income in Fort Worth in 2022 was $37,157, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,628 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 34.63% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Worth include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Fort Worth's cultural character, accounting for 17.03% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Fort Worth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
