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Fort Worth vs San Jose

Fort Worth, TX compared with San Jose, CA · 1,414 miles apart

Fort Worth has 1,028,117 residents to San Jose’s 989,814. Fort Worth comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, average commute. San Jose does better on median household income, bachelor's degree +, poverty rate.

Fort Worth, TX San Jose, CA
Population 1,028,117 989,814
Density (per sq mi) 2,921 5,563
Median household income $79,507 $146,427
Median home value $303,000 $1,233,200
Median rent $1,509 $2,669
Homeownership 57% 55.8%
Average commute 27.1 min 27.3 min
Median age 33.6 38.2
Bachelor's degree + 32% 47.3%
Poverty rate 13.1% 8.1%
Unemployment 4.8% 5.1%
Price to income 3.8× 8.4×
Clear days a year 64 80
Days above 90°F 105 33

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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