{"id":110529,"date":"2025-08-26T05:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/110529\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:21:10","slug":"fort-worth-tops-dallas-among-large-u-s-cities-for-economic-growth-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/110529\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth tops Dallas among large U.S. cities for economic growth, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth\u2019s political and business leaders have touted the city\u2019s economic success for years, but new data<\/a> is backing up those assertions.<\/p>\n

Among large American cities, Cowtown ranks fifth best for economic growth, buoyed largely by strong marks in education and international trade, according to a new study from Coworking Cafe. <\/p>\n

In fact, Fort Worth ranked significantly higher than Dallas \u2015 the co-motor of North Texas\u2019 booming regional economy \u2015 which checked in at number 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cFort Worth combines workforce development with trade expansion \u2014 a strategic mix for ongoing prosperity,\u201d wrote Nicusor Ciorba, the author of the Coworking Cafe report. <\/p>\n

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\u201cFurthermore, universities like Texas A&M and Texas Christian are expanding downtown campuses, adding research and innovation hubs that elevate the city\u2019s human capital.\u201d <\/p>\n

Titled \u201cRising Powerhouses: The Cities Making America\u2019s Economic Future,\u201d the report was published last week. It sought to provide broad economic comparisons of American cities, categorized by population. <\/p>\n

To compile its rankings, Coworking Cafe used a point-based system that evaluated each city\u2019s economic climate based on new business applications, area median income, population growth, available housing, infrastructure and several other factors. <\/p>\n

The report sourced its data from government sources published between 2019 and 2023, with its analysis measuring each city\u2019s \u201cevolution\u201d by various metrics over that time span. <\/p>\n

A \u2018very relational town\u2019<\/p>\n

Among large cities, which Coworking Cafe counted as those with populations above 500,000, Austin ranked first overall, largely because of its potent surge in technology-related work. The regional gross domestic product of Texas\u2019 capital city has shot up \u201ca remarkable 51%,\u201d the report noted, while median income and new business applications also have surged. <\/p>\n

Among large cities, the report ranked Sacramento, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Mesa, Ariz., a surging Phoenix suburb, in its second, third and fourth spots, respectively, while Gilbert, Ariz., and Goodyear, Ariz. \u2014 two more Phoenix suburbs \u2014 took the top spots among medium and small cities. <\/p>\n

Fort Worth came in just ahead of Fresno, Calif. Of the 34 large cities that made Coworking Cafe\u2019s large cities cut, Tarrant County\u2019s economic powerhouse ranked first for its 9% rise in the percentage of residents with college degrees, narrowly edging Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n

It also ranked among the top large cities for its 8% population growth, 12% bump in housing units and 40% increase in the value of its exports. Fort Worth\u2019s overall ranking was hindered, however, by middle-of-the-pack figures on crime and median earnings. <\/p>\n

Dallas, meanwhile, ranked a mediocre 15th overall among large cities. The report gave the city a strong score for GDP growth but lower scores for housing growth, educational increases and its overall employment rate. <\/p>\n

Out of 47 midsize cities, which the survey counted as those with populations between 250,000 and 500,000, Irving ranked 15th overall, Plano ranked 24th and Arlington ranked 27th. Out of 188 small cities, Lewisville, Denton, McKinney and Frisco all ranked in the top 35. <\/p>\n

Fort Worth\u2019s economic success story \u2014 driven in part by an influx of corporate headquarters and factories, including for the aerospace company Bell Textron<\/a> and the multinational tech conglomerate Siemens<\/a> \u2014 has also emerged as a primary theme for the city\u2019s leaders and boosters. <\/p>\n

At a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce event held this spring, a host of panelists, including executives from Molson Coors and DFW International Airport, extolled the growing city\u2019s welcoming economic climate and talent pipeline. Business advocates also praised what they characterized as the city\u2019s unique local character. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk about Dallas being more transactional, and it works for them,\u201d Steve Montgomery, the president of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, said at the time.<\/p>\n

Yet Fort Worth \u201dis a very relational town. We\u2019re just cresting a million folks here in Fort Worth, and we still have that authenticity that makes Fort Worth very special,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

At a bill signing<\/a> the next month, Gov. Greg Abbott called out the city as \u201ca growing linchpin of the magnet that attracts so many of these Fortune 500 companies to locate to this region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coworking Cafe, an online coworking directory, is part of Yardi Matrix<\/a>, a commercial real estate data company that regularly publishes reports related to real estate and other economic metrics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth\u2019s political and business leaders have touted the city\u2019s economic success for years, but new data is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,1062,72486,72482,101,2442,72487,72483,72484,72485,67991,72488],"class_list":["post-110529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-dallas","tag-denton","tag-economic-snapshot","tag-economy","tag-fort-worth","tag-frisco","tag-future-of-north-texas","tag-future-of-north-texas-economy","tag-lewisville","tag-mckinney","tag-tarrant-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}