Find your part of Fort Worth

Downtown

Also called Sundance Square, Downtown Fort Worth

Downtown is Fort Worth's oldest neighborhood, growing up around the courthouse bluff where the city was established in 1849. Sundance Square, a walkable cluster of theaters, restaurants, shops and hotels anchored by Bass Performance Hall, forms the core, with the Water Gardens nearby. Daily life is largely on foot, with dining, nightlife, museums and year-round events a few blocks apart.

Housing

A mix of high-rise apartments, historic loft conversions, townhomes, condos and workforce housing, according to Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.

Getting around

Visit Fort Worth calls the core extremely walkable, Trinity Metro's TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express trains stop at Fort Worth T&P Station and Fort Worth Central Station, and Trinity Metro lists the downtown Blue Line bus as running 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

Good to know. Sundance Square validates customer parking for 2.5 hours at its garage at 265 W. 5th Street, per Visit Fort Worth.

Near Southside

Also called Magnolia Ave, West Magnolia Avenue

The Near Southside is a mixed-use, arts-minded district just south of Downtown, built around West Magnolia Avenue, a historic main street that began reviving in the 1980s and was named a Great Place in America by the American Planning Association in 2018. Daily life centers on walkable blocks of independent restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, galleries and live-music spots, next to a Medical Innovation District with five major hospitals. ArtsGoggle each October and Open Streets each spring are the big neighborhood events.

Housing

A mix of early 20th-century bungalows, mansions and apartment buildings in the historic neighborhoods around Fairmount, plus mixed-use buildings with housing along Magnolia, per Near Southside Inc. and the City.

Getting around

West Magnolia Avenue is a walkable stretch of about three-quarters of a mile between 8th Avenue and Hemphill Street, and Trinity Metro's Southside on-demand zone serves Magnolia Avenue and the Medical District and connects to TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express at Fort Worth T&P Station.

Good to know. Magnolia Avenue is closed to traffic for festivals such as ArtsGoggle (each October) and Open Streets (each spring), so expect closures and crowds on those days.

West 7th / Cultural District

Also called West Seventh, Fort Worth Cultural District, West 7th Urban Village

West 7th and the Cultural District sit west of Downtown, linked by the Trinity River corridor. The Cultural District is home to five major museums, the Will Rogers Memorial Center and Ariat Arena, while West 7th is an urban village of restaurants, bars, shops and apartments around Montgomery Plaza, Crockett Row and Artisan Circle. Days here run from museum visits and trail walks to big-event days at the arena.

Housing

Mid-rise and high-rise housing is part of West 7th's mix per the City, while the Cultural District side is mainly museums and venues.

Getting around

Trinity Metro's Southside on-demand zone serves the West 7th corridor (including Artisan Circle and Montgomery Plaza), the Botanic Garden and the Zoo, and nearby Trinity Park connects to a Trinity River trail network the City puts at more than 100 miles of paved trail.

Good to know. The 2027 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo runs Jan. 15 to Feb. 6 at Ariat Arena (renamed from Dickies Arena in October 2026) and Will Rogers Memorial Center; parking fills fast on weekends, and organizers recommend rideshare.

Fairmount

Also called Historic Fairmount, Fairmount-Southside Historic District

Fairmount is a historic streetcar suburb about two miles south of Downtown, laid out in additions platted between 1883 and 1907 and built mostly as middle-class housing between the 1890s and the late 1930s. Today it is known for tree-shaded blocks of wood-frame bungalows, a close-knit, front-porch feel with park, garden and holiday traditions, and the Fairmount Historic Home Tour on Mother's Day weekend. The Magnolia Avenue restaurant and shopping strip sits just to the north.

Housing

Mostly single-family wood-frame bungalows, cottages and two-story foursquares in styles from Queen Anne to Craftsman, with some mansions and small apartment buildings mixed in.

Getting around

Magnolia Avenue's restaurants and shops are just north of the district, and a 2023 CandysDirt profile reported 16 Trinity Metro bus stops in the neighborhood and quick access to I-35W, I-30 and Chisholm Trail Parkway.

Good to know. Fairmount is a local historic district, so exterior changes, new construction and demolition need a City Certificate of Appropriateness (staff approves most routine cases), and updated design guidelines are still in draft until City Council adopts them.

Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights is one of Fort Worth's older west-side neighborhoods. Denver developer H.B. Chamberlain promoted it first, but the project stalled after his hotel burned in 1894, and the area boomed in the 1920s as a short trolley ride from Downtown. Today it is residential and sidewalk-friendly, with an active neighborhood association and Camp Bowie Boulevard and the Cultural District close by.

Housing

Largely older single-family homes, especially English cottage and arts-and-crafts bungalow styles, including houses a century old.

Getting around

Camp Bowie Boulevard runs through the area with quick access to Interstate 30, many streets have sidewalks, and the Trinity Trails system is nearby, per a 2022 CandysDirt profile.

Good to know. The Linden Avenue blocks within Arlington Heights are a City historic district, so exterior changes there go through City design review.

TCU / Berkeley

Also called TCU area, Berkeley Place, Berry/University

This southwest-side area centers on Texas Christian University, founded in 1873 and located at 2800 S. University Drive, with Berkeley Place and other residential streets around it. West Berry Street and University Drive are the commercial spine, with restaurants, shops and student-oriented apartments, and football game days are busy gathering times. Berkeley Place's association reports a 2019 city Neighborhood of the Year award and describes sidewalks and ornamental street lights.

Housing

Berkeley Place has one- and two-story brick and stucco homes in styles from bungalow and Craftsman to Streamline Moderne, while Berry Street adds apartments such as GrandMarc at Westberry and the Morado complex slated for the 2027-28 school year.

Getting around

West Berry Street and South University Drive are the main commercial streets, and Trinity Metro's Southside on-demand zone serves TCU and connects to TEXRail and Trinity Railway Express at Fort Worth T&P Station.

Good to know. Berry Street next to campus is an active construction zone (a Morado apartment complex and parking garage), which TCU 360 reported in fall 2026 has complicated parking and foot and car traffic.

Ridglea / Camp Bowie

Also called Camp Bowie District, Camp Bowie Boulevard, Ridglea

Camp Bowie Boulevard, named for a World War I Army training camp, is a west-side commercial corridor that is still paved with red brick and runs out to Ridglea. It is known for longtime restaurants and bakeries, boutiques and antique shops, and the Ridglea Theater, a mid-century landmark that now hosts films, concerts and events. The nonprofit Camp Bowie District, Inc. leads the corridor's revitalization, and corridor-wide design guidelines were adopted through it.

Getting around

Camp Bowie Boulevard is the main street, a short drive west of Downtown, per Visit Fort Worth.

Good to know. Camp Bowie Boulevard's red-brick paving dates to 1928 and is still in place, and the City's Camp Bowie Form-Based Code guides new building along the corridor.

Stockyards / Northside

Also called Fort Worth Stockyards, Historic Stockyards, North Side, Historic Northside

The Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District grew around the Union Stockyards (built 1887) and the Armour and Swift meatpacking plants, and it peaked in 1944 when it processed more than 5 million head of livestock. Today it is a visitor-heavy Western district of brick streets, saloons, shops, Billy Bob's Texas, Cowtown Coliseum rodeos and a twice-daily cattle drive. The Stockyards are part of the larger Northside, where North Main Street in the Historic Northside is seeing new commercial projects and the Rose Marine Theater and Joe T. Garcia's are long-running community fixtures.

Housing

The Stockyards core is mostly entertainment, shops and restaurants; homes are in the surrounding North Side and Diamond Hill-Jarvis neighborhoods, which the City's district area takes in.

Getting around

Trinity Metro's Orange Line bus runs from Fort Worth Central Station to the N. Main Street & Exchange Avenue stop (or N. Main & 26th Street for Billy Bob's), TEXRail's North Side Station is at 2829 Decatur Ave., and drivers reach the district via I-35W and NE 28th Street.

Good to know. The Fort Worth Herd cattle drive runs daily at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on East Exchange Avenue, and the Stockyards site advises arriving early for parking and planning ahead for popular restaurants.

Near East Side

Also called East Lancaster, Near East Side Urban Village

Just southeast of Downtown, the Near East Side centers on East Lancaster Avenue, where 1920s industrial and warehouse buildings now hold arts, crafts and antiques businesses, murals and loft apartments. The City designates about 81 acres here as an urban village and plans more housing and an arts-district identity.

Housing

Mostly commercial and mixed-use buildings, with loft apartments such as the Lancaster Lofts conversion and some houses, per the City.

Getting around

East Lancaster Avenue is the main street, and the area sits between I-35W, I-30 and US 287, less than a mile from Downtown.

Good to know. The City recently awarded the area about $824,000 for community-planned improvements, so expect changes; its master plan dates to 2007-08.

Clearfork

Also called Clear Fork, The Shops at Clearfork

Clearfork is a 270-acre mixed-use district in southwest Fort Worth, built on part of the former Edwards Ranch beside the Clear Fork of the Trinity River. It pairs an open-air shopping center anchored by Neiman Marcus with restaurants, offices and apartments, and the Trailhead at Clearfork gives direct access to the Trinity Trails. Daily life blends shopping and dining with riverside walking and biking.

Housing

Mostly newer multifamily and mixed-use: Visit Fort Worth cites diverse residential options, and NBC 5 reported in 2015 on upscale apartments (The Kelton at Clear Fork) alongside the retail and offices.

Getting around

The district sits along the Chisholm Trail Parkway beside the Clear Fork, and the Trailhead at Clearfork is a starting point for the Trinity Trails.

Good to know. The Trailhead at Clearfork hosts a farmers market every Saturday, per Visit Fort Worth.

Alliance / Far North Fort Worth

Also called AllianceTexas, Alliance Town Center, Far North Fort Worth

Alliance is a master-planned business and residential area in far north Fort Worth that grew up around Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport, which opened in 1989 as an industrial airport, and a BNSF rail hub that followed in 1994. Developer Hillwood reports building more than 14,600 homes there since 1990 and has expanded into apartments and retail, and Alliance Town Center now includes restaurants, shops, parks and trails and Tarrant County's first H-E-B, which opened in April 2024.

Housing

A mix of newer single-family subdivisions and multifamily, including apartments, townhomes and carriage homes at Alliance Town Center's Paloma Village (301 units), per Hillwood.

Getting around

Interstate 35W is the main highway, and Trinity Metro's Alliance on-demand zone (weekdays 4:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.) connects to bus route 16 near Alliance Town Center and route 63X at the North Park & Ride.

Good to know. Alliance is still being built out, with Hillwood describing the project as roughly two-thirds developed in late 2024, so expect ongoing construction and new openings.

Mistletoe Heights

Mistletoe Heights is a historic neighborhood of about 640 acres on bluffs above the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, roughly two miles southwest of Downtown. Its streets were first laid out in 1890, and it filled in after Fort Worth annexed part of it in 1909 and TCU moved to its current site in 1910. Today it is known for leafy streets of bungalows with front porches and traditions like an Easter egg hunt and a July 4th parade.

Housing

Mostly single-family bungalows, many with front porches, ranging from small cottages to larger estates, in a City historic district.

Getting around

The neighborhood sits on bluffs above the Clear Fork of the Trinity River with the Trinity Trails nearby, and its association says TCU, the Fort Worth Zoo and Downtown are close.

Good to know. Mistletoe Heights has been a City-designated historic district since 2002, so exterior alterations, new construction and demolition need a City Certificate of Appropriateness.