Far North Fort Worth
Newer SFRs, family renters, low vacancy.
Fort Worth, TX
Is Fort Worth a good place to buy rental property in 2026?
Short answer: yes — for balanced buy-and-hold. Fort Worth's median cap rate of about 5.8% (Fort Worth metro median) sits near the ~6.5% national median, with typical rent at $1,723–$2,273/mo and Texas property tax near 1.68%.
Fort Worth offers Dallas-metro growth at a meaningfully lower entry price — steady population gains with more attainable acquisitions.
Fort Worth market snapshot
Balanced marketMid-range cap rates — cash flow and appreciation are both realistically on the table.
Typical cap rate
5.8%
Fort Worth metro median
Typical rent
$1,723–$2,273/mo
HUD FMR · 2–3BR · 2026
Typical price
$280,000–$380,000
est., all-in
Property tax
1.68%
Texas effective
Rent is HUD Fair Market Rent where available, otherwise a market estimate; price is a market estimate. Cap-rate and tax are the defaults TrueCap applies — enter a specific address for exact, auto-filled numbers.
Sources & methodology. These are screening defaults and market estimates — not an appraisal, and not financial, tax, or legal advice. Verify rents, taxes, insurance, and local landlord/tenant law against the county assessor and your state's landlord-tenant statute before relying on them.
Data: HUD Fair Market Rent · FRED 30-yr mortgage rate · Tax Foundation (property tax) · Updated July 2026
Metro-level estimates — precision is lower at the neighborhood and parcel level; pull a specific address for exact, auto-filled figures. Reviewed by the TrueCap team. See our full methodology.
What rents actually look like in Fort Worth
One number never tells the story — HUD publishes ZIP-level Small Area Fair Market Rents for the Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, the metro-wide FMR region that includes Fort Worth, and the spread across its ZIP codes is where deals are won or lost. Same purchase price, different ZIP, very different rent.
| ZIP code | 2BR rent | 3BR rent |
|---|---|---|
| 75028 | $2,800/mo | $3,520/mo |
| 76244 | $2,340/mo | $3,090/mo |
| 76177 | $2,120/mo | $2,770/mo |
| 76126 | $1,960/mo | $2,590/mo |
| 76107 | $1,820/mo | $2,400/mo |
| 76095 | $1,730/mo | $2,280/mo |
| 76161 | $1,730/mo | $2,280/mo |
| 76058 | $1,660/mo | $2,190/mo |
| 76049 | $1,600/mo | $1,930/mo |
| 76116 | $1,520/mo | $2,010/mo |
| 76119 | $1,400/mo | $1,850/mo |
| 76486 | $970/mo | $1,320/mo |
Showing 12 of 126 ZIP codes in the Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area — the HUD FMR region that includes Fort Worth — sampled highest to lowest across the rent range. Source: HUD FY2026 Small Area Fair Market Rents. TrueCap auto-fills the exact ZIP-level figure when you enter a Fort Worth address.
Why Fort Worth works for rental investors
Better starting math than Dallas with the same growth tailwind. As always in Texas, underwrite the effective property-tax rate, not the listing's stale number.
See the full Texas investing guide — taxes, landlord law & top metros →
Neighborhoods to look at in Fort Worth
Riverside
Value-add stock, improving demand.
Haltom City
Affordable, strong cash flow for the metro.
Neighborhood notes are starting points, not recommendations — always underwrite the specific property.
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