City comparison
El Paso, TX is about 550 miles (850 km) from Fort Worth, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 650 miles, or about 11 hours behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from El Paso, TX to Fort Worth, TX takes about 1 h 4 min, covering roughly 550 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
El Paso, TX is on Mountain Time and Fort Worth, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in El Paso, it's 1 p.m. in Fort Worth, which puts El Paso 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Fort Worth has a population of 924,663, vs 677,181 in El Paso — about 1.4× larger by population. By land area, Fort Worth covers about 350 sq mi vs 260 sq mi for El Paso.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | El Paso | Fort Worth | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $976/mo | $1,313/mo | 34.5% higher in Fort Worth |
| Median home value | $159,300 | $250,300 | 57.1% higher in Fort Worth |
| Median household income | $55,710 | $72,726 | 30.5% higher in Fort Worth |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 101.7 | 8.0% higher in Fort Worth |
| Utilities index | 83.7 | 89.3 | 6.7% higher in Fort Worth |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 98.5 | 2.0% higher in Fort Worth |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 99.7 | 3.7% higher in Fort Worth |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in El Paso, you'd need $125,447 in Fort Worth to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
El Paso, TX is about 20.3% cheaper overall than Fort Worth, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 62% higher in Fort Worth than in El Paso. If you earn $80,000 in El Paso, you'd need about $100,357 in Fort Worth to keep the same standard of living.