Colorado Springs, CO vs Fort Worth, TX
Side-by-side fiscal comparison · U.S. Census Bureau data (2023)
Fort Worth, TX spends 21% more per resident than Colorado Springs, CO: $15,939 against $13,222. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.
Fort Worth, TX edges Colorado Springs, CO on the Fiscal Health Score by 4 points — 63/100 (grade C) to 59/100 (grade C). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.
On debt, Fort Worth, TX carries the lighter load at $1,921 per resident versus $3,063 for Colorado Springs, CO. Their budgets diverge on where the largest per-resident dollars go: Colorado Springs, CO leads with fire protection at $1,266 per resident, while Fort Worth, TX leads with parks and recreation at $708.
On the revenue side both lean hardest on intergovernmental transfers — 13% of total revenue in Colorado Springs, CO and 15% in Fort Worth, TX.
Summary
Fort Worth spends 17.0% more per capita than Colorado Springs ($2,717/person difference). Fort Worth, TX has the stronger Fiscal Health Score (C, 63/100).
Fiscal Health Score
Key Metrics
Per Capita Spending by Department
Revenue Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Sales Tax | $257 | $198 |
| Income Tax | $0 | $851 |
| Intergovernmental | $6,902 | $4,002 |
| Charges & Fees | $5,676 | $3,594 |
| Other | $2,678 | $3,439 |
Spending Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Fire Protection | $1,266 | $156 |
| Highways & Roads | $0 | $317 |
| Public Welfare | $575 | $869 |
| Health | $0 | $235 |
| Hospitals | $416 | $1,680 |
| Parks & Recreation | $376 | $708 |
| Housing | $2,713 | $4,217 |
| Sewerage | $0 | $267 |
| Utilities | $2,566 | $2,674 |
| Interest on Debt | $190 | $0 |
| Other | $5,120 | $4,817 |
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Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2026.