Fort Worth, TX vs Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis, MN spends 37% more per resident than Fort Worth, TX: $21,910 against $15,939. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.

Minneapolis, MN edges Fort Worth, TX on the Fiscal Health Score by 2 points — 65/100 (grade B) to 63/100 (grade C). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.

On debt, Minneapolis, MN carries the lighter load at $644 per resident versus $1,921 for Fort Worth, TX. Both cities pour the most per-resident dollars into the same function: parks and recreation leads in Fort Worth, TX at $708 per resident and in Minneapolis, MN at $3,486.

They also fund themselves differently: intergovernmental transfers is the largest single revenue source in Fort Worth, TX at 15% of total revenue, whereas Minneapolis, MN relies most on other revenue at 17%.