Fort Worth, TX vs Portland, OR
Side-by-side fiscal comparison · U.S. Census Bureau data (2023)
Portland, OR spends 49% more per resident than Fort Worth, TX: $23,675 against $15,939. That gap is large enough to show up across most functional budget categories below.
On the CitySpend Fiscal Health Score the two are level: Fort Worth, TX and Portland, OR both land at 63/100 (grade C and C respectively), so the deciding factors sit in the underlying six-factor breakdown rather than the rolled-up grade.
On debt, Portland, OR carries the lighter load at $1,574 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 Portland, OR at $2,477.
On the revenue side both lean hardest on intergovernmental transfers — 15% of total revenue in Fort Worth, TX and 19% in Portland, OR.
Summary
Portland spends 32.7% more per capita than Fort Worth ($7,735/person difference). Both cities share the same Fiscal Health Score.
Fiscal Health Score
Key Metrics
Per Capita Spending by Department
Revenue Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Sales Tax | $198 | $1,695 |
| Income Tax | $851 | $130 |
| Intergovernmental | $4,002 | $8,979 |
| Charges & Fees | $3,594 | $3,883 |
| Other | $3,439 | $7,916 |
Spending Breakdown (Per Capita)
| Fire Protection | $156 | $1,700 |
| Highways & Roads | $317 | $139 |
| Public Welfare | $869 | $3,607 |
| Health | $235 | $0 |
| Hospitals | $1,680 | $2,893 |
| Parks & Recreation | $708 | $2,477 |
| Housing | $4,217 | $3,694 |
| Sewerage | $267 | $630 |
| Utilities | $2,674 | $1,845 |
| Other | $4,817 | $6,689 |
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Source: Census Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 2026.