Fort Worth, TX vs Sacramento, CA

Sacramento, CA outspends Fort Worth, TX by a wide margin per resident — $71,020 versus $15,939, a 346% difference. A gap this size usually reflects a structurally different service mix or accounting scope rather than a single line item.

Fort Worth, TX edges Sacramento, CA on the Fiscal Health Score by 6 points — 63/100 (grade C) to 57/100 (grade C). At a margin this narrow the grade is close enough that the factor-level detail matters more than the composite.

Sacramento, CA reports no outstanding debt per resident in its Census filing, while Fort Worth, TX carries $1,921 per resident. Their budgets diverge on where the largest per-resident dollars go: Fort Worth, TX leads with parks and recreation at $708 per resident, while Sacramento, CA leads with police at $5,402.

They also fund themselves differently: intergovernmental transfers is the largest single revenue source in Fort Worth, TX at 15% of total revenue, whereas Sacramento, CA relies most on other revenue at 8%.