Sacramento, CA vs Fort Worth, TX

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: Sacramento, CA leads with police at $5,402 per resident, while Fort Worth, TX leads with parks and recreation at $708.

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