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This town of 2,276 people was settled in 1934. On safety it beats 79% of U.S. towns.
Trash day: Tuesday & FridayThe best of Dalworthington Gardens’ subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for safety and health; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Dalworthington Gardens’ typical household income is $139,000, above both Texas’ towns ($69,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). On cost of living, just 38 of Texas’ 998 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Dalworthington Gardens's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Pappy Elkins Park, at 31 acres. Dalworthington Gardens has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Dalworthington Gardens beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Dalworthington Gardens is from typical.
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Census counts: 267 in 1950, 2,293 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1935 and 5 maps from 1959 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dalworthington Gardens. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
7 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
6 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw Stadium
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaTexas StadiumAT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dalworthington Gardens, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Dalworthington Gardens.
The share of households in Dalworthington Gardens who are owner-occupiers: 85%. For Dalworthington Gardens, the median rent is $2,042 a month.
| Dalworthington Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,042 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Two of the 5 schools are below, and why each made the list. Public school enrollment in Dalworthington Gardens: 1,388 students across 3 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Classics Academy -IntermediateLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 524 | A− |
| Flint Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 144 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
For Dalworthington Gardens, the rate of thefts and burglaries is 7 per 1,000 residents. This Texas town reports less crime per resident than nearly four fifths of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. No violent crime was reported locally.
| Dalworthington Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Dalworthington Gardens: 9.8% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Against the Texas average, Dalworthington Gardens comes out ahead on 16 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 4. 30% of adults locally have obesity; 10% worry about having enough food.
| Dalworthington Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 20% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dalworthington Gardens | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5% | 12.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.8% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Dalworthington Gardens after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2021. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 67% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 13% to tornadoes. Also worth knowing: since 1993, Dalworthington Gardens has seen 5 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 36° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For working residents in Dalworthington Gardens, the share who work locally is 2.1%. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 197, to 1,340. Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles. The top destinations are Arlington (21%), Fort Worth (18%) and Dallas (10%).
| Dalworthington Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Across 2 parks and preserves: 1.0 miles of trail. The density of trails in Dalworthington Gardens is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Dalworthington Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gardens Park | 1 mi | 15 |
| 2. Pappy Elkins Park | — | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
11 within 15 miles of the center of Dalworthington Gardens
About 5 of every 100 Dalworthington Gardens residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
City in Texas, United States
Dalworthington Gardens is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States and a suburb of Arlington. As of the 2020 census, Dalworthington Gardens had a population of 2,293.
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One town shares a border with Dalworthington Gardens.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalworthington Gardens | — | — | D− | A− | C− | A− |
| Pantego | — | — | C− | C− | C− | C |
Dalworthington Gardens and Pantego have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Dalworthington Gardens with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
On safety it beats 79% of U.S. towns.
Yes. That is 6.1 years of the area's median household income ($90,275 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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