Fort Worth · Central

Living in Near Southside & Magnolia, Fort Worth

The Near Southside mixes Fort Worth's hospital district with Magnolia Avenue's restaurants and bars. Fairmount, one of the Southwest's largest historic districts, holds most of the older homes.

Home typesHistoric single-family, Bungalow / Victorian, Townhome, Mid-rise apartment

Home ageLate-1800s to 1920s homes in Fairmount, plus apartment and townhome infill from the 2010s to present.

LotsStandard older city lots with alleys; infill sites are small and dense.

HOAMost single-family homes have no HOA; the Fairmount historic district sets exterior design rules.

School districtsFort Worth ISD

Getting around

Downtown Fort Worth is just north, and T&P Station (TRE and TEXRail) is nearby. Dallas is a 45-minute-plus drive or a TRE ride; Legacy and Frisco are far.

Downtown Dallas ~43 min 33 mi
Legacy West (Plano) ~54 min 45 mi
DFW Airport ~38 min 26 mi
Downtown Fort Worth ~6 min 2 mi

Off-peak drive estimates from OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM), measured from each area's center on 2026-10-21. Rush hour is often much longer.

2025 property tax rates

Location	City	School district	County	Total
City of Fort Worth (Tarrant County, Fort Worth ISD)	0.67	1.0291	0.4635	2.1626%

2025 tax rates per $100 of value, from Republic Title's 2025 DFW Area Tax Rates (compiled from county appraisal districts). County column includes county, community college and hospital districts where they apply. Excludes MUD/PID and special districts, and is before homestead exemptions.

Strengths

Walkable Magnolia dining
Historic Fairmount homes
Close to Downtown and the hospitals

Tradeoffs

Older homes need upkeep
Parking on Magnolia
Long commute to Dallas

Nearby

Magnolia Avenue, Fairmount–Southside Historic District, Cook Children's Medical Center, JPS Health Network, Fort Worth Medical District

Development watch

Trinity Metro plans to extend TEXRail 2.1 miles from T&P Station to a Medical District station, with groundbreaking targeted for late 2026 and opening around 2029. UT Southwestern broke ground on a cancer center in the Near Southside in 2025.

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