Dallas to Fort Worth distance

Dallas to Fort Worth by road

The fastest driving route is 32.5 miles (52.3 km) long and takes about 42 min without stops or traffic. Almost all of it is on I-30: 28.9 mi of 32.5 mi.

The whole route stays in Texas. That’s an average of 47 mph (75 km/h), and at under two hours you can do it without stopping. The time is OSRM’s estimate with OpenStreetMap data: no traffic and speeds somewhat below the limits, so real trips can differ.

Straight-line distance and bearing

In a straight line, the shortest distance over the Earth’s surface, Dallas and Fort Worth are 30.2 miles (48.6 km) apart. That’s the geodesic on the WGS84 ellipsoid, the distance “as the crow flies”.

The road is 8% longer: for every 100 miles in a straight line you drive 108. The route runs almost straight. Of the 110 US driving pairs in this series, it ranks 102nd for detour (the average is 16%).

From Dallas, Fort Worth lies to the west (bearing 263°), and from Fort Worth, Dallas lies to the east.

Halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth

Halfway along the straight line, 15.1 miles (24.3 km) from each city, is the point 32.7545° N, 97.0638° W. It falls near The Homesteads (Texas, pop. 3,053), 20.1 mi away.

By road, the halfway point is 16.2 miles (26.1 km) from each city, near Westover Hills (Texas, pop. 643), 20.0 mi away. The two midpoints almost coincide (0.5 mi apart), because the road doesn’t stray far from the straight line.

Time zone

Dallas and Fort Worth share the same time all year: both are on Central Time.

The two cities

Dallas sits at 428 ft (130 m) and Fort Worth at 653 ft (199 m), 225 ft (69 m) higher.

Dallas has 1.3 million people and Fort Worth 1.0 million people (Census Bureau estimate for 2025).