Texas

Distance from Carrollton to Fort Worth

Straight-line distance

29.7mi

Carrollton, TX and Fort Worth, TX are 29.7 miles (47.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Carrollton, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (241°).

kilometers
47.8
nautical miles
25.8
heading from Carrollton
241° WSW
heading from Fort Worth
61° ENE
CarrolltonFort Worth

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Carrollton is from Fort Worth

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carrollton and Fort Worth is 29.7 miles, 47.8 km or 25.8 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 29.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
29.7
Kilometers
47.8
Nautical miles
25.8
Bearing from Carrollton
241.3° WSW
Bearing arriving at Fort Worth
241.0°
Bearing from Fort Worth
61.0° ENE

Halfway between Carrollton and Fort Worth

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.885900, -97.124513 (32°53'9.24"N 97°07'28.25"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Colleyville, TX, with 26,012 residents, 1.5 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Carrollton gets 14 h 20 min of daylight and Fort Worth 14 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fort Worth has 7.4 times the population of Carrollton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carrollton changed by +1.4% and Fort Worth by +9.1%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Carrollton, TX135,456 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Fort Worth, TX1,008,106 (+9.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carrollton from Fort Worth?

29.7 miles, 47.8 km or 25.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fort Worth from Carrollton?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Carrollton on a bearing of 241.3° and arrives at Fort Worth on 241.0°. The return trip starts on 61.0°.

What is halfway between Carrollton and Fort Worth?

The midpoint is at 32.885900, -97.124513. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Colleyville, TX, 1.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carrollton and Fort Worth?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Carrollton or Fort Worth?

Fort Worth, with 1,008,106 residents in July 2024 against 135,456 for Carrollton, 7.4 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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