Texas

Distance from Fort Worth to Waco

Straight-line distance

85.1mi

Fort Worth, TX and Waco, TX are 85.1 miles (136.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Worth, the shortest path starts out heading S (174°).

kilometers
136.9
nautical miles
73.9
heading from Fort Worth
174° S
heading from Waco
354° N
Fort WorthWaco

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

How far Fort Worth is from Waco

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Worth and Waco is 85.1 miles, 136.9 km or 73.9 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 85.1 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
85.1
Kilometers
136.9
Nautical miles
73.9
Bearing from Fort Worth
173.7° S
Bearing arriving at Waco
173.8°
Bearing from Waco
353.8° N

Halfway between Fort Worth and Waco

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.170025, -97.268616 (32°10'12.09"N 97°16'7.02"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Itasca, TX, with 1,885 residents, 7.1 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, Fort Worth gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Waco 14 h 13 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 10 h 05 min. Fort Worth is 1.22° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fort Worth has 6.9 times the population of Waco. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Worth changed by +9.1% and Waco by +4.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Fort Worth, TX1,008,106 (+9.1%)
  2. 02Waco, TX146,608 (+4.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Worth from Waco?

85.1 miles, 136.9 km or 73.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Waco from Fort Worth?

S. The great-circle path leaves Fort Worth on a bearing of 173.7° and arrives at Waco on 173.8°. The return trip starts on 353.8°.

What is halfway between Fort Worth and Waco?

The midpoint is at 32.170025, -97.268616. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Itasca, TX, 7.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Worth and Waco?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Worth or Waco?

Fort Worth, with 1,008,106 residents in July 2024 against 146,608 for Waco, 6.9 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.