This metro splits between two separate Area Agency on Aging territories along the Tarrant County line, and Texas licenses assisted living in two tiers (Type A and Type B) rather than one blanket license -- both shape how families here should compare options.
We cover 12 cities across Tarrant, Parker, Johnson, Denton and Wise counties, with Fort Worth as the metro's hub.
Cities
Fort Worth
Tarrant County's seat and the metro's hub city, home to the medical district around Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth and JPS Health Network, with senior housing spanning older near-west neighborhoods to new construction in far north Alliance and far south Chisholm Trail.
See options →Arlington
Tarrant County's second-largest city, roughly midway between Fort Worth and Dallas, with a mix of long-established assisted living communities and newer memory-care-focused buildings along the Highway 287 corridor.
See options →Keller
A fast-growing northeast Tarrant County suburb where senior housing construction has been catching up to a population that moved in decades ago as young families and is now aging in place.
See options →North Richland Hills
A mid-density suburb between Fort Worth and the Dallas side of the metroplex, with several long-running assisted and independent living communities along the Loop 820 and Davis Boulevard corridors.
See options →Southlake
One of the metro's most affluent suburbs, where families increasingly look for premium assisted living and memory care options close to home rather than relocating a parent farther south.
See options →Grapevine
A Lake Grapevine and DFW Airport-adjacent city whose historic downtown sits alongside newer senior housing development serving both longtime residents and relocating retirees.
See options →Bedford
A Mid-Cities community between Fort Worth and Dallas, convenient to DFW Airport and the Harris Methodist HEB hospital campus, with several established independent and assisted living communities.
See options →Hurst
A compact Mid-Cities suburb bordering Bedford and Euless, with an aging housing stock that has driven steady demand for in-home care and nearby assisted living.
See options →Euless
A diverse Mid-Cities community near DFW Airport, where families often compare options across the Bedford-Euless-Hurst corridor rather than staying within one city's limits.
See options →Colleyville
A smaller, higher-income northeast Tarrant suburb between Southlake and North Richland Hills, where most senior care searches lead families to the larger neighboring cities' communities.
See options →Mansfield
A fast-growing southeast Tarrant County city where senior housing has begun catching up to a population boom that was, until recently, dominated by young families.
See options →Burleson
A growing city straddling the Tarrant-Johnson county line south of Fort Worth, served by the North Central Texas Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging rather than the Tarrant County agency that covers the rest of this metro.
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