Winter Home Emergency Index · 2026 edition
Fort Worth, TX: 20th of 100 for winter heat and burst-pipe searches
Fort Worth has 20.3 typical December–February searches for furnace, frozen-pipe and emergency plumber help per 1,000 households, 1.7x the median city (12.3). That's 1.62x what its normal winter cold predicts, 15th of 99 cities on this measure.
Ranking check: Not confirmed. Fort Worth ranks 20th on households inside city limits but 64th on metro population. Its city limits hold 12% of the metro's people, so the city-limits figure may overstate it. How the check works
Winter in Fort Worth
- Search demand typically peaks in January, when it runs 2.38x the city's yearly average.
- 8% of winter searches are for urgent problems: burst or frozen pipes, no heat, emergency furnace repair.
- Emergency plumber searches add up to about 19.4 per 1,000 households a year.
- A normal December–February brings 1,572 heating degree days at Fort Worth Meacham Field.
Homes in Fort Worth
- The median home was built in 1992.
- 35% of homes were built before 1980.
- 29% of households heat with gas and 69% with electricity.
- 57% of households own their home.
- 334,230 households in city limits (ACS 2023).
Fort Worth ranks 18th in the Summer AC Emergency Index. See Fort Worth's summer page.
About these numbers
Search demand from Google Ads, Oct 2022 to Sep 2026, for 30 heating and plumbing terms. Each month uses the median of that calendar month across four years. "Fort Worth" is the location as Google Ads defines it; households are city limits. This measures searches, not breakdowns or claims. Full methodology.
Cite: Home Stats Data, "Fort Worth, TX ranks 20th of 100 for winter heat and burst-pipe searches," October 24, 2026, https://homestatsdata.com/plumbing/frozen-pipe-statistics/fort-worth-tx/