Cook Children's shares the Fort Worth hospital district with Harris and JPS — pediatric specialty contracts, the same walkable Southside housing map, and the Tarrant County GSA locality rate. If your license and specialty give you a choice of the three, housing won't be the tiebreaker; they share the same excellent pockets.
The pockets that work
Near Southside / Magnolia
Everything in the district is close; Cook sits on the western edge, so the Magnolia walk is a real option.
Fairmount
Porch-swing streets. Small landlords here are used to hospital travelers — say the words 'thirteen weeks' early.
West 7th / Cultural District
Closest big-complex stock to Cook specifically; museums and the Trinity Trails in between.
Shift-schedule note
Peds units skew day-heavy; the district's evening noise matters less here than for the trauma campuses.
Run your numbers
Take the middle of a band above to the stipend-fit calculator, and read the week-8 guide before you sign anything with a 60-day notice clause.
Rent bands: public listing platforms, mid-2026, deliberately rounded — verify with the property before signing. GSA anchors: FY 2026 (Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026). This file is educational research, not a housing offer or placement service.