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Bluffton, IN

10,539 Population
8.5 square miles 1,235.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$30,105 ±$2,235 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $36,444 ±$526
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$57,929 ±$4,657 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $69,378 ±$1,127
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

9.9% ±3.6% (1,012  ±372) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 11.8% 52,233 (±0.7% / ±3,038)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

18 minutes ±2.2 (91,990  ±12,235) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 21.9 4,387,340 (±0.3 / ±72,346)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

4,470 ±219 Number of households
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 179,472 ±916
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.3 ±0.1 (10,296  ±264) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 2.5 444,809 (±0 / ±82)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

11.5% ±4.7% (263  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 5.9% † 6,247 (±0.6% / ±631)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

4,791 ±221 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 191,399 ±166
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$136,800 ±$7,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $194,000 ±$2,602
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

16.7% ±4.8% (1,732  ±504.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 13.9% 61,867 (±0.7% / ±3,233)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

92.4% ±6.6% (6,444  ±519) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 90.7% 269,755 (±1.2% / ±3,591)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
16.5% ±3.2% (1,149  ±229.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 29.7% 88,297 (±0.7% / ±2,064.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±1% (146  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.9% 31,058
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

5.5% ±1.5% (434  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.7% 22,444 (±0.3% / ±1,033)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
434 Total veterans ±120 410 Male ±112 24 Female ±26

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