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Fort Wayne, IN

273,425 Population
111.8 square miles 2,446.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 37 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,220 ±$2,137 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $39,592 ±$1,866
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,436 ±$3,743 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $71,251 ±$1,661
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.3% ±2.4% (41,293  ±6,602) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 11.6% † 53,081 (±1.6% / ±7,220)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.5 minutes ±1.1 (2,672,370  ±169,953) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 22.9 4,880,620 (±1 / ±243,239)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.6 74,463,616 (±0.2 / ±752,879)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

112,191 ±2,798 Number of households
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 185,429 ±2,083
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (268,858  ±5,365) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 2.5 456,628 (±0 / ±146)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±1.6% (3,186  ±1,061) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,579 (±1.2% / ±1,292)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

120,521 ±2,456 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 197,640 ±81
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$219,900 ±$7,821 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $245,800 ±$6,667
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13% ±1.6% (35,085  ±4,472.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 12% † 54,663 (±1.3% / ±6,116.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±3% (160,286  ±6,330.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 90.2% 277,857 (±2.6% / ±7,926.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31% ±2% (55,656  ±3,675.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 31.1% 95,680 (±1.5% / ±4,620.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.1% ±1% (27,572  ±2,897) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 7.6% 34,962
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±0.9% (11,840  ±1,815) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 5.5% † 19,122 (±0.6% / ±2,199)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
11,840 Total veterans ±1,815 10,938 Male ±1,748 902 Female ±428

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