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Fort Wayne, IN

267,436 Population
110.7 square miles 2,416.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,207 ±$1,544 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $35,446 ±$1,265
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $35,984 ±$351
$58,439 ±$2,769 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $65,678 ±$2,254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $66,785 ±$659

14% ±2.1% (36,698  ±5,631) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 11.5% † 47,998 (±1.5% / ±6,417)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.6% 834,550 (±0.4% / ±28,746)

20.3 minutes ±1 (2,366,950  ±156,511) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 21 3,966,840 (±0.8 / ±179,151)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,821,310 (±0.2 / ±805,034)

Families

109,974 ±2,900 Number of households
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 169,643 ±2,511
  • Indiana: 2,726,489 ±11,359
2.4 ±0.1 (262,417  ±5,166) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 2.5 419,645 (±0 / ±82)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,654,508

6.7% ±1.7% (4,310  ±1,089) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 7.2% † 7,230 (±1.4% / ±1,429)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,329 (±0.3% / ±5,168)

Housing

118,471 ±2,266 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 181,049 ±89
  • Indiana: 2,977,176 ±875

$174,000 ±$5,810 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $200,400 ±$6,566
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $208,700 ±$1,866

15.3% ±2.1% (40,319  ±5,670.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 13.4% † 56,288 (±1.5% / ±6,436.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.9% 870,398 (±0.4% / ±27,508)

Social

88.4% ±3.1% (155,773  ±6,311.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 90.3% 253,947 (±2.8% / ±7,938.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,135,072 (±0.7% / ±30,303.2)
27.7% ±1.9% (48,782  ±3,520.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 30.6% 86,116 (±1.7% / ±4,758.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 29.6% 1,357,012 (±0.4% / ±16,591.8)

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

9.9% ±0.9% (26,585  ±2,431) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 8% 33,910
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.1% 414,526

5.8% ±0.9% (11,693  ±1,826) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6% † 19,312 (±0.8% / ±2,469)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.2% 325,180 (±0.2% / ±8,917)
11,693 Total veterans ±1,826 10,527 Male ±1,800 1,166 Female ±543

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