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Fort Wayne, IN

271,629 Population
110.6 square miles 2,455.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$31,440 ±$1,115 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $36,303 ±$1,257
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
$57,138 ±$2,888 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $66,317 ±$2,226
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808

16.7% ±2.2% (44,646  ±5,913) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 12.8% † 57,846 (±1.5% / ±6,907)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)

23 minutes ±1 (2,728,165  ±174,346) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 22.1 4,491,700 (±0.8 / ±205,214)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 24.3 72,674,390 (±0.2 / ±875,671)

Families

115,195 ±2,628 Number of households
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 186,586 ±1,677
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
2.3 ±0.1 (267,007  ±5,445) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 2.4 451,251 (±0 / ±165)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.4 † 6,683,725 (±,201.7 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±1.6% (3,380  ±1,073) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,576 (±1.2% / ±1,305)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)

Housing

121,437 ±2,289 Number of housing units
  • the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 195,331 ±95
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509

$199,900 ±$9,261 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: $222,700 ±$6,483
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902

15.7% ±2.2% (42,095  ±5,911.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 14.1% † 63,817 (±1.7% / ±7,530.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)

Social

89.4% ±3.2% (157,335  ±6,471.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 91.1% 273,910 (±2.7% / ±8,119.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
30.4% ±2% (53,466  ±3,592.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 31.3% 94,048 (±1.6% / ±4,736.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)

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

8.8% ±1.2% (23,852  ±3,164) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 6.6% † 30,219 (±8,009% / ±3,396)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% † 432,652 (±,510.4% / ±13,055)

5.5% ±0.7% (11,349  ±1,540) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area: 5.8% † 19,802 (±0.6% / ±2,055)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
11,349 Total veterans ±1,540 10,574 Male ±1,521 775 Female ±381

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