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Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area

423,038 Population
992.9 square miles 426.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,931 ±$1,153 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $33,054 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$62,155 ±$2,284 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $62,743 ±$716
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.9% ±1.5% (53,309  ±6,132) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 803,021 (±0.4% / ±25,718)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.4 minutes ±0.6 (4,024,255  ±154,828) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 23.8 67,055,300 (±0.2 / ±697,528)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

168,833 ±1,845 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,680,694 ±9,238
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (417,528  ±1,320) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,624,430 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

6.9% ±1.5% (6,827  ±1,467) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,099 (±0.3% / ±4,497)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

179,321 ±924 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 2,950,121 ±809
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$173,000 ±$3,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $182,400 ±$2,006
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

15.6% ±1.7% (65,092  ±6,884.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.3% 893,815 (±0.4% / ±26,942.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.6% ±2.5% (249,588  ±6,928.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,132,897 (±0.7% / ±32,646)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
29.7% ±1.4% (82,773  ±3,887) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 28.9% 1,316,787 (±0.4% / ±18,614.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

7.3% ±0.7% (30,861  ±2,931) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 379,407 (±0.2% / ±12,678)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.5% ±0.9% (20,586  ±2,678) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.4% 335,248 (±0.2% / ±9,646)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
20,586 Total veterans ±2,678 19,511 Male ±2,449 1,075 Female ±597

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