City safety & data profile
Fort WayneIN
Fort Wayne, IN is a 260K-resident city in Allen County with a median household income of $61,422.
Allen County, Indiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fort Wayne, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fort Wayne has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $188,900, and 8 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 260K
- Population (place)
- Top 2%
- By size
- $61,422
- Median income (place)
- $188,900
- Median home (place)
- 16%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 8 hospitals serve the Fort Wayne area.
- Bottom 25%
- by median income, US cities
- 8
- hospitals in & near Fort Wayne
Composite score · Fort Wayne, IN
34/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Fort Wayne income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$61,422 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in IN
Population among 79 IN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
887,642 residents
- Fort Wayne 260,326
Fort Wayne, IN
260,326 residents
- Evansville 119,943
Evansville, IN
119,943 residents
- South Bend 101,516
South Bend, IN
101,516 residents
- Carmel 88,713
Carmel, IN
88,713 residents
- Bloomington 84,067
Bloomington, IN
84,067 residents
- Hammond 77,614
Hammond, IN
77,614 residents
- Gary 77,156
Gary, IN
77,156 residents
- Fishers 76,794
Fishers, IN
76,794 residents
- Lafayette 71,111
Lafayette, IN
71,111 residents
What this shows By headcount, Indianapolis ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Zionsville.
Highest median incomes in IN
Median household income across 79 tracked IN places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Zionsville
Zionsville, IN
$172,024 median
- Carmel
Carmel, IN
$141,505 median
- Saint John
Saint John, IN
$131,467 median
- Fishers
Fishers, IN
$130,203 median
- Granger
Granger, IN
$123,318 median
- Westfield
Westfield, IN
$122,789 median
- Munster
Munster, IN
$110,187 median
- Dyer
Dyer, IN
$107,159 median
- Noblesville
Noblesville, IN
$104,047 median
- Brownsburg
Brownsburg, IN
$102,235 median
What this shows Zionsville leads this pool on median income; Indianapolis is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Fort Wayne, IN beyond the headline numbers
Fort Wayne sits inside Allen County, Indiana, at roughly 41.13°N, -85.13°W. Population 260,326, $61,422 median household income. Median home value $188,900, median rent $999. Poverty rate 16%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
8 hospitals in/around Fort Wayne, 3.5/5 avg rating, 4 with an ER. Climate: 50.9°F annual average, 39.6" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.7% in Fort Wayne, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
A typical renter in Fort Wayne, IN pays $999/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Fort Wayne's median age is 35 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Fort Wayne, IN stands at 16%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Fort Wayne runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 9% of Fort Wayne workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Unemployment in Fort Wayne sits at 5.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
29% of Fort Wayne adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fort Wayne from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Allen County): Fort Wayne's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
The Economic Picture
Fort Wayne's median rent of $999/mo runs 35% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median household income runs 31% below average too, at $61,422.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 16% +29% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 5.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 29% |
| Work From Home | 9% |
| Public Transit | 1% |
Population Snapshot
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Healthcare 8 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20247.4% below national average
Metro area: Fort Wayne, IN (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-level32 flood insurance claims have been filed in Allen County since 2016, with $339K paid out by the NFIP.
Central U.S. April Flooding alone generated 1 of those claims, the county's largest named flood event in this record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Fort Wayne?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fort Wayne right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet IN-FORT-WAYNE · Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fort Wayne; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Indiana state hubs · Methodology
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fort Wayne, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IN (16% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IN ($61,422 here).
Compare Fort Wayne with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
Turning this into a research checklist
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fort Wayne area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Fort Wayne against Indiana peers on any ranking lens. Explore Indiana
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Allen County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-13.