Fort Wayne, IN

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Fort Wayne ranks

• #3 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 79.2
• #38 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 61.8
• #50 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 48.4
• #56 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 44.9
• #61 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 45.5
• #67 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 39.2
• #69 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 34.6
• #99 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 10.2

Local facts

Median household income

$60,293

Median rent

$959 / mo

Median home value

$169,700

Median age

35.0

Unemployment

5.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher

28.5%

Poverty rate

15.6%

Renter-occupied homes

37.8%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

77

Students enrolled

46,841

Students per teacher

16.2 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

52.8%

Charter schools

3.9%

School districts serving the city

7

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Districts: Fort Wayne Community Schools, Northwest Allen County Schools, Msd Southwest Allen County Schls, East Allen County Schools, Timothy L Johnson Academy

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

41.2%

No leisure-time physical activity

24.9%

Adults with diabetes

13.0%

Adults who smoke

16.3%

Frequent mental distress

18.8%

Sleeping under 7 hours

37.0%

Adults without health insurance

10.8%

Routine checkup in past year

78.4%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

44.6%

Share of city that is parkland

3.0%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

13.6

Median air quality index (county)

44

Unhealthy air days (county)

3

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

90.5%

Households with no internet

7.1%

Average commute

21.4 min

Work from home

8.2%

Commute by transit

1.2%

Commute on foot

1.5%

Commute by bike

0.4%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Allen County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 5 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Strong wind: relatively high
• Tornado: relatively high
• Riverine flooding: relatively high
• Winter weather: relatively high

ZIP codes

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