Fort Wayne vs Harlan

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Wayne and Harlan: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Wayne and Harlan are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Wayne has the higher population (266,235 vs 1,333 in Harlan). Harlan has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $60,293 in Fort Wayne). Fort Wayne has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $166,800 in Harlan).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
Population	266,235	1,333
Median age	35.0 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,293	$73,214
Median home value	$169,700	$166,800
Median gross rent	$959	$939
Housing units	117,692	554
Homeownership rate	62.2%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
Population	265,752 → 266,235 (+0.2%)	1,622 → 1,333 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$49,411 → $60,293 (+22.0%)	$60,566 → $73,214 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $169,700 (+47.4%)	$117,700 → $166,800 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $959 (+25.5%)	$847 → $939 (+10.9%)

Fort Wayne

Population

265,752266,235

Median household income

$49,411$60,293

Median home value

$115,100$169,700

Median gross rent

$764$959

Harlan

Population

1,6221,333

Median household income

$60,566$73,214

Median home value

$117,700$166,800

Median gross rent

$847$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
Under 5	7.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	20.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	2.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	26.3%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	98.4%
Black or African American	14.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
Drove alone	78.1%	66.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	19.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.7%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
1-unit, detached	68.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wayne	Harlan
Poverty rate	15.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1971	1976