Fort Wayne vs Huntertown

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

Fort Wayne and Huntertown 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 10,984 in Huntertown). Huntertown has the higher median household income ($104,808 vs $60,293 in Fort Wayne). Huntertown has the higher median home value ($255,800 vs $169,700 in Fort Wayne).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
Population	266,235	10,984
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,293	$104,808
Median home value	$169,700	$255,800
Median gross rent	$959	$1,522
Housing units	117,692	3,691
Homeownership rate	62.2%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
Population	265,752 → 266,235 (+0.2%)	6,789 → 10,984 (+61.8%)
Median household income	$49,411 → $60,293 (+22.0%)	$79,375 → $104,808 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $169,700 (+47.4%)	$168,700 → $255,800 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $959 (+25.5%)	$1,125 → $1,522 (+35.3%)

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

Huntertown

Population

6,78910,984

Median household income

$79,375$104,808

Median home value

$168,700$255,800

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,522

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
Under 5	7.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	25.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.5%
75 and over	6.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	82.1%
Black or African American	14.4%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
Drove alone	78.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	11.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
1-unit, detached	68.6%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wayne	Huntertown
Poverty rate	15.6%	2.2%
Average household size	2.39	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1971	2008