Fort Wayne vs Leo-Cedarville

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

Fort Wayne and Leo-Cedarville 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 3,670 in Leo-Cedarville). Leo-Cedarville has the higher median household income ($107,466 vs $60,293 in Fort Wayne). Leo-Cedarville has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $169,700 in Fort Wayne).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
Population	266,235	3,670
Median age	35.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,293	$107,466
Median home value	$169,700	$284,900
Median gross rent	$959	—
Housing units	117,692	1,281
Homeownership rate	62.2%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
Population	265,752 → 266,235 (+0.2%)	3,788 → 3,670 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$49,411 → $60,293 (+22.0%)	$77,073 → $107,466 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $169,700 (+47.4%)	$196,900 → $284,900 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $959 (+25.5%)	$862 → $1,055 (+22.4%)

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

Leo-Cedarville

Population

3,7883,670

Median household income

$77,073$107,466

Median home value

$196,900$284,900

Median gross rent

$862$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
Under 5	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.3%
75 and over	6.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	97.0%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
No high school diploma	11.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
Drove alone	78.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.4%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
1-unit, detached	68.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wayne	Leo-Cedarville
Poverty rate	15.6%	2.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1971	1990