Fort Wayne vs New Haven

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

Fort Wayne and New Haven 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 15,339 in New Haven). New Haven has the higher median household income ($67,121 vs $60,293 in Fort Wayne). Fort Wayne has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $151,200 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
Population	266,235	15,339
Median age	35.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,293	$67,121
Median home value	$169,700	$151,200
Median gross rent	$959	$947
Housing units	117,692	6,684
Homeownership rate	62.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
Population	265,752 → 266,235 (+0.2%)	16,279 → 15,339 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$49,411 → $60,293 (+22.0%)	$51,306 → $67,121 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $169,700 (+47.4%)	$103,400 → $151,200 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $959 (+25.5%)	$822 → $947 (+15.2%)

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

New Haven

Population

16,27915,339

Median household income

$51,306$67,121

Median home value

$103,400$151,200

Median gross rent

$822$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
Under 5	7.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.1%
75 and over	6.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	14.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
Drove alone	78.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.2%	4.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
1-unit, detached	68.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Wayne	New Haven
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1971	1974