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Fort Wayne, IN
273,203 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1825000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Fort Wayne ranked #92 of 340 cities and 5th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Fort Wayne and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Lexington KY, Greensboro NC, Wichita KS, Winston-Salem NC, Madison WI, Little Rock AR, Lincoln NE, Amarillo TX, Montgomery AL, Tulsa OK, Omaha NE, Reno NV, Rockford IL · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #92 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #183 | #221 | #162 | #186 | #173 | #120 | #115 | #140 | #172 | #106 | #167 | #193 | #134 | #128 | #90 | #112 | #78 | #55 | #92 | #80 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 252,981 | 253,539 | 254,174 | 253,720 | 253,780 | 254,161 | 256,293 | 257,626 | 259,333 | 260,570 | 262,109 | 263,513 | 265,128 | 267,460 | 270,402 | 264,394 | 266,455 | 268,394 | 270,408 | 273,203 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #86 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.2 | — | -0.0 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.0 | -0.2 | +0.0 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.0 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #216 of 283 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2009 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #59 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 17.9% | 17.2% | 16.3% | 17.0% | 18.1% | 17.1% | 18.0% | 17.9% | 19.8% | 18.0% | 19.1% | 18.6% | 18.6% | 18.7% | 18.4% | — | 18.8% | 19.8% | 19.9% | 20.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #242 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 9.9 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 12.7 | 4.6 | 9.5 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 11.7 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #185 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61.2 | 65.9 | 66.6 | 85.7 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 146,744 | 149,674 | 149,086 | 145,437 | 138,185 | 142,908 | 146,331 | 146,144 | 144,499 | 145,649 | 148,968 | 149,994 | 151,267 | 152,158 | 152,577 | 149,768 | 153,577 | 159,787 | 163,629 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #143 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +0.8 | -1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 | +0.5 | -0.2 | +0.2 | -2.1 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.0 | -0.8 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -1.0 | +1.8 | -0.7 | +0.6 | +0.3 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113,719 | 115,126 | 114,476 | 122,500 | 121,975 | 124,079 | 123,088 | 129,872 | 129,673 | — | 125,773 | 130,850 | 134,711 | 137,374 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #91 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.6% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 8.0% | 6.1% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 4.4% | — | 6.0% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 4.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #113 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 3% | 2% | 13% | 21% | 15% | 14% | 29% | 23% | 29% | 21% | 13% | 9% | 31% | 34% | 42% | 41% | 30% | 32% | 27% | 29% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #136 of 314 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | $1,206 | $1,467 | $1,777 | $2,368 | $2,295 | $2,544 | $2,528 | $2,309 | $2,500 | $2,774 | $3,083 | $3,166 | $2,277 | $2,217 | $2,395 | $2,396 | $2,490 | $2,142 | $2,350 | $2,349 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Fort Wayne. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.