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Fort Wayne city, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Fort Wayne city is a Census city of 268,589 people across 111.76 square miles of land, in Allen County. Median household income is $61,422, 61.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 393 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $199.7 m.
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Fort Wayne
What Fort Wayne is
- Census place typecity
- Land area111.76 sq mi
- Water area0.33 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,403
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllen County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wayne
How many people live in Fort Wayne
- Population268,589
- Median age35.0
- Population under 1865,349
- Share under 1824.3 percent
- Population 65 and over40,939
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent
- Households110,929
- Family households64,041
- Share of households that are families57.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wayne
Income and work in Fort Wayne
- Median household income$61,422
- Per capita income$33,812
- Civilian labor force138,501
- Employed130,742
- Unemployed7,759
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over175,804
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wayne
Housing in Fort Wayne
- Housing units118,657
- Occupied units110,929
- Vacant units7,728
- Vacancy rate6.5 percent
- Owner occupied68,641
- Renter occupied42,288
- Ownership rate61.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$188,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$999
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent
- Single family units84,784
- Share single family71.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more31,150
- Share in buildings of two or more26.3 percent
- Mobile homes2,671
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wayne
How Fort Wayne gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute116,523
- Commuting under 15 minutes34,958
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more24,196
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.8 percent
- Drove alone76.8 percent
- Carpooled10.5 percent
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked1.5 percent
- Worked from home9.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Wayne
SBA loans in Fort Wayne (7(a))
- Approvals393
- Gross approval$199,690,200
- Average approval$508,118
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,452,000
- Largest approval$4,465,000
- Jobs supported4,151
- Jobs per approval10.6
- Loans with a final outcome92
- Paid in full88
- Charged off4
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more13.2 percent
- Share to franchises18.8 percent
- Distinct lenders59
- Distinct industries by NAICS135
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fort Wayne
SBA loans in Fort Wayne (504)
- Approvals154
- Gross approval$78,057,000
- Average approval$506,864
- Median approval$342,000
- Largest approval$4,764,000
- Jobs supported1,425
- Loans with a final outcome49
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Allen County, not Fort Wayne
Allen County context, not Fort Wayne figures
These are Allen County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Wayne measurements.
- Establishments in Allen County9,696
- Employment at those establishments, Allen County190,285
- Covered employment, Allen County197,885
- Average annual pay, Allen County$60,129
- Average weekly wage, Allen County$1,156
- Housing units permitted, Allen County1,861
- Of those, single family, Allen County1,285
- County product, 2024, Allen County$29,086,714,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allen County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allen County$60,690
Every figure in this section is published for Allen County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Wayne. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Wayne questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Wayne, Indiana?
268,589, in 110,929 households. Fort Wayne city covers 111.76 square miles of land, which is 2,403 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Wayne in?
Allen County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Wayne?
$61,422. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $188,900. Median gross rent is $999 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Wayne businesses?
393 7(a) approvals totalling $199.7 m, across 59 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 154 504 approvals worth $78.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Wayne, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Wayne borrowers get paid back?
Of the 92 loans that have reached a final outcome, 88 were paid in full and 4 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Wayne figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allen County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Wayne.
Is zoning published for Fort Wayne?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.