Fort Wayne is a large city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 269,994 people and 82 associated neighborhoods, Fort Wayne is the second largest community in Indiana.Fort Wayne is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Wayne is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Wayne who work in office and administrative support (10.71%), sales jobs (9.47%), and management occupations (8.60%). Also of interest is that Fort Wayne has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Fort Wayne telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.23% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The percentage of people in Fort Wayne who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.53% of adults in Fort Wayne have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Wayne in 2022 was $32,884, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,536 for a family of four. However, Fort Wayne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Wayne is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Wayne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Wayne residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Wayne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Wayne include German, English, Irish, French, and European. The most common language spoken in Fort Wayne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
