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Cost of living in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Simple answer

Typical rent is $999 a month.

Fort Wayne is a city in Indiana. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $61,422 a year.

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People
268,589
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$999
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$61,422
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$188,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,248
Fort Wayne, IN HUD Metro FMR Area

Fort Wayne, Indiana has about 268,589 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $188,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Allen County is $1,248 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Fort Wayne. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Fort Wayne, IN metro area, prices sit at 92.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Indiana taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Fort Wayne's exact store tax.

Some places in Indiana add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.35% of income. That is not a Fort Wayne bill.

In July 2026, a typical Indiana home paid 16.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Fort Wayne's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Indiana in the table we use.

Among 320 places we list in Indiana with a rent figure, 107 have higher typical rent than Fort Wayne.

Nearby places

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.