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46814 — Fort Wayne, IN

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 46814 in Fort Wayne, IN blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of A (86/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $147,280, a median home value of $399,300, 62.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and an average commute of 23 minutes. Every value comes directly from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates tied to ZIP 46814, not a national average mapped onto the ZIP.

Cross-agency inputs extend the score beyond Census demographics. If any of these feeds is missing for 46814, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall A score for 46814 reflects a weighted blend — Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%) — and each dimension is benchmarked against national percentiles rather than in-state-only comparisons. Strengths visible in the raw data include income, education, housing, rent. The 6 nearby ZIP codes listed below provide immediate geographic context — two adjacent ZIPs can land several grade letters apart due to school-district boundaries, zoning, and commute arteries.

A
Overall Score
86/100
46814 — Fort Wayne, IN
Income A+
$147,280
Median household income
Education A+
62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
Housing B+
2.7x
Home value $399,300 vs income
Commute C+
23 min
Average commute time
Rent A+
$1,113/mo
2BR fair market rent (9% of income)
Safety N/A
N/A
Violent crime rate (county)
Childcare N/A
N/A
Center-based infant care cost

Score Breakdown

Income

A+
$147,280

Median household income

Score: 96/100

Education

A+
62.8%

Bachelor's degree or higher

Score: 93/100

Housing

B+
2.7x

Home value $399,300 vs income

Score: 77/100

Commute

C+
23 min

Average commute time

Score: 61/100

Rent

A+
$1,113/mo

2BR fair market rent (9% of income)

Score: 94/100

Safety

N/A
N/A

Violent crime rate (county)

Childcare

N/A
N/A

Center-based infant care cost

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What This Means

Fort Wayne, IN (46814) receives an overall grade of A based on publicly available data from the Census Bureau, HUD, FBI, and Department of Labor. This area performs well in income and education and housing and rent. Data was unavailable for safety, childcare — these dimensions were excluded from the overall score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the overall score for ZIP 46814?▼
ZIP 46814 (Fort Wayne, IN) has an overall neighborhood score of 86/100, earning a grade of A. This score combines 7 dimensions: income, education, housing affordability, commute, rent, safety, and childcare costs.
Is 46814 a good place to live?▼
Based on Census, HUD, FBI, and DOL data, 46814 scores A overall. Strengths include income, education, housing, rent.
How is the neighborhood scorecard calculated?▼
The scorecard evaluates 7 dimensions weighted by importance: Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing affordability (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%). Each metric is compared against national benchmarks to produce a percentile score.

Official Data Resources

HUD Fair Market Rents → FBI Crime Statistics → NCES School Data →

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report. Source: DOL Childcare Costs. Verify with HUD →

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.