Town · Allen County, Indiana

Huntertown, Indiana

Huntertown is a town in Allen County, Indiana, part of the Fort Wayne, IN metro area. It has 11,379 residents. Huntertown, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 67 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,230 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #44 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), lack of reliable transportation (low) and physical inactivity (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and homicide rate (high).

67High

Quality-of-life score: #5,230 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #44 of 353 in IN
Population: 11,379 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 1,374.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 1835266

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety32#10,703/15,637
Economy95#736/15,631
Housing72#4,226/14,977
Health62#5,861/15,609
Healthcare67#5,189/15,650
Environment20#12,287/15,453
Education61#6,146/15,649
Infrastructure87#1,974/15,650
Community53#7,346/15,651
Leisure & amenities41#9,228/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Huntertown, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Allen County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.350
94/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.1%
93/100Indiana 8.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low16.0%
92/100Indiana 25.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · low3.2%
92/100Indiana 12.1%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Food insecurity · low8.3%
90/100Indiana 15.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Unemployment rate · low1.4%
89/100Indiana 3.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
14/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAllen County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.9 µg/m³
16/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAllen County value
Homicide rate · high6.3 /100k
20/100Indiana 5.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAllen County value
Distance to an airport · high75 mi
20/100Indiana 38 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAllen County value
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Indiana 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAllen County value
Voter turnout · low59.5%
22/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAllen County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
6,789 (2015-2019) → 11,379 (2020-2024)
+68%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
28.7% (2015-2019) → 44.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
71.8% (2015-2019) → 58.4% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
41.3% (2015-2019) → 32.6% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$79,375 (2015-2019) → $109,432 (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Huntertown, Indiana improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++16 points28.7% → 44.3%
Household income+38%$79,375 → $109,432

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.1× → 2.7×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Huntertown, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.6 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	−3.4 min	Within the margin of error	82%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%2015-2019	44.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	93.0%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	0.87%2015-2019	0.72%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	47%
High school diploma or higher	94.5%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	42%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3972015-2019	0.3502020-2024	−0.047	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$79,3752015-2019	$109,4322020-2024	+38%	Improved	70%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	41.3%2015-2019	32.6%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Rent-burdened households	71.8%2015-2019	58.4%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.2%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Huntertown, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Huntertown, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Huntertown, Indiana itself moved +9.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,379 residents (±352)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,734 households (±208)

Huntertown, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k4.6%†172
$25k–50k8.3%†310
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,734 households (±208)

Huntertown, Indiana
Indiana share

Own92%3,428
Rent8.2%†306

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,672 workers (±383)

Huntertown, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone78%4,431
Carpool6.7%†381
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fort Wayne, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Allen County, the county holding most of Huntertown's residents.

Allen County has 9,696 employer establishments, 246 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Indiana's), with 190,285 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,031. The Census Bureau also counts 29,848 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,696; 29,848 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 246; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 190,285
Average annual pay: $56,031; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Allen County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	805	20.4	0.98×About typical	16,961	$74,404	1,220
Restaurants and other eating places	663	16.8	0.91×About typical	15,899	$19,640	136
Specialty trade contractors	653	16.5	1.07×About typical	8,293	$73,422	1,910
Lessors of real estate	447	11.3	0.92×About typical	1,521	$51,583	3,078
Limited-service restaurants	316	8	1.00×About typical	7,305	$17,062	58
Construction of buildings	311	7.9	1.04×About typical	2,532	$71,447	1,138
Offices of other health practitioners	303	7.7	1.26×More than typical	2,077	$43,276	596
Services to buildings and dwellings	298	7.5	1.12×About typical	3,082	$35,586	1,656
Religious organizations	283	7.2	1.29×More than typical	4,879	$25,789	—
Full-service restaurants	259	6.6	0.85×About typical	7,428	$22,240	53
Building equipment contractors	241	6.1	1.01×About typical	4,285	$81,808	249
Insurance agencies and brokerages	221	5.6	1.27×More than typical	1,976	$94,747	549

Rank places for an industry Open Allen County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 394,845 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Huntertown, Indiana: $130 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.5M; −81% vs FY2025
Per resident: $130; US $1,994
Sole-source: 33%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Aeronautics and Space Administration$974.4K66%
Department of the Army$343.5K23%
Department of the Air Force$123.5K8.4%
Defense Logistics Agency$20.1K1.4%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$10.3K0.7%
Department of the Navy$7,2860.5%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$2,7090.2%
U.S. Coast Guard$2,7090.2%

Top recipients

L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$984.7K67%
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.$472.4K32%
PRECISION LASER SERVICES INC$12.6K0.9%
JANELS INDUSTRIES INC$7,5350.5%
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY$7,2860.5%

Spending by fiscal year

2.8MFY2017
4.2MFY2018
2.2MFY2019
2.4MFY2020
3.3MFY2021
1.1MFY2022
5.8MFY2023
5.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$987.3K67%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$346.7K23%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$104.7K7.1%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$15.5K1.1%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$11.5K0.8%
Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing · 3255

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Huntertown, Indiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Huntertown, Indiana's figures are part of those of Allen County, IN ($130.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Huntertown is mostly in Allen County.

See federal money in Allen County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Huntertown, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Marlin A. StutzmanR-IN-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Allen County61100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fort Wayne, IN63

Other cities and towns in Allen County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends