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Elkhart township, Elkhart County, IN

38,301 Population
35 square miles 1,093.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Elkhart County: 35.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,068 ±$2,456 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elkhart County: $32,936 ±$883
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,925 ±$3,672 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elkhart County: $68,561 ±$2,286
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.2% ±3% (5,983  ±1,106) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Elkhart County: 12.4% 25,311 (±1.2% / ±2,443)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.1 minutes ±1 (315,770  ±22,309) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Elkhart County: 20 1,829,810 (±0.5 / ±56,271)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,918 ±530 Number of households
  • Elkhart County: 72,309 ±879
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (37,053  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Elkhart County: 2.8 204,388 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±1.7% (380  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elkhart County: 5.3% † 2,495 (±0.7% / ±333)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,521 ±503 Number of housing units
  • Elkhart County: 80,493 ±84
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$197,900 ±$8,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Elkhart County: $210,400 ±$4,758
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±2.8% (4,553  ±1,044.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Elkhart County: 10% † 20,528 (±1% / ±2,037.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.5% ±4% (19,733  ±1,103.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elkhart County: 82.2% 107,936 (±1.9% / ±2,511.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.1% ±2.2% (5,925  ±553.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Elkhart County: 20.1% 26,425 (±0.9% / ±1,240.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.8% ±1.9% (5,655  ±744) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Elkhart County: 9.7% 20,001
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±1% (927  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elkhart County: 4.7% 7,112 (±0.4% / ±623)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
927 Total veterans ±269 872 Male ±256 55 Female ±46

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