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St. Joseph County, IN

273,744 Population
457.8 square miles 598 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,069 ±$1,591 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,504 ±$3,426 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±2.2% (40,601  ±5,751) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.3 minutes ±0.9 (2,491,915  ±137,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.6 74,463,616 (±0.2 / ±752,879)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

107,239 ±1,982 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (261,960  ±176) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±1.6% (3,436  ±1,020) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

119,016 ±79 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$213,200 ±$8,255 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.3% ±1.6% (30,468  ±4,196.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±3.5% (165,325  ±6,294.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.3% ±2% (60,138  ±3,641.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.6% (20,708  ±3,222) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.7% ±0.6% (9,834  ±1,248) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,834 Total veterans ±1,248 9,102 Male ±1,162 732 Female ±398

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