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St. Joseph County, IN

272,848 Population
457.8 square miles 596 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,835 ±$2,011 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$65,751 ±$2,970 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.9% ±1.8% (36,449  ±4,660) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.7 minutes ±1 (2,439,055  ±135,821) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.3 72,674,390 (±0.2 / ±875,671)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

106,607 ±1,789 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (261,096  ±362) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 † 6,683,725 (±,201.7 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±1.4% (3,382  ±932) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

118,907 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$195,000 ±$7,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.5% ±1.5% (30,944  ±3,905) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.3% ±3.1% (160,532  ±5,610.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
32.9% ±1.9% (58,525  ±3,304.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

7.1% ±14,502.7% (19,434  ±2,490) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% † 432,652 (±,510.4% / ±13,055)
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5% ±0.5% (10,365  ±1,102) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
10,365 Total veterans ±1,102 9,188 Male ±1,018 1,177 Female ±629

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