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Elkhart, IN

53,726 Population
27.8 square miles 1,935.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$26,902 ±$1,741 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $31,850 ±$832
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$47,885 ±$2,864 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $65,617 ±$2,240
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

18.8% ±3.2% (9,920  ±1,672) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 12.5% 25,517 (±1% / ±2,123)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

18.1 minutes ±1 (427,380  ±30,775) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 19.4 1,780,480 (±0.4 / ±50,421)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

21,693 ±745 Number of households
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 71,760 ±818
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.1 (52,827  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 2.8 203,877 (±0 / ±50)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

6.1% ±2.2% (775  ±276) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,513 (±1% / ±456)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

25,263 ±701 Number of housing units
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 80,102 ±95
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$126,900 ±$8,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $194,400 ±$5,317
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

13.5% ±2.6% (7,108  ±1,371.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 10.6% † 21,697 (±1.1% / ±2,187.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

81.8% ±3.6% (28,169  ±1,500.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 82.2% 107,518 (±1.9% / ±2,490.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
17.5% ±2% (6,012  ±699.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 19.7% 25,809 (±0.8% / ±1,077.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

14.5% ±2.1% (7,786  ±1,117) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 9.4% 19,520
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

5.4% ±0.9% (2,147  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 5% 7,418 (±0.4% / ±599)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
2,147 Total veterans ±347 1,977 Male ±352 170 Female ±95

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