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Elkhart, IN

53,733 Population
28.1 square miles 1,911.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 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

$28,189 ±$2,078 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $32,936 ±$883
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,028 ±$1,967 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $68,561 ±$2,286
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.2% ±2.9% (9,606  ±1,509) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 12.4% 25,311 (±1.2% / ±2,443)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.5 minutes ±0.8 (440,800  ±26,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 20 1,829,810 (±0.5 / ±56,271)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,552 ±810 Number of households
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 72,309 ±879
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (52,845  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 2.8 204,388 (±0 / ±43)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±2% (807  ±266) 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% † 2,495 (±0.7% / ±333)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,223 ±716 Number of housing units
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 80,493 ±84
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,500 ±$8,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $210,400 ±$4,758
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.4% ±2.7% (7,078  ±1,441.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 10% † 20,528 (±1% / ±2,037.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.3% ±4% (27,725  ±1,544.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 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)
17.7% ±2.1% (6,029  ±728.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 20.1% 26,425 (±0.9% / ±1,240.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half 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

15.1% ±1.9% (8,110  ±992) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 9.7% 20,001
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±1% (1,972  ±404) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 4.7% 7,112 (±0.4% / ±623)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,972 Total veterans ±404 1,784 Male ±381 188 Female ±127

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