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South Bend, IN

102,944 Population
41.9 square miles 2,457.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$29,948 ±$2,412 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $34,963 ±$1,336
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
$53,006 ±$5,005 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $63,894 ±$3,350
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630

21.3% ±4.1% (21,491  ±4,171) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 15.1% † 47,314 (±2% / ±6,101)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)

20.3 minutes ±2.4 (862,210  ±71,275) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 21.8 3,000,515 (±0.8 / ±148,154)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.6 74,463,616 (±0.2 / ±752,879)

Families

41,967 ±2,039 Number of households
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 128,463 ±2,326
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
2.4 ±0.1 (100,987  ±2,962) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 2.4 312,947 (±0 / ±182)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786

4.2% ±2.1% (1,022  ±504) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 5.3% † 4,019 (±1.4% / ±1,075)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)

Housing

49,377 ±1,884 Number of housing units
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 144,973 ±91
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258

$159,400 ±$6,530 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $216,500 ±$6,896
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916

11.7% ±2.6% (11,890  ±2,654) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 10.9% † 35,015 (±1.4% / ±4,445.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)

Social

87.4% ±4.1% (60,311  ±3,883.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 90.8% 197,912 (±3% / ±6,594.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
26.5% ±2.6% (18,316  ±1,937.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 31.2% 67,867 (±1.7% / ±3,745.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)

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

9% ±2% (9,310  ±2,028) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6.9% 22,384
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371

4.8% ±0.9% (3,768  ±711) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 5.1% † 12,738 (±0.6% / ±1,386)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
3,768 Total veterans ±711 3,643 Male ±702 125 Female ±128

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