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South Bend, IN

102,602 Population
42 square miles 2,445.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$23,392 ±$1,469 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $29,148 ±$1,282
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $30,988 ±$355
$41,599 ±$1,953 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $53,471 ±$2,025
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $57,603 ±$680

26% ±3.3% (25,866  ±3,384) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 16% † 49,412 (±1.7% / ±5,407)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 11.9% 775,823 (±0.4% / ±24,457)

20.5 minutes ±0.6 (924,840  ±63,754) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 22.8 3,277,725 (±1 / ±166,926)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.2 74,604,190 (±0.2 / ±807,563)

Families

41,196 ±2,113 Number of households
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 126,331 ±2,620
  • Indiana: 2,597,765 ±12,716
2.4 ±0.2 (98,948  ±3,586) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 2.5 310,138 (±0.1 / ±1,565)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,542,140 (±0)

5.5% ±2.3% (1,425  ±592) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 7% † 5,355 (±1.8% / ±1,360)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.2% 81,658 (±0.3% / ±4,639)

Housing

48,551 ±1,998 Number of housing units
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 144,022 ±639
  • Indiana: 2,921,115 ±396

$92,200 ±$5,808 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $140,700 ±$5,254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $156,000 ±$987

14.9% ±2.6% (15,162  ±2,702.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 12.9% † 41,181 (±1.3% / ±4,117.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.8% 921,268 (±0.4% / ±25,110.5)

Social

85.7% ±3.7% (56,294  ±3,248.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 89.9% 193,510 (±2.8% / ±6,146.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 89.6% 4,033,932 (±0.7% / ±29,788.1)
27.5% ±2.7% (18,049  ±1,875.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 28.4% 61,176 (±1.6% / ±3,358.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 26.9% 1,212,826 (±0.4% / ±18,011.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

8.6% ±1.7% (8,868  ±1,753) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6% † 19,551 (±0.6% / ±2,057)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 358,598 (±0.2% / ±12,503)

6% ±1.1% (4,651  ±828) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6.6% † 16,463 (±0.7% / ±1,704)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 7.1% 364,594 (±0.2% / ±7,998)
4,651 Total veterans ±828 4,245 Male ±757 406 Female ±262

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