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South Bend, IN

104,523 Population
42 square miles 2,490.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,408 ±$2,865 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $33,262 ±$1,309
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $33,054 ±$362
$50,248 ±$4,526 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $59,416 ±$2,706
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $62,743 ±$716

21.4% ±3.6% (21,818  ±3,782) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 13.7% † 42,610 (±1.5% / ±4,792)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 803,021 (±0.4% / ±25,718)

20.9 minutes ±1.6 (813,830  ±90,215) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 22.3 2,963,550 (±0.9 / ±152,393)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 23.8 67,055,300 (±0.2 / ±697,528)

Families

42,707 ±2,310 Number of households
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 128,774 ±1,976
  • Indiana: 2,680,694 ±9,238
2.4 ±0.2 (101,776  ±3,239) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 2.4 311,184 (±0 / ±1,492)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,624,430 (±0)

5.6% ±2.3% (1,352  ±570) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 5.2% † 3,893 (±1.3% / ±944)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,099 (±0.3% / ±4,497)

Housing

49,249 ±2,328 Number of housing units
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 143,849 ±614
  • Indiana: 2,950,121 ±809

$114,100 ±$7,235 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $163,700 ±$5,463
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $182,400 ±$2,006

15.8% ±3.7% (16,268  ±3,829.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 13.1% † 41,753 (±1.5% / ±4,918)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.3% 893,815 (±0.4% / ±26,942.7)

Social

88.1% ±3.3% (59,743  ±3,495.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 92.1% 198,842 (±2.9% / ±6,255.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,132,897 (±0.7% / ±32,646)
27.5% ±2.3% (18,644  ±1,792.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 30.2% 65,116 (±1.6% / ±3,501.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 28.9% 1,316,787 (±0.4% / ±18,614.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

8.5% ±1.3% (8,907  ±1,373) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 5.8% † 18,645 (±0.6% / ±1,923)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.6% 379,407 (±0.2% / ±12,678)

4.9% ±1.2% (3,873  ±966) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6.3% 15,675 (±0.6% / ±1,516)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 6.4% 335,248 (±0.2% / ±9,646)
3,873 Total veterans ±966 3,698 Male ±940 175 Female ±140

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