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South Bend, IN

102,686 Population
42 square miles 2,446.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$24,969 ±$1,204 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $30,148 ±$676
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $30,693 ±$166
$42,657 ±$1,505 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $55,101 ±$1,069
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $58,235 ±$305

21.5% ±1.6% (21,460  ±1,584) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 14.3% 44,349 (±0.8% / ±2,367)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.9% 838,149 (±0.2% / ±12,468)

20.1 minutes ±0.5 (856,140  ±33,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 22.1 3,133,075 (±0.4 / ±66,765)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 23.9 71,270,140 (±0.1 / ±453,116)

Families

39,709 ±834 Number of households
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 125,606 ±926
  • Indiana: 2,602,770 ±6,793
2.5 ±0.1 (99,459  ±912) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 2.5 309,287 (±0 / ±787)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,507,458 (±0)

4.1% ±0.8% (1,080  ±210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 5.5% † 4,159 (±0.6% / ±482)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 83,566 (±0.2% / ±2,518)

Housing

46,489 ±821 Number of housing units
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 143,456 ±352
  • Indiana: 2,903,720 ±564

$88,600 ±$2,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $138,200 ±$2,512
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $148,900 ±$542

14.6% ±1.2% (14,828  ±1,191) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 13.5% 42,876 (±0.7% / ±2,095.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 14.3% 948,972 (±0.2% / ±11,039.2)

Social

86.3% ±2.3% (56,158  ±1,698.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 89.5% 191,708 (±1.3% / ±2,818.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 89.3% 3,989,755 (±0.4% / ±15,794.4)
28.2% ±1.5% (18,324  ±975) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 29.2% 62,528 (±0.7% / ±1,587.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 27.2% 1,212,794 (±0.2% / ±9,180.3)

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

8.6% ±1% (8,807  ±977) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 5.6% 17,948 (±0.4% / ±1,233)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 355,838 (±0.1% / ±5,341)

6.2% ±0.6% (4,660  ±482) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6.8% 16,722 (±0.4% / ±905)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 7.3% 372,074 (±0.1% / ±3,784)
4,660 Total veterans ±482 4,321 Male ±461 339 Female ±110

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