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South Bend, IN

103,869 Population
41.5 square miles 2,500.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 37.8 ±0.2

Economics

$24,389 ±$1,960 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $29,591 ±$1,044
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $29,369 ±$290
$40,532 ±$2,516 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $54,715 ±$3,387
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $55,746 ±$522

20% ±2.5% (20,194  ±2,642) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 12.4% † 38,293 (±1.4% / ±4,201)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 852,638 (±0.4% / ±24,677)

20.6 minutes ±1.2 (936,670  ±83,917) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 21.5 3,283,825 (±0.7 / ±120,504)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 23.9 73,091,600 (±0.2 / ±812,543)

Families

40,315 ±1,934 Number of households
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 128,578 ±1,960
  • Indiana: 2,599,169 ±10,447
2.5 ±0.2 (100,520  ±3,447) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 2.4 309,513 (±0 / ±1,249)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,504,226 (±0)

7.7% ±3% (1,956  ±761) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6.4% † 4,747 (±1.7% / ±1,281)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.8% 89,630 (±0.4% / ±5,426)

Housing

45,882 ±2,191 Number of housing units
  • the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 143,517 ±526
  • Indiana: 2,903,576 ±356

$91,300 ±$5,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: $136,200 ±$5,517
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $147,300 ±$1,112

16% ±2.8% (16,297  ±2,946.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 14.7% 46,856 (±1.4% / ±4,469.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 15.1% 998,516 (±0.4% / ±23,497.7)

Social

86.9% ±3.1% (55,570  ±3,322.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 89.5% 191,997 (±2.6% / ±5,566.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 89% 3,976,059 (±0.7% / ±30,976.4)
28.3% ±2.3% (18,065  ±1,713.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 29.9% 64,068 (±1.4% / ±2,953.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 27.1% 1,211,066 (±0.4% / ±17,544.9)

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

8.8% ±1.5% (9,179  ±1,632) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6% † 19,187 (±0.6% / ±2,020)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 354,348 (±0.2% / ±11,369)

6.4% ±1.1% (4,690  ±836) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Metro Area: 6.5% 16,129 (±0.5% / ±1,296)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 7.4% 380,079 (±0.2% / ±8,280)
4,690 Total veterans ±836 4,360 Male ±807 330 Female ±177

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