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Elkhart Community Schools, IN

77,891 Population
75.3 square miles 1,034.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Elkhart County: 35.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,331 ±$2,213 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elkhart County: $31,884 ±$1,545
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,717 ±$7,410 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elkhart County: $69,872 ±$3,965
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.1% ±4.1% (12,410  ±3,270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Elkhart County: 10.7% † 21,891 (±2% / ±4,098)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.3 minutes ±0.7 (710,765  ±36,506) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Elkhart County: 20 1,829,810 (±0.5 / ±56,271)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,557 ±2,105 Number of households
  • Elkhart County: 72,379 ±1,535
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.3 (77,218  ±5,542) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Elkhart County: 2.8 205,104 (±0.1 / ±56)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±4% (1,012  ±765) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Elkhart County: 5.2% † 2,450 (±2% / ±936)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,128 ±2,088 Number of housing units
  • Elkhart County: 81,198 ±51
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$222,500 ±$12,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elkhart County: $239,500 ±$8,458
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.8% ±4.2% (9,908  ±3,282.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Elkhart County: 10.5% † 21,467 (±2.1% / ±4,247.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

82.4% ±3% (40,202  ±3,685.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elkhart County: 83.9% 111,041 (±4% / ±5,327.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
17.4% ±2.9% (8,475  ±1,564.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elkhart County: 22.1% 29,206 (±2.1% / ±2,828.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

12.1% ±2.8% (9,438  ±2,313) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Elkhart County: 9.5% 19,690
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1.8% (3,258  ±1,039) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Elkhart County: 4.4% † 6,668 (±0.8% / ±1,256)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,258 Total veterans ±1,039 2,546 Male ±744 712 Female ±687

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