St. Joseph County, IN has a population of 269,141 people with a median age of 36.5 and a median household income of $48,358. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of St. Joseph County, IN grew from 268,441 to 269,141, a 0.26% increase and its median household income grew from $46,552 to $48,358, a 3.88% increase.
The population of St. Joseph County, IN is 73.1% White, 13% Black, and 8.57% Hispanic. N/A of the people in St. Joseph County, IN speak a non-English language, and 96.4% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in St. Joseph County, IN are University of Notre Dame, with 4,175 graduates, Indiana University-South Bend, with 934 graduates, and Bethel College-Indiana, with 503 graduates.
The median property value in St. Joseph County, IN is $126,900, and the homeownership rate is 66.4%. Most people in St. Joseph County, IN commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 21 minutes. The average car ownership in St. Joseph County, IN is 2 cars per household.
St. Joseph County, IN is the 5th most populated county in Indiana and borders Elkhart County, IN; LaPorte County, IN; Marshall County, IN; Starke County, IN; Berrien County, MI; and Cass County, MI& 1 more.
The economy of St. Joseph County, IN employs 121,388 people. The economy of St. Joseph County, IN is specialized in Manufacturing; Educational Services; and Utilities, which employ respectively 1.77; 1.45; and 1.2 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in St. Joseph County, IN are Manufacturing (20,214), Healthcare & Social Assistance (18,666), and Educational Services (16,084), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($64,125), Management of Companies & Enterprises ($57,871), and Utilities ($53,986).
Median household income in St. Joseph County, IN is $48,358. Males in St. Joseph County, IN have an average income that is 1.41 times higher than the average income of females, which is $42,032. The income inequality of St. Joseph County, IN (measured using the Gini index) is 0.462 which is lower than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for St. Joseph County, IN. In St. Joseph County, IN the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 94 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $8,729. Lake County, IN has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Indiana.
St. Joseph County, IN is home to a population of 269,141 people, from which 96.4% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of St. Joseph County, IN is composed of 196,639 White residents (73.1%), 34,890 Black residents (13%), 23,055 Hispanic residents (8.57%), 6,382 Asian residents (2.37%), and 6,330 Two+ residents (2.35%). The most common foreign languages in St. Joseph County, IN are Spanish (13,642 speakers), Chinese (1,278 speakers), and African Languages (809 speakers), but compared to other places, St. Joseph County, IN has a relative high number of Hungarian (158 speakers), Other West Germanic (353 speakers), and Serbo-Croatian (292 speakers).
In 2015 universities in St. Joseph County, IN awarded 6,487 degrees. The student population of St. Joseph County, IN is skewed towards females, with 2,960 male students and 3,527 female students. Most students in St. Joseph County, IN are White (4,611 and 71.1%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (515 and 7.94%), Black or African American (319 and 4.92%), and Asian (220 and 3.39%). The largest universities in St. Joseph County, IN by number of graduates are University of Notre Dame (4,175 and 64.4%), Indiana University-South Bend (934 and 14.4%), and Bethel College-Indiana (503 and 7.75%). The most popular majors in St. Joseph County, IN are General Finance (293 and 4.52%), General Business (256 and 3.95%), and General Psychology (232 and 3.58%). The median tuition costs in St. Joseph County, IN are $49,178 for private four year colleges, and $6,478 and $18,088 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in St. Joseph County, IN is $126,900, which is 0.62 times smaller than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $122,600 to $126,900, a 3.51% increase. The homeownership rate of St. Joseph County, IN is 66.4%, which is higher than the national average of 63.1%. People in St. Joseph County, IN have an average commute time of 21 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in St. Joseph County, IN is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.