Elkhart vs Middlebury

A side-by-side comparison of Elkhart and Middlebury: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkhart and Middlebury are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkhart has the higher population (53,726 vs 3,681 in Middlebury). Middlebury has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $47,885 in Elkhart). Middlebury has the higher median home value ($230,300 vs $126,900 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Middlebury
Population	53,726	3,681
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$81,094
Median home value	$126,900	$230,300
Median gross rent	$981	$1,072
Housing units	25,263	1,387
Homeownership rate	52.7%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Middlebury
Population	52,257 → 53,726 (+2.8%)	3,575 → 3,681 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $47,885 (+17.5%)	$71,442 → $81,094 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $126,900 (+32.3%)	$170,400 → $230,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $981 (+24.2%)	$932 → $1,072 (+15.0%)

Elkhart

Population

52,25753,726

Median household income

$40,750$47,885

Median home value

$95,900$126,900

Median gross rent

$790$981

Middlebury

Population

3,5753,681

Median household income

$71,442$81,094

Median home value

$170,400$230,300

Median gross rent

$932$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart	Middlebury
Under 5	8.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.1%
75 and over	6.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Middlebury
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	84.4%
Black or African American	12.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Middlebury
No high school diploma	18.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Middlebury
Drove alone	75.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	16.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Middlebury
1-unit, detached	53.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	2.2%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Middlebury
Poverty rate	18.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1967	1984