Elkhart vs Nappanee

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

Elkhart and Nappanee 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 7,040 in Nappanee). Nappanee has the higher median household income ($66,944 vs $47,885 in Elkhart). Nappanee has the higher median home value ($209,000 vs $126,900 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Nappanee
Population	53,726	7,040
Median age	35.2 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$66,944
Median home value	$126,900	$209,000
Median gross rent	$981	$876
Housing units	25,263	2,985
Homeownership rate	52.7%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Nappanee
Population	52,257 → 53,726 (+2.8%)	7,033 → 7,040 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $47,885 (+17.5%)	$55,125 → $66,944 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $126,900 (+32.3%)	$123,200 → $209,000 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $981 (+24.2%)	$829 → $876 (+5.7%)

Elkhart

Population

52,25753,726

Median household income

$40,750$47,885

Median home value

$95,900$126,900

Median gross rent

$790$981

Nappanee

Population

7,0337,040

Median household income

$55,125$66,944

Median home value

$123,200$209,000

Median gross rent

$829$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart	Nappanee
Under 5	8.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	21.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.3%
75 and over	6.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Nappanee
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	75.9%
Black or African American	12.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Nappanee
No high school diploma	18.2%	16.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Nappanee
Drove alone	75.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	16.8%	19.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Nappanee
1-unit, detached	53.0%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	9.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Nappanee
Poverty rate	18.8%	10.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1967	1984