Granger vs South Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Granger and South Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Bend has the higher population (102,866 vs 30,279 in Granger). Granger has the higher median household income ($117,348 vs $52,512 in South Bend). Granger has the higher median home value ($302,500 vs $124,500 in South Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Granger	South Bend
Population	30,279	102,866
Median age	40.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$117,348	$52,512
Median home value	$302,500	$124,500
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,000
Housing units	10,795	47,558
Homeownership rate	95.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granger	South Bend
Population	30,776 → 30,279 (-1.6%)	102,037 → 102,866 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$101,904 → $117,348 (+15.2%)	$40,265 → $52,512 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$219,900 → $302,500 (+37.6%)	$85,200 → $124,500 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,491 → $1,381 (-7.4%)	$789 → $1,000 (+26.7%)

Granger

Population

30,77630,279

Median household income

$101,904$117,348

Median home value

$219,900$302,500

Median gross rent

$1,491$1,381

South Bend

Population

102,037102,866

Median household income

$40,265$52,512

Median home value

$85,200$124,500

Median gross rent

$789$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granger	South Bend
Under 5	7.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.8%
75 and over	7.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granger	South Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	50.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granger	South Bend
No high school diploma	3.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	17.2%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granger	South Bend
Drove alone	81.1%	71.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	12.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granger	South Bend
1-unit, detached	98.6%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Granger	South Bend
Poverty rate	4.5%	22.6%
Average household size	2.88	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1986	1955