Mishawaka vs Notre Dame

A side-by-side comparison of Mishawaka and Notre Dame: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mishawaka has the higher population (50,907 vs 6,754 in Notre Dame). Mishawaka has the higher median household income ($53,120 vs $19,082 in Notre Dame). Since 2019, Mishawaka's population has grown faster (+3.4% vs +1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
Population	50,907	6,754
Median age	35.6 yrs	20.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,120	$19,082
Median home value	$140,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,268
Housing units	24,715	290
Homeownership rate	49.4%	3.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	80.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
Population	49,245 → 50,907 (+3.4%)	6,646 → 6,754 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$43,248 → $53,120 (+22.8%)	$18,500 → $19,082 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $140,600 (+36.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,041 (+33.5%)	$761 → $1,268 (+66.6%)

Mishawaka

Population

49,24550,907

Median household income

$43,248$53,120

Median home value

$102,900$140,600

Median gross rent

$780$1,041

Notre Dame

Population

6,6466,754

Median household income

$18,500$19,082

Median gross rent

$761$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	0.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	92.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	5.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	0.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	0.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	0.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	0.0%
75 and over	7.2%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	70.4%
Black or African American	8.9%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
No high school diploma	9.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	33.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
Drove alone	77.3%	10.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.6%
Public transit	1.6%	1.0%
Walked	2.2%	58.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	4.6%
Worked from home	7.3%	24.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
1-unit, detached	50.4%	3.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	81.0%
20 or more units	11.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mishawaka	Notre Dame
Poverty rate	16.3%	50.2%
Average household size	2.22	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1975	1995