Notre Dame vs South Bend

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

Notre Dame 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 6,754 in Notre Dame). South Bend has the higher median household income ($52,512 vs $19,082 in Notre Dame). Since 2019, Notre Dame's population has grown faster (+1.6% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Notre Dame	South Bend
Population	6,754	102,866
Median age	20.2 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$19,082	$52,512
Median home value	—	$124,500
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,000
Housing units	290	47,558
Homeownership rate	3.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.2%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Notre Dame	South Bend
Population	6,646 → 6,754 (+1.6%)	102,037 → 102,866 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$18,500 → $19,082 (+3.1%)	$40,265 → $52,512 (+30.4%)
Median home value	—	$85,200 → $124,500 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $1,268 (+66.6%)	$789 → $1,000 (+26.7%)

Notre Dame

Population

6,6466,754

Median household income

$18,500$19,082

Median gross rent

$761$1,268

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)

	Notre Dame	South Bend
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	0.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	92.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	0.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	0.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	0.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.8%
75 and over	0.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Notre Dame	South Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	50.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Notre Dame	South Bend
No high school diploma	2.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	13.2%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	3.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	41.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Notre Dame	South Bend
Drove alone	10.1%	71.4%
Carpooled	1.6%	11.8%
Public transit	1.0%	1.7%
Walked	58.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	4.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	24.3%	10.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Notre Dame	South Bend
1-unit, detached	3.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	81.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Notre Dame	South Bend
Poverty rate	50.2%	22.6%
Average household size	1.72	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1995	1955