Elkhart County vs Hendricks County

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

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

Elkhart County has the higher population (206,868 vs 179,379 in Hendricks County). Hendricks County has the higher median household income ($99,988 vs $65,617 in Elkhart County). Hendricks County has the higher median home value ($281,500 vs $194,400 in Elkhart County).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
Population	206,868	179,379
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,617	$99,988
Median home value	$194,400	$281,500
Median gross rent	$1,023	$1,364
Housing units	80,102	68,433
Homeownership rate	71.2%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
Population	204,558 → 206,868 (+1.1%)	163,799 → 179,379 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$57,021 → $65,617 (+15.1%)	$81,933 → $99,988 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$144,300 → $194,400 (+34.7%)	$191,700 → $281,500 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,023 (+26.3%)	$1,076 → $1,364 (+26.8%)

Elkhart County

Population

204,558206,868

Median household income

$57,021$65,617

Median home value

$144,300$194,400

Median gross rent

$810$1,023

Hendricks County

Population

163,799179,379

Median household income

$81,933$99,988

Median home value

$191,700$281,500

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,364

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
Under 5	7.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.0%
75 and over	6.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	79.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
No high school diploma	17.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
Drove alone	75.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	15.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
1-unit, detached	69.7%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart County	Hendricks County
Poverty rate	12.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1977	1997