Elkhart County vs Johnson County

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

Elkhart County and Johnson 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 163,983 in Johnson County). Johnson County has the higher median household income ($87,227 vs $65,617 in Elkhart County). Johnson County has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $194,400 in Elkhart County).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
Population	206,868	163,983
Median age	35.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,617	$87,227
Median home value	$194,400	$260,400
Median gross rent	$1,023	$1,208
Housing units	80,102	64,800
Homeownership rate	71.2%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
Population	204,558 → 206,868 (+1.1%)	153,716 → 163,983 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$57,021 → $65,617 (+15.1%)	$72,440 → $87,227 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$144,300 → $194,400 (+34.7%)	$164,600 → $260,400 (+58.2%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $1,023 (+26.3%)	$955 → $1,208 (+26.5%)

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

Johnson County

Population

153,716163,983

Median household income

$72,440$87,227

Median home value

$164,600$260,400

Median gross rent

$955$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
Under 5	7.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.1%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	84.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
No high school diploma	17.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
Drove alone	75.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	15.5%	7.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
1-unit, detached	69.7%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart County	Johnson County
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.84	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1977	1992