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South Bend, IN
103,713 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1871000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, South Bend ranked #255 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is South Bend and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Roanoke VA, North Charleston SC, Beaumont TX, Savannah GA, Knoxville TN, New Bedford MA, Columbia SC, Rockford IL, Chattanooga TN, Allentown PA, Springfield MO, Evansville IN, Columbia MO · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #255 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #299 | #276 | #190 | #293 | #262 | #224 | #283 | #295 | #260 | #225 | #257 | #208 | #237 | #160 | #328 | #225 | #145 | #87 | #255 | #290 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 103,951 | 103,441 | 102,911 | 102,607 | 101,685 | 101,197 | 101,224 | 101,056 | 101,226 | 101,489 | 101,687 | 101,996 | 102,021 | 101,971 | 102,026 | 103,350 | 103,156 | 103,333 | 103,713 | 103,713 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #239 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.8 | — | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.7 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #198 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 25.0% | 23.1% | 20.9% | 24.1% | 26.2% | 24.9% | 25.3% | 24.2% | 24.3% | 23.9% | 23.5% | 22.8% | 21.6% | 23.4% | 24.4% | — | 20.8% | 22.0% | 22.9% | 25.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #97 of 304 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 11.5 | 13.5 | 6.8 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 17.8 | 8.9 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 8.8 | 13.7 | 27.1 | 6.8 | — | 10.6 | 2.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #263 of 295 cities with data · 11th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 338.1 | 470.2 | — | — | 297.0 | 208.3 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 65,460 | 64,876 | 63,998 | 59,696 | 59,074 | 59,586 | 57,093 | 54,426 | 53,551 | 61,510 | 53,952 | 57,291 | 56,674 | 65,274 | 56,064 | 54,471 | 54,007 | 54,557 | 56,502 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #164 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.5 | -1.1 | +4.1 | -1.1 | -6.1 | -4.2 | -1.8 | +13.3 | -14.6 | +3.6 | -1.1 | +14.3 | -13.2 | +2.9 | -1.7 | +7.1 | -0.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42,388 | 42,325 | 45,035 | 45,977 | 45,529 | 42,764 | 44,118 | 48,308 | 48,176 | — | 45,373 | 50,355 | 49,874 | 48,230 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #321 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.2% | 14.1% | 11.9% | 9.3% | 6.5% | 10.3% | 6.4% | 3.4% | 5.5% | — | 5.6% | 5.1% | 6.5% | 7.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #227 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -2% | 25% | 18% | 25% | 18% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 37% | 30% | 39% | 31% | 26% | 19% | 4% | 17% | -23% | 12% | -45% | 11% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #126 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $2,619 | $2,407 | $2,563 | $2,917 | $3,392 | $3,280 | $3,156 | $3,116 | $3,336 | $3,082 | $2,924 | $3,261 | $2,754 | $2,859 | $3,128 | $2,852 | $2,392 | $2,168 | $1,871 | $2,215 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for South Bend. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.