Is South Bend growing?

How much South Bend, IN has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

South Bend looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +2.3% — 100,590 residents in 2015 → 102,866 in 2023

South Bend population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 100590
• 2023: 102866

Growth since 2015

• South Bend: 2.3
• St. Joseph County: 2
• IN: 3.7
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 33.9 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

South Bend is growing more slowly than the country — +2.3% here versus +5.0% nationally since 2015.

Residents here are younger than the country overall — the median resident is about 4.8 years younger than the U.S. median.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.