| People QuickFacts | Elkhart | Indiana |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 51,320 | 6,516,353 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 50,964 | 6,483,800 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
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Population, 2010 | 50,949 | 6,483,802 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 9.5% | 6.7% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 29.1% | 24.8% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 11.5% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.8% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 66.1% | 84.3% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 15.4% | 9.1% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.6% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.9% | 1.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 4.1% | 2.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 22.5% | 6.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 58.0% | 81.5% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 76.1% | 84.4% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.2% | 4.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 22.3% | 7.9% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 74.3% | 86.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 14.0% | 22.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,079 | 478,030 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.1 | 23.1 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 22,699 | 2,795,541 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 55.0% | 71.1% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 36.0% | 18.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $90,200 | $123,300 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 19,369 | 2,472,870 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.61 | 2.53 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $17,650 | $24,497 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $33,851 | $48,393 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.7% | 14.1% |
| Business QuickFacts | Elkhart | Indiana |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,982 | 482,847 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.0% | 4.6% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.5% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.9% | 1.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.3% | 1.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 21.2% | 26.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 4,281,455 | 221,877,814 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,330,484 | 67,634,947 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,121,558 | 78,745,589 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $21,240 | $12,408 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 133,435 | 11,669,759 |