South Bend is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 103,110 people and 52 associated neighborhoods, South Bend is the fourth largest community in Indiana.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, South Bend is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Bend is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Bend who work in office and administrative support (10.96%), management occupations (8.49%), and teaching (8.20%). Also of interest is that South Bend has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.89% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The percentage of people in South Bend who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.83% of adults in South Bend have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in South Bend in 2022 was $28,071, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,284 for a family of four. However, South Bend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. South Bend is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Bend residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. South Bend also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in South Bend include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in South Bend is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
