County · Indiana

St. Joseph County, Indiana

St. Joseph County, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,613 of 3,143 US counties. Within Indiana it ranks #54 of 92 counties. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), natural hazard risk (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high), time spent in the emergency room (high) and violent crime rate (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,613 of 3,143 counties
Indiana: #54 of 92 in IN
Population: 272,861 (2025)
Land area: 458 mi²
Density: 596.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 18141

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety24#2,341/3,096
Economy42#1,810/3,143
Housing35#2,051/3,140
Health46#1,712/3,144
Healthcare74#815/3,143
Environment16#2,619/3,108
Education62#1,188/3,144
Infrastructure95#171/3,144
Community46#1,711/3,144
Leisure & amenities58#1,318/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where St. Joseph County, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low7 mi
99/100Indiana 38 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Natural hazard risk · low0.7
99/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
97/100Indiana 29 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Flu vaccinations · high53.0%
94/100Indiana 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Drought exposure · low1%
94/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Distance to an emergency room · low3.5 mi
93/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Weaknesses

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
6/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Time spent in the emergency room · high200 min
10/100Indiana 148 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Violent crime rate · high429 /100k
11/100Indiana 254 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2024Federal Bureau of Investigation
Child care cost burden · high37.3%
12/100Indiana 30.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High ozone days · high2 days
12/100Indiana 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Days with unhealthy air · high1.9%
14/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
1.3 /1k (2021) → 3.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+122%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
19.0% (2020 & 2021) → 37.3% (2023 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.3% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
17.3% (Dec 2021) → 29.2% (Aug 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
74.4% (2010 & 2021) → 85.0% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
33.8 /100k (2021) → 16.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, St. Joseph County, Indiana improved on 12 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 17 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Students / teacher−3.1×17.7× → 14.7×
Unemployment−4.7 points8.8% → 4.1%
Property crime−51%2,366 /100k → 1,166 /100k
High school++3 points88.5% → 91.5%
Overdose deaths−46%30.8 /100k → 16.5 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×2.4× → 2.9×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of St. Joseph County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	27%
Average commute time	21.3 min2015-2019	21.1 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$9572020	$1,1942025	+25%	Improved	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Improved	71%
Broadband subscriptions	78.3%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	66%
Child poverty rate	21.5%2019	21.3%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Distance to an airport	7 mi2020	7 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	30.8 /100k2020	16.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−46%	Improved	72%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	51%
Firearm deaths	20.2 /100k2020	16.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−20%	Within the margin of error	79%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−9.8%	Within the margin of error	28%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+3.3%	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	88.5%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	71%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	45%
Homicide rate	11.4 /100k2020	6.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−42%	Improved	66%
Income adjusted for local prices	$51,3652019	$63,5702024	+24%	Improved	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.4702020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	53%
Median household income	$53,8812019	$64,5732024	+20%	Improved	24%
New business applications	10.0 /1k2020	11.8 /1k2025	+18%	Improved	20%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−6.7%	Within the margin of error	46%
Poverty rate	15.3%2019	15.4%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Property crime rate	2,366 /100k2020	1,166 /100k2025	−51%	Improved	77%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	54%
Public transit commuters	1.3%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	46.8%2015-2019	49.1%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Restaurants and bars	9.1 /10k2020	8.7 /10k2025	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	36%
Students per teacher	17.7×2019	14.7×2024	−3.1×	Improved	95%
Suicide rate	16.1 /100k2020	14.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−11%	Within the margin of error	77%
Traffic deaths	8.6 /100k2015-2019	10.5 /100k2020-2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	8.8%2020	4.1%2025	−4.7 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2019	9.0%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2247 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like St. Joseph County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. Joseph County, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, St. Joseph County, Indiana itself moved +2.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

273,040 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

107,252 households (±645)

St. Joseph County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k16%17,067
$25k–50k21%22,743
$50k–75k19%20,137

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

107,252 households (±645)

St. Joseph County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own69%74,022
Rent31%33,230

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

127,667 workers (±1,839)

St. Joseph County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone75%95,421
Carpool8.5%10,900
Public transit1.0%1,276

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

St. Joseph County has 5,959 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Indiana's), with 120,211 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,273. The Census Bureau also counts 18,012 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,959; 18,012 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 120,211
Average annual pay: $52,273; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of St. Joseph County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	487	17.8	0.97×About typical	10,217	$19,882	84
Ambulatory health care services	471	17.2	0.83×About typical	8,393	$73,458	853
Specialty trade contractors	290	10.6	0.69×Fewer than typical	3,730	$70,893	1,036
Limited-service restaurants	225	8.2	1.03×About typical	4,869	$18,219	28
Lessors of real estate	207	7.6	0.62×Fewer than typical	1,177	$49,788	1,755
Full-service restaurants	202	7.4	0.96×About typical	4,625	$21,817	44
Religious organizations	184	6.7	1.21×About typical	1,649	$30,774	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	173	6.3	0.94×About typical	1,210	$33,436	1,062
Building equipment contractors	133	4.9	0.81×About typical	2,270	$76,740	154
Offices of other health practitioners	133	4.9	0.80×About typical	1,386	$41,211	343
Automotive repair and maintenance	127	4.6	0.92×About typical	810	$51,063	176
Offices of physicians	122	4.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	3,224	$110,852	157

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 273,119 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $148.2M on contracts performed in St. Joseph County, Indiana: $543 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $148.2M; −89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $543; US $1,995
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$101.2M68%
Defense Logistics Agency$37.6M25%
Department of the Navy$6.6M4.5%
Public Buildings Service$842.1K0.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs$540.8K0.4%
Federal Aviation Administration$270.6K0.2%
Department of the Air Force$215.8K0.1%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$193.7K0.1%

Top recipients

AM GENERAL LLC$100M67%
AM GENERAL LLC$20.7M14%
GTA CONTAINERS, LLC$10.3M6.9%
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$5.8M3.9%
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.$3.3M2.3%

Spending by fiscal year

926.8MFY2017
602.4MFY2018
909.7MFY2019
573.3MFY2020
396.9MFY2021
557.5MFY2022
1.2BFY2023
1.2B

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$111.9M76%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$12M8.1%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$5.8M3.9%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$5M3.4%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$3.3M2.2%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329

Largest awards

PRICED DELIVERY ORDER OFF OF BASE CONTRACT, W56HZV-23-D-0008.$689.9M
AM GENERAL LLC· St. Joseph County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jul 30, 2024 – May 27, 2026· W912CH24F0207
JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHCILE (JLTV) FAMILY OF VEHICLES PRICED DELIVERY ORDER FOR 513 TRUCKS AND 273 TRAILERS TO SUPPORT UKRAINE TRANCHE PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN.$580.5M
AM GENERAL LLC· St. Joseph County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· May 24, 2023 – Apr 13, 2026· W56HZV23F0294
HMMWV SECM PRODUCTION CONTRACT.$405.4M
AM GENERAL LLC· St. Joseph County, IN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 9, 2022 – Mar 20, 2026· W56HZV22F0412
HMMWV PRODUCTION CONTRACT

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.6B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for St. Joseph County, Indiana: $5,923 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.6B; −3.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,923; US $12,957
Loan face value: $72.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1B63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$115.7M7.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$93.6M5.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$90.2M5.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$44.6M2.8%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$30.3M1.9%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$30.1M1.9%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$28.4M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$83.3M5.2%
NOTRE DAME, IN
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$45.9M2.8%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
SOUTH BEND HOUSING AUTHORITY$29M1.8%
SOUTH BEND, IN
HEAD START CONSORTIUM$13.3M0.8%
SOUTH BEND, IN
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY$13M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.3B79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$106.7M6.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$46M2.8%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$40.2M2.5%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$36.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.5BFY2021
1.4BFY2022
1.5BFY2023
1.6BFY2024
1.7BFY2025
1.6BFY2026

County aggregates

86%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How St. Joseph County, Indiana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

St. Joseph County, Indiana
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$3,430	$1,436
FY2018	$2,223	$1,552
FY2019	$3,348	$1,654
FY2020	$2,102	$1,880
FY2021	$1,458	$1,810
FY2022	$2,046	$1,917
FY2023	$4,288	$2,079
FY2024	$4,405	$2,047
FY2025	$4,798	$2,165
FY2026	$543 (partial year)	$1,912
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$0.96	$93.28
FY2018	$10.14	$105
FY2019	$5.85	$128
FY2020	$2.18	$145
FY2021	$4.81	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$2,024	$5,748
FY2022	$2,687	$5,221
FY2023	$4,897	$5,364
FY2024	$5,099	$5,501
FY2025	$5,305	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$98.09	$298
FY2022	$142	$357
FY2023	$162	$301
FY2024	$225	$319
FY2025	$55.32	$360
FY2026	$220

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$177	$239
FY2022	$162	$185
FY2023	$170	$229
FY2024	$174	$229
FY2025	$241	$249
FY2026	$166

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$68.84	$2,304
FY2022	$142	$2,197
FY2023	$134	$2,274
FY2024	$155	$2,267
FY2025	$147	$2,397
FY2026	$156

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$959	$1,186
FY2022	$216	$465
FY2023	$26.85	$76.52
FY2024	$91.97	$120
FY2025	$78.64	$148
FY2026	$60.22

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

St. Joseph County, Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, St. Joseph County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	1.8%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2023

$4,897 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $2,356 (2.1× that).

Compared with 11 similar counties

St. Joseph County, Indiana
Comparison counties (average)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/18141

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

St. Joseph County, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Rudy Yakym IIIR-IN-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.0%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area St. Joseph County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI50Central county

Cities and towns in St. Joseph County

Places whose residents live mostly in St. Joseph County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-06
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
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St. Joseph County, Indiana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−10.2 points

−8.2 points

−9.9 points to −6.0 points

Year −2

−1.5 points

−1.2 points

−2.4 points to +0.2 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+0.1 points

−1.9 points

−3.3 points to −0.8 points

Year +1

−2.1 points

−2.9 points

−4.2 points to −1.2 points

Year +2

−1.5 points

−2.5 points

−3.7 points to −1.2 points

Year

St. Joseph County, Indiana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

St. Joseph County, Indiana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

St. Joseph County, Indiana

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.0%	−4.2%
2015	−2.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+3.3%
2018	+5.6%	+6.8%
2019	+8.3%	+10.5%
2020	+16.7%	+19.4%
2021	+25.6%	+26.1%
2022	+32.6%	+30.6%
2023	+34.3%	+35.0%
2024	+39.0%	+41.0%
2025	+45.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.7%	−5.5%
2015	+0.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+4.1%
2018	+9.1%	+8.9%
2019	+9.9%	+13.5%
2020	+17.2%	+20.8%
2021	+29.8%	+32.1%
2022	+30.7%	+35.4%
2023	+32.2%	+42.9%
2024	+37.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	1.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.3%	−6.9%
2015	−4.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.6%	+4.7%
2018	+11.7%	+7.5%
2019	+10.1%	+14.0%
2020	+22.7%	+16.9%
2021	+21.2%	+21.0%
2022	+24.6%	+29.7%
2023	+34.8%	+34.9%
2024	+31.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	17.2%	15.5%
2015	16.7%	14.7%
2016	16.2%	14.0%
2017	16.0%	13.4%
2018	13.5%	13.1%
2019	15.3%	12.3%
2020	12.7%	11.9%
2021	14.3%	12.8%
2022	13.2%	12.6%
2023	14.2%	12.5%
2024	15.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	6.5%	6.2%
2015	5.0%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.6%	3.7%
2020	8.8%	8.1%
2021	4.7%	5.4%
2022	3.5%	3.7%
2023	4.0%	3.6%
2024	4.7%	4.0%
2025	4.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	−12.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−8.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+15.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+23.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+35.3% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+53.5% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+72.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+83.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+94.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+101.8% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2015	−2.8% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.8% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.5% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.9% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.9% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+60.9% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+69.8% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+80.5% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+87.7% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	14.5%	13.5%
2015	11.5%	10.9%
2016	10.4%	10.0%
2017	10.2%	10.2%
2018	10.3%	10.4%
2019	10.2%	10.8%
2020	8.4%	10.4%
2021	8.8%	10.2%
2022	8.0%	9.5%
2023	9.4%	9.5%
2024	9.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	St. Joseph County, Indiana	United States
2014	5.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.8/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined1

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Owners and renters

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Jobs and pay

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 11 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in St. Joseph County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

House

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 11 similar counties

Top programs

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Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

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