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.South Bend is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.89% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In terms of college education, South Bend is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.83% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.
