What is the population of Mishawaka city?

Mishawaka city has 50,907 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Mishawaka city?

Median household income in Mishawaka city is $53,120 a year, 32.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mishawaka city?

Median gross rent is $1,041 a month and the median home value is $140,600, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.

Is Mishawaka city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mishawaka city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mishawaka, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mishawaka, Indiana (Mishawaka, IN — Census place “Mishawaka city”) is 50,907 residents, ranking #20 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $53,120, the median home is worth $140,600 and median gross rent runs $1,041 a month. Looking for the Mishawaka Indiana ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Mishawaka, IN: 46544, 46545.

Population: 50,907Mishawaka city residents
Median household income: $53,120Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $140,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,041Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.4%Owner-occupied households

Mishawaka ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mishawaka.

The Mishawaka IN ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Mishawaka city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mishawaka city median would spend about 23.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 49.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mishawaka city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mishawaka city is a small city in Indiana, with 50,907 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #20 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 35.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Mishawaka city earn a median of $53,120 a year, 32.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mishawaka city is valued at $140,600, 53.7% below the national figure and 3% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,041 a month, 26% below the national figure, or roughly $12,492 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 49.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Mishawaka city?: Mishawaka city has 50,907 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Mishawaka city?: Median household income in Mishawaka city is $53,120 a year, 32.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mishawaka city?: Median gross rent is $1,041 a month and the median home value is $140,600, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
Is Mishawaka city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mishawaka city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mishawaka city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.