South Bend, Indiana

South Bend population, 2020 to 2024

South Bend added 363 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +0. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 76th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so South Bend is 7.1 times that size.

South Bend covers 41.90 square miles of land and 0.43 of water, for 2,475 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so South Bend is denser than the typical town.

What county South Bend is in

All of South Bend's residents live in St. Joseph County, which had 273,744 residents in 2024. South Bend holds 37.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Bend

9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap South Bend by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46601, 46613, 46614, 46615, 46616, 46617, 46619, 46628, 46635. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where South Bend is

The Census internal point of South Bend is at 41.676600, -86.268800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 131.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Wayne, IN (273,203 people), 71.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 221 m (725 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in South Bend

At 41.68° N, South Bend gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the South Bend daylight page.

Places near South Bend

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Mishawaka, 5.3 miles away, with 51,020 people.