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SOUTH BEND - ELKHART · DMA 588

Explore ZIP codes in the SOUTH BEND - ELKHART TV market — covering IN, MI — 118 ZIP codes — 934,835 residents. Population, income, and housing at a glance.

DMA code
588
ZIP codes
118
Population
934,835
States
IN, MI
Median household income (avg.)
$68,355
Average home value
$193,301
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Where is the SOUTH BEND - ELKHART market?

SOUTH BEND - ELKHART (DMA 588) groups 118 indexable ZIP codes on US5 across IN and MI, with a combined ZIP-area population of about 934,835.

Larger population clusters inside this TV market include South Bend, IN, Elkhart, IN, Goshen, IN, Mishawaka, IN, and Granger, IN. Open any ZIP below for full demographics, housing, schools, and nearby services.

The most populous ZIP currently listed for this market is 46514 (about 41,480 residents).

Income and housing in SOUTH BEND - ELKHART

Across ZIPs with income data in SOUTH BEND - ELKHART, the average median household income is about $68,355 — about 9% below the U.S. median ($75,149).

Average median home value across those ZIPs is about $193,301.

On this page’s income ranking, ZIP 49116 is near the top at about $123,289.

What is a Designated Market Area (DMA)?

A Designated Market Area (DMA) is a Nielsen media-market geography used to group U.S. counties into TV / advertising markets. Each market has a three-digit DMA code — for example 588 for SOUTH BEND - ELKHART.

DMAs are not the same as metro statistical areas, area codes, or ZIP boundaries. A single DMA can span multiple states, and large metros may dominate a market while nearby counties still belong to the same advertising footprint.

How to use this SOUTH BEND - ELKHART page

US5 joins published ZIP profiles to DMA codes so you can browse the market as a list of postal codes with population, income, and housing at a glance — then drill into any ZIP for maps, schools, commute, and climate context.

This is a place-based research view for media markets, not a live TV schedule, ratings feed, or advertising buy tool. Counts can change when geography publishes update.

ZIP codes in SOUTH BEND - ELKHART

ZIP City County State Population Income Home value
46514 Elkhart Elkhart County IN 41,480 $61,784 $170,900
49120 Niles Berrien County MI 36,652 $61,940 $166,800
46526 Goshen Elkhart County IN 33,527 $65,864 $192,900
46516 Elkhart Elkhart County IN 31,959 $54,934 $150,400
46530 Granger St. Joseph County IN 31,907 $114,684 $316,800
46544 Mishawaka St. Joseph County IN 31,138 $57,873 $151,100
49022 Fair Plain Berrien County MI 29,796 $39,859 $140,500
46614 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 29,339 $70,998 $174,900
46628 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 27,929 $56,889 $164,500
46545 Mishawaka St. Joseph County IN 26,581 $55,889 $174,700
46528 Goshen Elkhart County IN 26,356 $77,620 $237,600
46517 Elkhart Elkhart County IN 25,438 $53,263 $168,500
46563 Plymouth Marshall County IN 23,869 $69,205 $179,800
49085 St. Joseph Berrien County MI 23,575 $101,763 $287,300
46580 Warsaw Kosciusko County IN 21,812 $70,978 $175,700
46619 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 21,179 $46,679 $98,400
46637 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 16,079 $72,401 $192,000
49047 Dowagiac Cass County MI 14,506 $55,469 $182,000
46561 Osceola St. Joseph County IN 14,499 $83,520 $208,200
46582 Warsaw Kosciusko County IN 14,490 $67,161 $231,900
46615 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 14,411 $57,983 $127,800
46975 Rochester Fulton County IN 13,985 $64,009 $151,100
46540 Middlebury Elkhart County IN 13,239 $99,664 $297,800
46550 Nappanee Elkhart County IN 12,442 $80,403 $232,300
46761 Lagrange LaGrange County IN 11,985 $72,088 $205,200
46613 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 11,726 $41,625 $71,000
49127 Stevensville Berrien County MI 11,347 $96,781 $287,000
49103 Berrien Springs Berrien County MI 11,257 $61,888 $224,500
46534 Bass Lake Starke County IN 11,029 $60,248 $159,600
49112 Edwardsburg Cass County MI 10,436 $61,941 $231,600
46617 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 10,402 $73,700 $231,400
49107 Buchanan Berrien County MI 10,351 $65,118 $174,500
46506 Bremen Marshall County IN 10,095 $72,689 $224,600
46507 Bristol Elkhart County IN 9,799 $88,510 $231,300
46567 Syracuse Kosciusko County IN 9,371 $73,277 $228,200
46565 Shipshewana LaGrange County IN 8,718 $95,578 $318,800
49038 Lake Michigan Beach Berrien County MI 8,577 $60,396 $196,200
49031 Cassopolis Cass County MI 8,320 $70,369 $217,700
46556 Notre Dame St. Joseph County IN 8,159 — —
46574 Koontz Lake LaPorte County IN 7,414 $73,950 $167,000
46795 Wolcottville LaGrange County IN 7,011 $77,279 $250,500
46552 New Carlisle St. Joseph County IN 6,665 $79,464 $211,500
46635 Granger St. Joseph County IN 6,552 $79,416 $193,100
46571 Topeka LaGrange County IN 6,321 $84,705 $312,900
46996 Winamac Pulaski County IN 6,231 $60,287 $138,800
46616 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 6,219 $56,293 $136,400
49098 Paw Paw Lake Berrien County MI 5,791 $56,899 $150,500
46366 North Judson Starke County IN 5,672 $65,917 $139,200
46562 Pierceton Kosciusko County IN 5,118 $61,599 $185,900
46542 Milford Kosciusko County IN 5,108 $75,192 $178,400
49106 Bridgman Berrien County MI 5,086 $75,064 $243,400
46590 Winona Lake Kosciusko County IN 5,073 $97,813 $242,400
46601 South Bend St. Joseph County IN 4,933 $27,080 $131,600
46746 Howe LaGrange County IN 4,474 $78,250 $157,000
46543 Millersburg Elkhart County IN 4,467 $110,685 $284,400
46515 — — — 4,401 $41,264 $135,300
46538 Leesburg Kosciusko County IN 4,369 $86,923 $258,700
46554 North Liberty St. Joseph County IN 4,285 $75,043 $189,400
49067 Marcellus Cass County MI 4,031 $77,581 $186,800
46511 Culver Marshall County IN 4,019 $55,469 $218,900
46573 Wakarusa Elkhart County IN 3,943 $79,375 $219,800
46501 Argos Marshall County IN 3,915 $62,721 $146,200
46680 — — — 3,886 $42,938 $65,000
46553 New Paris Elkhart County IN 3,790 $85,861 $245,800
49117 New Buffalo Berrien County MI 3,512 $75,268 $448,400
49128 Three Oaks Berrien County MI 3,461 $73,023 $247,000
46504 Bourbon Marshall County IN 3,391 $83,712 $169,800
46510 Claypool Kosciusko County IN 3,154 $96,759 $201,500
46910 Akron Fulton County IN 3,125 $67,045 $180,700
49111 Eau Claire Berrien County MI 3,121 $65,702 $164,400
46527 — — — 3,097 $41,557 $118,000
46536 Lakeville St. Joseph County IN 3,086 $77,411 $208,200
49101 Baroda Berrien County MI 2,939 $70,167 $225,500
46660 — — — 2,774 $62,614 $153,000
46982 Silver Lake Kosciusko County IN 2,653 $75,709 $175,400
46581 — — — 2,645 $57,240 $123,300
46539 Mentone Kosciusko County IN 2,570 $76,750 $141,100
49095 Vandalia Cass County MI 2,414 $86,577 $250,800
46555 North Webster Kosciusko County IN 2,398 $70,268 $203,800
47946 Francesville Pulaski County IN 2,175 $78,839 $155,100
46524 Etna Green Kosciusko County IN 2,133 $75,313 $168,200
47957 Medaryville Pulaski County IN 2,067 $58,412 $131,700
49125 Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert Berrien County MI 2,051 $79,688 $300,000
49061 — Cass County MI 1,924 $76,772 $201,200
46531 — Starke County IN 1,818 $56,278 $150,900
49113 Galien Berrien County MI 1,758 $58,295 $158,900
46939 Kewanna Fulton County IN 1,757 $63,750 $106,100
46546 — — — 1,685 $36,029 $122,100
49023 — — — 1,685 $19,183 $214,000
49126 — Berrien County MI 1,633 $77,813 $162,500
46532 Hamlet Starke County IN 1,628 $71,339 $121,900
49102 — Berrien County MI 1,575 $61,167 $250,300
46985 Star City Pulaski County IN 1,247 $52,073 $111,600
46634 — — — 1,232 $24,476 $205,700
49130 — Cass County MI 1,216 $81,728 $332,600
46570 — Marshall County IN 1,140 $60,000 $192,900
46960 Bass Lake Pulaski County IN 1,123 $44,012 $130,200
46374 San Pierre Starke County IN 998 $71,500 $185,000
49129 — Berrien County MI 615 $104,000 $586,900
46537 La Paz Marshall County IN 520 $61,813 $125,400

Frequently asked questions

What is DMA 588?

SOUTH BEND - ELKHART (DMA 588) is a Nielsen Designated Market Area — a TV / media market that groups places for advertising and audience measurement. On US5 it is linked to ZIP codes in IN and MI, covering about 934,835 combined ZIP-area residents across 118 codes.

How many ZIP codes are in the SOUTH BEND - ELKHART DMA?

US5 currently lists 118 indexable ZIP codes for DMA 588 (SOUTH BEND - ELKHART). Counts can change as geography publishes update.

What is the average income in the SOUTH BEND - ELKHART market?

The average of ZIP median household incomes in SOUTH BEND - ELKHART is about $68,355 (about 9% below the U.S. median ($75,149)). Individual neighborhoods vary — sort the ZIP table by income to compare.

Is a DMA the same as a metro area or area code?

No. DMAs are Nielsen media markets built mainly from county groupings for TV advertising. Metro statistical areas, telephone area codes, and ZIP codes use different boundaries. The same city can sit in one DMA, multiple area codes, and many ZIP codes.

How does US5 map ZIPs to DMA 588?

US5 joins each published ZIP profile to a DMA code from the spatial dictionary (Nielsen market membership summarized onto ZIP geography). This page lists indexable ZIPs with that code so you can move from the market overview into local demographics.

What cities are in the SOUTH BEND - ELKHART DMA?

Larger population clusters on US5 for SOUTH BEND - ELKHART include South Bend, IN, Elkhart, IN, Goshen, IN, Mishawaka, IN, and Granger, IN. Open linked ZIP pages for neighborhood-level demographics.