Demographic Data
ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA
% Distance from Elkhart to ... 70 1 Indianapolis, Indiana 150 mi. of the U.S. population is within a day’s 2 Warsaw, Indiana 25 mi. 12 drive of Indiana 3 South Bend, Indiana 25 mi. 4 Cincinnati, Ohio 255 mi.
5 9 Columbus, Ohio 225 mi. 10 8 6 Cleveland, Ohio 241 mi. 11 7 Toledo, Ohio 140 mi. 3 E 7 6 8 Detroit, Michigan 200 mi. 2 9 Grand Rapids, Michigan 102 mi.
1 5 10 Lansing, Michigan 138 mi. 11 Chicago, Illinois 120 mi. 4 13 12 Minneapolis, Minnesota 530 mi. 13 St. Louis, Missouri 392 mi.
Labor Force (Elkhart County) Unemployment Rate
Labor Force 116,133 Elkhart County 2.8% Labor Force within 25 mile radius 616,278 Indiana 3.2% Average Yearly Wage $57,853 United States 3.5% Indiana is a right-to-work state
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2020 Source: DWD January 2020
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Commuting into Elkhart County Commuting out of Elkhart County
33,726 people live in another 8,491 people live in Elkhart county or state who commute County who commute to work to work into Elkhart County 19.3% outside the county 5.7% of the workforce of the workforce commutes into commutes out of Elkhart County Elkhart County MICHIGAN MICHIGAN 8,608 436
ST. JOSEPH LAGRANGE ST. JOSEPH LAGRANGE 11,863 E 3,436 4,581 E 782
MARSHALL OTHER STATES 1,657 (besides Michigan) KOSCIUSKO 1,657 KOSCIUSKO 4,249 936
Source: STATS Indiana Annual Commuiting Trends Profile Tax Year 2017 Source: STATS Indiana Annual Commuiting Trends Profile Tax Year 2017
Elkhart E Logistics Workforce County Interstate Access Proximity to Major Markets Advantages Low Taxes Low cost of Doing Business
Major Manufacturers* Major Employers*
Thor Industries, Inc. Thor Industries, Inc. Cost of Living Forest River, Inc. Forest River, Inc. Composite Index (100%) 90.0 Lippert Components, Inc. Lippert Components, Inc. Grocery Items (13.47%) 97.9 Patrick Industries Patrick Industries Housing (28.15%) 73.4 Supreme Corporation Beacon Health System Utilities (9.90%) 97.2 Newmar Corporation Elkhart Community Schools Transportation (8.99%) 91.7 Utilimaster Goshen Community Schools Health Care (4.57% 106.6 KIK Custom Products Elkhart County Government Miscellaneous (34.92%) 95.3 MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc. Martin’s Super Markets Bennington Marine LLC Utilimaster
*With an employee count above 500 *With an employee count above 500 Source: ACCRA Cost of Living Index, 2018 Annual Average
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Available Properties
Beck Industrial Park Waterford Commons Business Park Earthway Rail Park Elkhart Goshen Bristol • 92.07-acres • 220-acres • 400+/- acres of • Logistics, Manufacturing • Medical device industry, industrial land • Quick, direct access to • Corporate HQ, R&D Manufacturing • Served by Grand Elk Railroad Interstate 80/90 and US 20 • Live-Work Concept • Manufacturing, Industrial Direct access to I 80/90
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Utilities
Electricity Natural Gas Commercial &
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) Northern Indiana Public Industrial Waste Serving City of Elkhart Service Company (NIPSCO) Himco Industrial Waste www.aeped.com Serving Elkhart County Services www.ni-econdev.com www2.wasteawaygroup.com Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) Broadband Serving Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, Bristol, Middlebury, Indiana Broadband Map Millersburg, New Paris, Determine service providers and Wakarusa by entering address of location. www.ni-econdev.com www.indianabroadbandmap.com
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Logistics – Airports Airports & Ports Elkhart/ International Airports Goshen ranked Chicago O’Hare (ORD) 140 mi. DETROIT Manufacturing Chicago Midway (MDW) 120 mi. for mid-sized MSAs. Detroit (DTW) 170 mi. CHICAGO(2) TOLEDO *Business Facilities Magazine, Indianapolis (IND) 160 mi. (4) July 24, 2019 Commercial Airport South Bend International Airport (SBN) 35 mi. INDIANAPOLIS www.flysbn.com
Elkhart County Airports Elkhart Municipal Airport www.elkhartindiana.org JEFFERSONVILLE MOUNT Goshen Municipal Airport VERNON www.goshenair.com E Nappanee Municipal Airport www.nappaneeairport.com SOUTH BEND ELKHART ELKHART COUNTY ST. JOSEPH COUNTY GOSHEN Ports
NAPPANEE Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor 77 mi. Lake Michigan, Great Lakes www.portsofindiana.com Logistics – Railways Illinois International Port 110 mi. Norfolk Southern Lake Michigan, Great Lakes Corporation (NS) Vistula www.iipd.com Bristol Serving Elkhart, Goshen, EWR GDLK Millersburg, New Paris Port of Toledo, Ohio ELKHART E www.nscorp.com 141 mi. NS Lake Erie, Great Lakes Dunlap ELKHART CSX Transportation (CSX) ST. www.toledoseaport.org JOSEPH COUNTY Serving Nappanee COUNTY GOSHEN www.csx.com Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville Waterford NS 248 mi. Mills Elkhart & Western (EWR) Millersburg Ohio-Mississippi Rivers, Serving Elkhart New Paris Gulf of Mexico www.pioneer-railcorp.com Nappanee www.portsofindiana.com Gravelton Milford Junction Syracuse Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK) CSX Port of Indiana - Mount Vernon KOSCIUSKO Serving Bristol, Elkhart COUNTY Milford 337 mi. www.watcocompanies.com Ohio River www.portsofindiana.com
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Logistics – Highways Business Assistance
Elkhart County is served by EDC of Elkhart County Retention Elkhart/Goshen & Expansion Program Interstate-80/90 with four Assisting Elkhart County businesses. 4-entry and exit locations. th ranked in the Removing barriers to their expansion nation for Elkhart County is served and success. Most Dynamic www.elkhartcountybiz.com by six 6 state highways Metropolitans and four 4 US highways. North Central Indiana Business *Walton Foundation’s Most Dynamic Assistance Center The county is also easily Metropolitans study June 14, 2019 Assists in process improvement with accessible to Interstate 69. training and implementation of Lean concepts. www.michianatech.org
University of Notre Dame 19 Innovation Park at Notre Dame Builds commercialization bridges 80 90 120 between the University and businesses at all stages of development. 120 BRISTOL 13 ELKHART 15 www.innovationparknd.com MIDDLEBURY Strategic Research Investments (SRI) 33 20 20 Nano Technology, Diagnostics, Energy, Environment, Imaging, Global Health www.sri.nd.edu 20 33 GOSHEN Goshen College Business & Entrepreneurial Education Programs supporting local businesses. 19 Developing and operating business programs for local managers, 13 119 employees and entrepreneurs. WAKARUSA 15 MILLERSBURG www.goshen.edu 33 WorkOne Employee Recruitment, Job Fairs, Screening, Testing, WorkKeys, Job Profiles, Assessments, Dislocation NAPPANEE 6 6 Support, Training Grants, On the Job Training, Customized Training, Posting of Jobs on the Statewide Job Matching System. www.gotoworkone.com
Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership Technical assistance, performance improvement, technology adoption. www.mep.purdue.edu
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Education Indiana’s Major Universities
1 Anderson University 2 Ball State University 35 8 Bethel University Universities & Colleges within an hour of 3 Butler University Elkhart County 4 Indiana State University 5 Indiana University + 7 regional campuses
6 Purdue University + 5 regional campuses
7 Trine University 8 University of Notre Dame 9 University of St. Francis 10 Valparaiso University Post-Secondary Education in Elkhart County Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary 11 Vincennes University Goshen College 12 University of Evansville Indiana University South Bend – Elkhart Campus Ivy Tech Community College 8 E 7 Indiana Tech 10 Harrison College Bethel College 9 Indiana Fundamental Bible College
K-12 Education 2018-2019 1 2
7 Public School Districts Grade Baugo Community Schools B 3 Concord Community Schools B 4 Elkhart Community Schools C Fairfield Community Schools B 5 Goshen Community Schools B
Middlebury Community Schools B 11 Wa-Nee Community Schools A
(Grade Point Rating Grades K-12 by Indiana Department of Education)
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Population – Cities & Towns Population Total – Elkhart & Surrounding Counties
E BRISTOL LAGRANGE ELKHART ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ELKHART COUNTY MIDDLEBURY COUNTY 37,128 266,931 197,559
NOBLE COUNTY GOSHEN MARSHALL 47,536 COUNTY KOSCIUSKO 47,051 COUNTY 77,358
WAKARUSA MILLERSBURG
NAPPANEE Education Level – Elkhart & Surrounding Counties City or Town Population 81% Elkhart City 52,485 Elkhart 27% Goshen City 33,327 Nappanee City 6,910 85% Bristol Town 1,695 Kosciusko 22% Middlebury Town 3,633 Millersburg Town 939 93% Wakarusa Town 1,861 LaGrange 10%
85% Marshall Population – By Age 20% Elkhart County
85% Preschool (0 to 4) 15,441 Noble 14% School Age (5 to 17) 41,124 College Age (18 to 24) 18,287 88% Young Adult (25 to 44) 51,119 St. Joseph 28% Older Adult(45 to 64) 49,307
Older (65 plus) 30,282 High School Diploma or more, Percentage of adults 25+ Total 205,560 Associates Degree or more, Percentage of adults 25+
Median Age 35.7 Source: STATSIndiana, Median age calculated by the IBRC, US Census Bureau, 2015 ACS 5 year est. 2015, 2016.
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