How the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202627 of 27 ZIP codes scored · 0.33M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 27 of 27- 4,91446530in Granger · 31,598 residents59.93
- 8,30946635in South Bend · 6,410 residents55.97
- 8,78046617in South Bend · 10,032 residents55.57
- 11,29846637in South Bend · 16,200 residents53.55
- 11,58546552in New Carlisle · 7,047 residents53.34
- 11,94746554in North Liberty · 4,405 residents53.09
- 12,67646561in Osceola · 13,996 residents52.56
- 13,04449095in Vandalia · 2,432 residents52.30
- 13,87049061in Jones · 1,799 residents51.67
- 15,34746614in South Bend · 29,602 residents50.65
- 15,54249067in Marcellus · 3,974 residents50.51
- 16,67946536in Lakeville · 2,964 residents49.69
- 16,90049130in Union · 1,258 residents49.53
- 16,98446545in Mishawaka · 26,606 residents49.47
- 17,16146556in Notre Dame · 8,344 residents49.35
- 17,20146574in Walkerton · 7,426 residents49.33
- 17,76446595in Wyatt · 0 residents48.93
- 19,08749031in Cassopolis · 7,869 residents47.87
- 19,95046615in South Bend · 14,190 residents47.18
- 20,00849112in Edwardsburg · 10,544 residents47.12
- 21,18649047in Dowagiac · 14,858 residents46.14
- 22,94246616in South Bend · 5,979 residents44.47
- 23,58246544in Mishawaka · 31,077 residents43.83
- 25,09946628in South Bend · 27,685 residents42.14
- 29,30046619in South Bend · 21,729 residents35.22
- 30,42846601in South Bend · 4,800 residents31.49
- 31,38346613in South Bend · 12,279 residents25.80
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 27 of 27- 31,38346613in South Bend · 12,279 residents25.80
- 30,42846601in South Bend · 4,800 residents31.49
- 29,30046619in South Bend · 21,729 residents35.22
- 25,09946628in South Bend · 27,685 residents42.14
- 23,58246544in Mishawaka · 31,077 residents43.83
- 22,94246616in South Bend · 5,979 residents44.47
- 21,18649047in Dowagiac · 14,858 residents46.14
- 20,00849112in Edwardsburg · 10,544 residents47.12
- 19,95046615in South Bend · 14,190 residents47.18
- 19,08749031in Cassopolis · 7,869 residents47.87
- 17,76446595in Wyatt · 0 residents48.93
- 17,20146574in Walkerton · 7,426 residents49.33
- 17,16146556in Notre Dame · 8,344 residents49.35
- 16,98446545in Mishawaka · 26,606 residents49.47
- 16,90049130in Union · 1,258 residents49.53
- 16,67946536in Lakeville · 2,964 residents49.69
- 15,54249067in Marcellus · 3,974 residents50.51
- 15,34746614in South Bend · 29,602 residents50.65
- 13,87049061in Jones · 1,799 residents51.67
- 13,04449095in Vandalia · 2,432 residents52.30
- 12,67646561in Osceola · 13,996 residents52.56
- 11,94746554in North Liberty · 4,405 residents53.09
- 11,58546552in New Carlisle · 7,047 residents53.34
- 11,29846637in South Bend · 16,200 residents53.55
- 8,78046617in South Bend · 10,032 residents55.57
- 8,30946635in South Bend · 6,410 residents55.97
- 4,91446530in Granger · 31,598 residents59.93
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
6 of 26 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 46601 South Bend46617 South Bend49047 Dowagiac
Standing highest: 46530 Granger46556 Notre Dame46617 South Bend
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 26 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 325,103 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.