Metro · Density Score
South Bend, IN-MI
Metro area in Indiana and Michigan
29 Combined score #79 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 40 #68 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 22 #82 of 109
South Bend ranks #79 overall, #82 in Startup & VC and #68 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #9 of 109: 481 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #42 of 103: 32 patents per 100k people
- #61 of 109: 0.78 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $1.0M #86 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.78 #61 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0 #81 of 102
- GDP per person
- $66K #98 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 32 #42 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 481 #9 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 1.7% #95 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -600 #104 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- 1st Source Corporation $434M
- Strawberry Fields REIT Inc. $155M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
