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Elkhart County, IN

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2025

Elkhart County, Indiana, a core county of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI market, holds $4.6B in deposits across 16 insured institutions and 51 branches. Lake City Bank is the largest deposit holder at 24.1% share. The top three banks hold 68% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 26.1% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 5.6%. It produces $17.8B of output, ranking #239 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$17.8B
#239 of 1,523
Population
208,774
#347 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$85,050
#105 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$4.6B
#361 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$22,057
#763 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$90M
#735 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
16
#330 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
24.4
#746 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$61M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #1,308 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
66.5%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #872 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
68%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2020 to 2025)+26.1% over 5 years
$3.7B
2020
$4.6B
2021
$4.8B
2022
$4.8B
2023
$4.7B
2024
$4.6B
2025

Branches: 54 in 2020 to 51 in 2025. Institutions: 16 to 16. Top-three share: 69% to 68%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Lake City Bank$1.1B24.1%11+35%
1st Source Bank$1.0B22.2%8+45%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$1.0B22.0%6+3%
First State Bank of Middlebury$636M13.8%5+29%
KeyBank$322M7.0%6-1%
Fifth Third Bank$142M3.1%1+314%
Centier Bank$120M2.6%4+291%
PNC Bank$64M1.4%1+9%
Old National Bank$58M1.3%1-25%
Horizon Bank$31M0.7%1+169%
Northwest Bank$31M0.7%1-41%
First Federal Savings Bank$21M0.5%1+1%
Farmers State Bank$18M0.4%1+36%
The Campbell & Fetter Bank$13M0.3%1+1%
Woodforest National Bank$5M0.1%2+27%
Everence Trust Company$0M<0.1%10%

The 16 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka market

Elkhart County is one of 6 counties that make up the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka, IN-MI market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #73 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 35.5% of the market’s output and holds 28.1% of its deposits.

MeasureElkhart CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$17.8B35.5%
Deposits$4.6B28.1%
Population208,77425.7%

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