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Top Debt Collectors
July 2022 - March 2025
Out of 675 debt collectors in St Joseph County, the top 10 (1.5%) are responsible for 12,282 (59.5%) of 20,649 lawsuits.
- City Of South Bend
3,556 lawsuits (17.2%) - LVNV Funding LLC
1,656 lawsuits (8.0%) - One Advantage LLC
1,228 lawsuits (5.9%) - Midland Credit Management
1,141 lawsuits (5.5%) - Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC
1,050 lawsuits (5.1%) - The South Bend Clinic
915 lawsuits (4.4%) - Radiology Inc
795 lawsuits (3.9%) - Affiliated Family Dentists Pc
703 lawsuits (3.4%) - Discover Bank
634 lawsuits (3.1%) - Capital One
604 lawsuits (2.9%) - Other
8,367 lawsuits (40.5%)
Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year
March typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 915 filings, accounting for 10.9% of the filings for the year.
Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits
July 2022 - March 2025
St Joseph County is split into 82 tracts. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each census tract.
Select American Community Survey (2023, 5 year estimate) statistic:Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract
July 2022 - March 2025
The table to the right shows data for the 82 Census tracts in St Joseph County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.
Last updated: March 2025
| Location | Lawsuits | Lawsuits Trend Jul '22 - Mar '25 | Default Judgments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census Tract 34 | 1,716 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 2 | 1,679 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 31 | 1,528 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 116.02 | 1,519 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 115.01 | 1,491 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 103 | 1,446 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 113.03 | 1,397 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 4 | 1,382 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 14 | 1,304 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
Census Tract 111 | 1,304 | - | View report › | Jump to map | |
| The top 10 tracts by number of lawsuits listed above are based on defendants' home addresses. Click the table headers to change sorting metrics for the entire dataset. Use search to find a specific location. | |||||
Debt Collection Lawsuits by Neighborhood Demographics
Census tracts have been categorized by their racial/ethnic majority, based on data from the American Community Survey.
Neighborhoods by Racial Majority
White: 76.8% of neighborhoods, 71.2% of lawsuits
Black: 3.7% of neighborhoods, 4.8% of lawsuits
No Majority: 17.1% of neighborhoods, 20.6% of lawsuits
Latinx: 2.4% of neighborhoods, 3.4% of lawsuits
Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions
Proportionate Filings
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