Indiana · Census place 1800802

Albany, Indiana

Albany is a town in 2 counties of Indiana with an estimated 2,291 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,291
#184 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+1 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
1,157 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Albany. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Albany population, 2020 to 2024

Albany added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

2,29020202,28920212,29220222,28620232,2912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,293. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Albany covers 1.98 square miles of land, for 1,157 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Albany is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Albany spans

Albany crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,291 residents as follows; Delaware County holds 92.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Delaware County2,111
  2. 02Randolph County180
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Albany

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47320. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Albany is

The Census internal point of Albany is at 40.306000, -85.232200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 61.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Muncie, IN (65,320 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 45.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.306000, -85.232200
DMS
40°18'21.60"N 85°13'55.92"W
UTM
16N 650227.1E 4463220.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GP8Q49+94

Daylight in Albany

At 40.31° N, Albany gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Dunkirk, 4.9 miles away, with 2,106 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Albany, IN?

2,291 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.0%) from 2,290 in July 2020.

What county is Albany in?

It spans 2 counties: Delaware County (2,111 residents), Randolph County (180 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Albany?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47320.

How far is Albany from Indianapolis?

61.4 miles (98.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Albany.

What is the nearest larger city to Albany?

Muncie, IN, with 65,320 residents, 11.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.