Anderson, Indiana

Anderson population, 2020 to 2024

Anderson added 1,030 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +448. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Anderson is 3.8 times that size.

Anderson covers 41.67 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,340 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Anderson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Anderson is in

All of Anderson's residents live in Madison County, which had 134,222 residents in 2024. Anderson holds 41.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Anderson

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Anderson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46011, 46012, 46013, 46016. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Anderson is

The Census internal point of Anderson is at 40.089800, -85.689400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 33.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Noblesville, IN (75,239 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 17.2 miles away.

Daylight in Anderson

At 40.09° N, Anderson gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Anderson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgewood, 2.7 miles away, with 2,077 people.