Indiana · Census place 1802800

Austin, Indiana

Austin is a city in Scott County, Indiana with an estimated 4,156 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,156
#139 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+105 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
1,311 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Austin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Austin population, 2020 to 2024

Austin added 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

4,05120204,04620214,10120224,13620234,1562024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,056. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Austin covers 3.17 square miles of land, for 1,311 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Austin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Austin is in

All of Austin's residents live in Scott County, which had 24,751 residents in 2024. Austin holds 16.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Austin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Austin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47102. 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 Austin is

The Census internal point of Austin is at 38.740300, -85.810300. Indianapolis, the capital, is 73.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Scottsburg, IN (7,413 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 40.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.740300, -85.810300
DMS
38°44'25.08"N 85°48'37.08"W
UTM
16N 603395.4E 4288629.9N
Geohash
dnfurk6ye
Plus code
86CPP5RQ+4V

Daylight in Austin

At 38.74° N, Austin gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Austin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Crothersville, 4.1 miles away, with 1,517 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Austin, IN?

4,156 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 105 (2.6%) from 4,051 in July 2020.

What county is Austin in?

Scott County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Austin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47102.

How far is Austin from Indianapolis?

73.5 miles (118.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Austin.

What is the nearest larger city to Austin?

Scottsburg, IN, with 7,413 residents, 4.2 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.