Indiana · Census place 1802908

Avon, Indiana

Avon is a town in Hendricks County, Indiana with an estimated 24,735 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,735
#41 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+14.2%
+3,080 people
Land area
19.3 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
1,280 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Avon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Avon population, 2020 to 2024

Avon added 3,080 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.2%. In the latest year it moved by +441. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Avon is 1.7 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,482. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Avon covers 19.33 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 1,280 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Avon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Avon is in

All of Avon's residents live in Hendricks County, which had 190,629 residents in 2024. Avon holds 13.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Avon

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Avon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46123, 46168. 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 Avon is

The Census internal point of Avon is at 39.760700, -86.394100. Indianapolis, the capital, is 12.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plainfield, IN (37,796 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 13.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.760700, -86.394100
DMS
39°45'38.52"N 86°23'38.76"W
UTM
16N 551899.7E 4401373.3N
Geohash
dp4d4n1wz
Plus code
86FMQJ64+79

Daylight in Avon

At 39.76° N, Avon gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Avon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Plainfield, 4.8 miles away, with 37,796 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Avon, IN?

24,735 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,080 (14.2%) from 21,655 in July 2020.

What county is Avon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Avon?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46123, 46168.

How far is Avon from Indianapolis?

12.6 miles (20.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Avon.

What is the nearest larger city to Avon?

Plainfield, IN, with 37,796 residents, 4.8 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.