Indiana · Census place 1803718

Battle Ground, Indiana

Battle Ground is a town in Tippecanoe County, Indiana with an estimated 1,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,904
#216 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+3.3%
+60 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,867 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Battle Ground. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Battle Ground population, 2020 to 2024

Battle Ground added 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

1,84420201,85920211,88220221,90120231,9042024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,844. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Battle Ground covers 1.02 square miles of land, for 1,867 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Battle Ground is denser than the typical town.

What county Battle Ground is in

All of Battle Ground's residents live in Tippecanoe County, which had 191,650 residents in 2024. Battle Ground holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Battle Ground

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Battle Ground by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47906, 47920. 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 Battle Ground is

The Census internal point of Battle Ground is at 40.507500, -86.852700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 62.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Lafayette, IN (46,338 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 52.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.507500, -86.852700
DMS
40°30'27.00"N 86°51'9.72"W
UTM
16N 512479.9E 4484097.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GMG45W+2W

Daylight in Battle Ground

At 40.51° N, Battle Ground gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Battle Ground

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is West Lafayette, 5.8 miles away, with 46,338 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Battle Ground, IN?

1,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 60 (3.3%) from 1,844 in July 2020.

What county is Battle Ground in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Battle Ground?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 47906, 47920.

How far is Battle Ground from Indianapolis?

62.8 miles (101.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Battle Ground.

What is the nearest larger city to Battle Ground?

West Lafayette, IN, with 46,338 residents, 5.8 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.