Indiana · Census place 1804204

Beech Grove, Indiana

Beech Grove is a city in Marion County, Indiana with an estimated 14,566 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 63rd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,566
#63 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-124 people
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
3,259 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Beech Grove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Beech Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Beech Grove lost 124 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 103rd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Beech Grove is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,714. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Beech Grove covers 4.47 square miles of land, for 3,259 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Beech Grove is denser than the typical town.

What county Beech Grove is in

All of Beech Grove's residents live in Marion County, which had 981,628 residents in 2024. Beech Grove holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Beech Grove

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Beech Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46107, 46203. 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 Beech Grove is

The Census internal point of Beech Grove is at 39.715700, -86.087000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 5.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Indianapolis, IN (891,484 people), 5.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.715700, -86.087000
DMS
39°42'56.52"N 86°05'13.20"W
UTM
16N 578256.3E 4396601.9N
Geohash
dp4ccn12e
Plus code
86FMPW87+76

Daylight in Beech Grove

At 39.72° N, Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Southport, 4.2 miles away, with 2,081 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Beech Grove, IN?

14,566 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 124 (0.8%) from 14,690 in July 2020.

What county is Beech Grove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Beech Grove?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46107, 46203.

How far is Beech Grove from Indianapolis?

5.3 miles (8.5 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Beech Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Beech Grove?

Indianapolis, IN, with 891,484 residents, 5.2 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.