Indiana · Census place 1807750

Bristol, Indiana

Bristol is a town in Elkhart County, Indiana with an estimated 1,805 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 223rd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,805; #223 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020: +0.3%; +6 people
Land area: 5.3 sq mi; + 0.24 sq mi water
Density: 340 / sq mi; State median 1,645

Orange pin: Bristol. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Bristol population, 2020 to 2024

Bristol added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,799. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bristol covers 5.31 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 340 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Bristol is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bristol is in

All of Bristol's residents live in Elkhart County, which had 207,436 residents in 2024. Bristol holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bristol

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bristol by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46507. 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 Bristol is

The Census internal point of Bristol is at 41.716600, -85.825100. Indianapolis, the capital, is 135.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Middlebury, IN (3,721 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 23.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.716600, -85.825100
DMS: 41°42'59.76"N 85°49'30.36"W
UTM: 16N 597733.8E 4618978.3N
Geohash: dp6vr420f
Plus code: 86HPP58F+JX

Daylight in Bristol

At 41.72° N, Bristol gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bristol

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Middlebury, 6.8 miles away, with 3,721 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bristol, IN?

1,805 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.3%) from 1,799 in July 2020.

What county is Bristol in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bristol?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46507.

How far is Bristol from Indianapolis?

135.7 miles (218.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Bristol.

What is the nearest larger city to Bristol?

Middlebury, IN, with 3,721 residents, 6.8 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.