Indiana · Census place 1808146

Brookston, Indiana

Brookston is a town in White County, Indiana with an estimated 1,640 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 234th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,640
#234 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+8 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
2,485 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Brookston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Brookston population, 2020 to 2024

Brookston added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

1,63220201,63120211,62920221,63720231,6402024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,634. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brookston covers 0.66 square miles of land, for 2,485 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Brookston is denser than the typical town.

What county Brookston is in

All of Brookston's residents live in White County, which had 24,833 residents in 2024. Brookston holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brookston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brookston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47923. 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 Brookston is

The Census internal point of Brookston is at 40.600900, -86.866400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 68.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Battle Ground, IN (1,904 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 58.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.600900, -86.866400
DMS
40°36'3.24"N 86°51'59.04"W
UTM
16N 511303.5E 4494463.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GMJ42M+9C

Daylight in Brookston

At 40.60° N, Brookston gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brookston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Battle Ground, 6.5 miles away, with 1,904 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brookston, IN?

1,640 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.5%) from 1,632 in July 2020.

What county is Brookston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brookston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47923.

How far is Brookston from Indianapolis?

68.6 miles (110.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Brookston.

What is the nearest larger city to Brookston?

Battle Ground, IN, with 1,904 residents, 6.5 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.