Indiana · Census place 1808416

Brownsburg, Indiana

Brownsburg is a town in Hendricks County, Indiana with an estimated 33,430 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 32nd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
33,430
#32 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+14.6%
+4,261 people
Land area
17.0 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,966 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Brownsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Brownsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Brownsburg added 4,261 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,083. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Brownsburg is 2.3 times that size.

29.2k202030.2k202131.4k202232.3k202333.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 29,013. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brownsburg covers 17.00 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,966 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Brownsburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Brownsburg is in

All of Brownsburg's residents live in Hendricks County, which had 190,629 residents in 2024. Brownsburg holds 17.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brownsburg

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Brownsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46112, 46234. 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 Brownsburg is

The Census internal point of Brownsburg is at 39.834400, -86.385700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 12.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plainfield, IN (37,796 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 13.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.834400, -86.385700
DMS
39°50'3.84"N 86°23'8.52"W
UTM
16N 552563.1E 4409558.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FMRJM7+QP

Daylight in Brownsburg

At 39.83° N, Brownsburg gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brownsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Clermont, 3.7 miles away, with 1,385 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brownsburg, IN?

33,430 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,261 (14.6%) from 29,169 in July 2020.

What county is Brownsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brownsburg?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46112, 46234.

How far is Brownsburg from Indianapolis?

12.9 miles (20.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Brownsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Brownsburg?

Plainfield, IN, with 37,796 residents, 9.8 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.