Indiana · Census place 1808470

Brownstown, Indiana

Brownstown is a town in Jackson County, Indiana with an estimated 3,077 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 159th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,077; #159 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020: +1.8%; +53 people
Land area: 1.6 sq mi
Density: 1,899 / sq mi; State median 1,645

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

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Brownstown population, 2020 to 2024

Brownstown added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +38.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,027. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brownstown covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 1,899 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Brownstown is denser than the typical town.

What county Brownstown is in

All of Brownstown's residents live in Jackson County, which had 47,420 residents in 2024. Brownstown holds 6.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brownstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brownstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47220. 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 Brownstown is

The Census internal point of Brownstown is at 38.879100, -86.047700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 61.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seymour, IN (22,524 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 53.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.879100, -86.047700
DMS: 38°52'44.76"N 86°02'51.72"W
UTM: 16N 582602.3E 4303791.2N
Geohash: dnfv1vtzp
Plus code: 86CMVXH2+JW

Daylight in Brownstown

At 38.88° N, Brownstown gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brownstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Seymour, 9.7 miles away, with 22,524 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brownstown, IN?

3,077 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 53 (1.8%) from 3,024 in July 2020.

What county is Brownstown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brownstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47220.

How far is Brownstown from Indianapolis?

61.8 miles (99.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from Brownstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Brownstown?

Seymour, IN, with 22,524 residents, 9.7 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.