Indiana · Census place 1809370

Burns Harbor, Indiana

Burns Harbor is a town in Porter County, Indiana with an estimated 2,147 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 197th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,147
#197 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+72 people
Land area
6.4 sq mi
Density
333 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Burns Harbor. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Burns Harbor population, 2020 to 2024

Burns Harbor added 72 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

2,07520202,12720212,13620222,14220232,1472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,053. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Burns Harbor covers 6.44 square miles of land, for 333 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Burns Harbor is less dense than the typical town.

What county Burns Harbor is in

All of Burns Harbor's residents live in Porter County, which had 175,860 residents in 2024. Burns Harbor holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burns Harbor

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Burns Harbor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46304. 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 Burns Harbor is

The Census internal point of Burns Harbor is at 41.618900, -87.125900. Indianapolis, the capital, is 137.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Porter, IN (5,190 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 32.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.618900, -87.125900
DMS
41°37'8.04"N 87°07'33.24"W
UTM
16N 489511.3E 4607472.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJJV9F+HJ

Daylight in Burns Harbor

At 41.62° N, Burns Harbor gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burns Harbor

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Porter, 2.3 miles away, with 5,190 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Burns Harbor, IN?

2,147 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 72 (3.5%) from 2,075 in July 2020.

What county is Burns Harbor in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Burns Harbor?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46304.

How far is Burns Harbor from Indianapolis?

137.5 miles (221.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Burns Harbor.

What is the nearest larger city to Burns Harbor?

Porter, IN, with 5,190 residents, 2.3 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.