Indiana · Census place 1810108

Cannelton, Indiana

Cannelton is a city in Perry County, Indiana with an estimated 1,498 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 248th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,498
#248 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-18 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,012 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Cannelton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Cannelton population, 2020 to 2024

Cannelton lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

1,51620201,52420211,51020221,50320231,4982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,518. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cannelton covers 1.48 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,012 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Cannelton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cannelton is in

All of Cannelton's residents live in Perry County, which had 19,320 residents in 2024. Cannelton holds 7.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cannelton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cannelton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47520. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cannelton is

The Census internal point of Cannelton is at 37.911500, -86.738700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 132.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tell City, IN (7,515 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 43.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.911500, -86.738700
DMS
37°54'41.40"N 86°44'19.32"W
UTM
16N 522969.0E 4196028.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
869MW766+HG

Daylight in Cannelton

At 37.91° N, Cannelton gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cannelton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Tell City, 3.1 miles away, with 7,515 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cannelton, IN?

1,498 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (1.2%) from 1,516 in July 2020.

What county is Cannelton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cannelton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47520.

How far is Cannelton from Indianapolis?

132.1 miles (212.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Cannelton.

What is the nearest larger city to Cannelton?

Tell City, IN, with 7,515 residents, 3.1 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.