Carmel, Indiana

Carmel population, 2020 to 2024

Carmel added 3,699 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,030. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Carmel is 7.1 times that size.

Carmel covers 49.09 square miles of land and 1.08 of water, for 2,111 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Carmel is denser than the typical town.

What county Carmel is in

All of Carmel's residents live in Hamilton County, which had 379,704 residents in 2024. Carmel holds 27.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carmel

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Carmel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46032, 46033, 46074, 46280, 46290. 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 Carmel is

The Census internal point of Carmel is at 39.965500, -86.148400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 13.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fishers, IN (103,986 people), 9.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 259 m (850 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Carmel

At 39.97° N, Carmel gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Carmel daylight page.

Places near Carmel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Westfield, 4.9 miles away, with 62,994 people.