Indiana · Census place 1815742

Crawfordsville, Indiana

Crawfordsville is a city in Montgomery County, Indiana with an estimated 16,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,594
#54 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+249 people
Land area
10.2 sq mi
Density
1,621 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Crawfordsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Crawfordsville population, 2020 to 2024

Crawfordsville added 249 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -1. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Crawfordsville is 1.1 times that size.

16.3k202016.4k202116.5k202216.6k202316.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,336. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Crawfordsville covers 10.24 square miles of land, for 1,621 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Crawfordsville is close to the typical town.

What county Crawfordsville is in

All of Crawfordsville's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 38,633 residents in 2024. Crawfordsville holds 43.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Crawfordsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crawfordsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47933. 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 Crawfordsville is

The Census internal point of Crawfordsville is at 40.041300, -86.897600. Indianapolis, the capital, is 43.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lebanon, IN (17,608 people), 23.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 40.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.041300, -86.897600
DMS
40°02'28.68"N 86°53'51.36"W
UTM
16N 508735.6E 4432346.2N
Geohash
dp45y9717
Plus code
86GM24R2+GX

Daylight in Crawfordsville

At 40.04° N, Crawfordsville gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Crawfordsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ladoga, 10.1 miles away, with 1,096 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Crawfordsville, IN?

16,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 249 (1.5%) from 16,345 in July 2020.

What county is Crawfordsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Crawfordsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47933.

How far is Crawfordsville from Indianapolis?

43.5 miles (70.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Crawfordsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Crawfordsville?

Lebanon, IN, with 17,608 residents, 23.8 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.