Indiana · Census place 1816804
Danville, Indiana
Danville is a town in Hendricks County, Indiana with an estimated 12,532 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 12,532
- #71 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +17.4%
- +1,859 people
- Land area
- 10.1 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,246 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Danville population, 2020 to 2024
Danville added 1,859 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.4%. In the latest year it moved by +944. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Danville is 86% of it.
Danville covers 10.06 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,246 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Danville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Danville is in
All of Danville's residents live in Hendricks County, which had 190,629 residents in 2024. Danville holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Danville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Danville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46122. 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 Danville is
The Census internal point of Danville is at 39.758800, -86.495300. Indianapolis, the capital, is 17.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Avon, IN (24,735 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 18.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.758800, -86.495300
- DMS
- 39°45'31.68"N 86°29'43.08"W
- UTM
- 16N 543232.3E 4401108.7N
- Geohash
- dp46pvb5c
- Plus code
- 86FMQG53+GV
Daylight in Danville
At 39.76° N, Danville gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Danville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Avon, 5.4 miles away, with 24,735 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Danville, IN?
12,532 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,859 (17.4%) from 10,673 in July 2020.
What county is Danville in?
Hendricks County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Danville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46122.
How far is Danville from Indianapolis?
17.9 miles (28.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Danville.
What is the nearest larger city to Danville?
Avon, IN, with 24,735 residents, 5.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.