Indiana · Census place 1820404

Edinburgh, Indiana

Edinburgh is a town in 3 counties of Indiana with an estimated 4,478 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,478
#134 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+41 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
1,353 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Edinburgh. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Edinburgh population, 2020 to 2024

Edinburgh added 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

4,43720204,43320214,41020224,44920234,4782024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,435. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edinburgh covers 3.31 square miles of land, for 1,353 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Edinburgh is less dense than the typical town.

The 3 counties Edinburgh spans

Edinburgh crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,478 residents as follows; Johnson County holds 87.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Johnson County3,901
  2. 02Bartholomew County384
  3. 03Shelby County193
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Edinburgh

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edinburgh by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46124. 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 Edinburgh is

The Census internal point of Edinburgh is at 39.351900, -85.963800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 30.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, IN (51,970 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 30.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.351900, -85.963800
DMS
39°21'6.84"N 85°57'49.68"W
UTM
16N 589281.2E 4356340.4N
Geohash
dnfzggg16
Plus code
86FP922P+QF

Daylight in Edinburgh

At 39.35° N, Edinburgh gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edinburgh

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Prince's Lakes, 7.7 miles away, with 1,372 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edinburgh, IN?

4,478 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 41 (0.9%) from 4,437 in July 2020.

What county is Edinburgh in?

It spans 3 counties: Johnson County (3,901 residents), Bartholomew County (384 residents), Shelby County (193 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Edinburgh?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46124.

How far is Edinburgh from Indianapolis?

30.6 miles (49.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Edinburgh.

What is the nearest larger city to Edinburgh?

Columbus, IN, with 51,970 residents, 10.2 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.