Elkhart, Indiana

Elkhart population, 2020 to 2024

Elkhart lost 200 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 96th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Elkhart is 3.7 times that size.

Elkhart covers 28.12 square miles of land and 0.98 of water, for 1,909 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Elkhart is denser than the typical town.

What county Elkhart is in

All of Elkhart's residents live in Elkhart County, which had 207,436 residents in 2024. Elkhart holds 25.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elkhart

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Elkhart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46514, 46516, 46517. 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 Elkhart is

The Census internal point of Elkhart is at 41.691500, -85.962200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 133.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Bend, IN (103,713 people), 15.8 miles away.

Daylight in Elkhart

At 41.69° N, Elkhart gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elkhart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Osceola, 6.3 miles away, with 2,600 people.