Elwood, Indiana

Elwood population, 2020 to 2024

Elwood added 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +52. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Elwood is 58% of it.

Elwood covers 3.99 square miles of land, for 2,129 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Elwood is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Elwood spans

Elwood crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 8,495 residents as follows; Madison County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46036. 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 Elwood is

The Census internal point of Elwood is at 40.273900, -85.837100. Indianapolis, the capital, is 38.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anderson, IN (55,851 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 22.7 miles away.

Daylight in Elwood

At 40.27° N, Elwood gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Frankton, 5.0 miles away, with 1,817 people.