Indiana · Census place 1824286
Fortville, Indiana
Fortville is a town in Hancock County, Indiana with an estimated 4,927 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 127th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,927
- #127 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +118 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,361 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Fortville population, 2020 to 2024
Fortville added 118 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +113.
Fortville covers 3.62 square miles of land, for 1,361 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Fortville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fortville is in
All of Fortville's residents live in Hancock County, which had 88,810 residents in 2024. Fortville holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fortville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fortville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46040. 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 Fortville is
The Census internal point of Fortville is at 39.924800, -85.846300. Indianapolis, the capital, is 19.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McCordsville, IN (11,744 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 7.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.924800, -85.846300
- DMS
- 39°55'29.28"N 85°50'46.68"W
- UTM
- 16N 598588.6E 4420047.9N
- Geohash
- dp4gns0du
- Plus code
- 86FPW5F3+WF
Daylight in Fortville
At 39.92° N, Fortville gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fortville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ingalls, 3.2 miles away, with 2,627 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fortville, IN?
4,927 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 118 (2.5%) from 4,809 in July 2020.
What county is Fortville in?
Hancock County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fortville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46040.
How far is Fortville from Indianapolis?
19.7 miles (31.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Fortville.
What is the nearest larger city to Fortville?
McCordsville, IN, with 11,744 residents, 4.2 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.
- 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.