Indiana · Census place 1825324

Frankfort, Indiana

Frankfort is a city in Clinton County, Indiana with an estimated 16,459 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,459
#56 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-236 people
Land area
8.1 sq mi
Density
2,042 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Frankfort. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Frankfort population, 2020 to 2024

Frankfort lost 236 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -23. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 109th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Frankfort is 1.1 times that size.

16.7k202016.6k202116.4k202216.5k202316.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,709. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Frankfort covers 8.06 square miles of land, for 2,042 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Frankfort is denser than the typical town.

What county Frankfort is in

All of Frankfort's residents live in Clinton County, which had 32,895 residents in 2024. Frankfort holds 50.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Frankfort

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frankfort by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46041. 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 Frankfort is

The Census internal point of Frankfort is at 40.281000, -86.521300. Indianapolis, the capital, is 40.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lebanon, IN (17,608 people), 17.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 29.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.281000, -86.521300
DMS
40°16'51.60"N 86°31'16.68"W
UTM
16N 540693.8E 4459056.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GM7FJH+CF

Daylight in Frankfort

At 40.28° N, Frankfort 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 Frankfort

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Mulberry, 8.9 miles away, with 1,222 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Frankfort, IN?

16,459 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 236 (1.4%) from 16,695 in July 2020.

What county is Frankfort in?

Clinton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Frankfort?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46041.

How far is Frankfort from Indianapolis?

40.3 miles (64.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Frankfort.

What is the nearest larger city to Frankfort?

Lebanon, IN, with 17,608 residents, 17.6 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.