Indiana · Census place 1829520

Greenfield, Indiana

Greenfield is a city in Hancock County, Indiana with an estimated 26,268 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
26,268
#38 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+11.5%
+2,716 people
Land area
14.2 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
1,846 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Greenfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Greenfield population, 2020 to 2024

Greenfield added 2,716 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.5%. In the latest year it moved by +362. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Greenfield is 1.8 times that size.

23.6k202024.1k202124.8k202225.9k202326.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,461. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greenfield covers 14.23 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 1,846 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Greenfield is denser than the typical town.

What county Greenfield is in

All of Greenfield's residents live in Hancock County, which had 88,810 residents in 2024. Greenfield holds 29.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46140. 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 Greenfield is

The Census internal point of Greenfield is at 39.793300, -85.772500. Indianapolis, the capital, is 20.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lawrence, IN (49,817 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 15.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.793300, -85.772500
DMS
39°47'35.88"N 85°46'21.00"W
UTM
16N 605095.7E 4405536.5N
Geohash
dp542hnkg
Plus code
86FPQ6VH+82

Daylight in Greenfield

At 39.79° N, Greenfield gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Morristown, 7.3 miles away, with 1,197 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greenfield, IN?

26,268 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,716 (11.5%) from 23,552 in July 2020.

What county is Greenfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greenfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46140.

How far is Greenfield from Indianapolis?

20.5 miles (33.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Greenfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Greenfield?

Lawrence, IN, with 49,817 residents, 12.6 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.