Indiana · Census place 1829898

Greenwood, Indiana

Greenwood is a city in Johnson County, Indiana with an estimated 68,175 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 11th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
68,175
#11 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+6.6%
+4,196 people
Land area
28.7 sq mi
Density
2,376 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Greenwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Greenwood population, 2020 to 2024

Greenwood added 4,196 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +1,709. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Greenwood is 4.7 times that size.

64.0k202064.9k202165.5k202266.5k202368.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 63,822. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greenwood covers 28.69 square miles of land, for 2,376 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Greenwood is denser than the typical town.

What county Greenwood is in

All of Greenwood's residents live in Johnson County, which had 170,614 residents in 2024. Greenwood holds 40.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenwood

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Greenwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46142, 46143. 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 Greenwood is

The Census internal point of Greenwood is at 39.603400, -86.105200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 11.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Indianapolis, IN (891,484 people), 12.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.603400, -86.105200
DMS
39°36'12.24"N 86°06'18.72"W
UTM
16N 576820.5E 4384122.4N
Geohash
dp4c29s4e
Plus code
86FMJV3V+9W

Daylight in Greenwood

At 39.60° N, Greenwood gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is New Whiteland, 2.9 miles away, with 5,842 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greenwood, IN?

68,175 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,196 (6.6%) from 63,979 in July 2020.

What county is Greenwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greenwood?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46142, 46143.

How far is Greenwood from Indianapolis?

11.8 miles (19.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Greenwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Greenwood?

Indianapolis, IN, with 891,484 residents, 12.2 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.

  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.