Indiana · Census place 1844190
Linton, Indiana
Linton is a city in Greene County, Indiana with an estimated 5,281 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,281
- #120 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +1.0%
- +51 people
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,610 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Linton population, 2020 to 2024
Linton added 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +9. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 65th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Linton is 36% of it.
Linton covers 3.28 square miles of land, for 1,610 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Linton is close to the typical town.
What county Linton is in
All of Linton's residents live in Greene County, which had 31,219 residents in 2024. Linton holds 16.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Linton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Linton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47441. 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 Linton is
The Census internal point of Linton is at 39.035500, -87.157100. Indianapolis, the capital, is 73.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, IN (12,881 people), 26.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Indianapolis, IN, 74.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.035500, -87.157100
- DMS
- 39°02'7.80"N 87°09'25.56"W
- UTM
- 16N 486403.2E 4320727.8N
- Geohash
- dnfn0dnnk
- Plus code
- 86FJ2RPV+65
Daylight in Linton
At 39.04° N, Linton gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Linton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Jasonville, 9.0 miles away, with 2,003 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Linton, IN?
5,281 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 51 (1.0%) from 5,230 in July 2020.
What county is Linton in?
Greene County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Linton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47441.
How far is Linton from Indianapolis?
73.6 miles (118.4 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Linton.
What is the nearest larger city to Linton?
Washington, IN, with 12,881 residents, 26.1 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.