Indiana · Census place 1850796

Montpelier, Indiana

Montpelier is a city in Blackford County, Indiana with an estimated 1,502 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 247th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,502
#247 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-35 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,001 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Montpelier. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Montpelier population, 2020 to 2024

Montpelier lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,537. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montpelier covers 1.50 square miles of land, for 1,001 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Montpelier is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montpelier is in

All of Montpelier's residents live in Blackford County, which had 11,816 residents in 2024. Montpelier holds 12.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montpelier

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montpelier by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47359. 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 Montpelier is

The Census internal point of Montpelier is at 40.549800, -85.287000. Indianapolis, the capital, is 70.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hartford City, IN (5,927 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 38.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.549800, -85.287000
DMS
40°32'59.28"N 85°17'13.20"W
UTM
16N 645045.1E 4490192.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Montpelier

At 40.55° N, Montpelier gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montpelier

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Hartford City, 8.0 miles away, with 5,927 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montpelier, IN?

1,502 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (2.3%) from 1,537 in July 2020.

What county is Montpelier in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Montpelier?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47359.

How far is Montpelier from Indianapolis?

70.9 miles (114.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Montpelier.

What is the nearest larger city to Montpelier?

Hartford City, IN, with 5,927 residents, 8.0 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.