Indiana · Census place 1857258

Otterbein, Indiana

Otterbein is a town in 2 counties of Indiana with an estimated 1,141 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 284th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,141
#284 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+0 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
891 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Otterbein. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Otterbein population, 2020 to 2024

Otterbein added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,142. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Otterbein covers 1.28 square miles of land, for 891 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Otterbein is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Otterbein spans

Otterbein crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,141 residents as follows; Benton County holds 70.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Benton County808
  2. 02Tippecanoe County333
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Otterbein

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Otterbein by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 47970. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Otterbein is

The Census internal point of Otterbein is at 40.488200, -87.087800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 69.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oxford, IN (1,182 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 61.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.488200, -87.087800
DMS
40°29'17.52"N 87°05'16.08"W
UTM
16N 492559.1E 4481948.6N
Geohash
dp4n668sg
Plus code
86GJFWQ6+7V

Daylight in Otterbein

At 40.49° N, Otterbein gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 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 Otterbein

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Oxford, 8.7 miles away, with 1,182 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Otterbein, IN?

1,141 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 1,141 in July 2020.

What county is Otterbein in?

It spans 2 counties: Benton County (808 residents), Tippecanoe County (333 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Otterbein?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 47970.

How far is Otterbein from Indianapolis?

69.9 miles (112.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Otterbein.

What is the nearest larger city to Otterbein?

Oxford, IN, with 1,182 residents, 8.8 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)

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