Indiana · Census place 1865016

Roanoke, Indiana

Roanoke is a town in Huntington County, Indiana with an estimated 1,796 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 224th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,796; #224 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020: +1.5%; +27 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 1,448 / sq mi; State median 1,645

Orange pin: Roanoke. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Roanoke population, 2020 to 2024

Roanoke added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,769. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roanoke covers 1.24 square miles of land, for 1,448 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Roanoke is less dense than the typical town.

What county Roanoke is in

All of Roanoke's residents live in Huntington County, which had 36,944 residents in 2024. Roanoke holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roanoke

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roanoke by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46783. 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 Roanoke is

The Census internal point of Roanoke is at 40.964500, -85.380800. Indianapolis, the capital, is 92.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Huntington, IN (17,033 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 15.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 40.964500, -85.380800
DMS: 40°57'52.20"N 85°22'50.88"W
UTM: 16N 636252.8E 4536078.6N
Geohash: dp73117ee
Plus code: 86GPXJ79+QM

Daylight in Roanoke

At 40.96° N, Roanoke gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roanoke

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Huntington, 8.7 miles away, with 17,033 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roanoke, IN?

1,796 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (1.5%) from 1,769 in July 2020.

What county is Roanoke in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roanoke?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46783.

How far is Roanoke from Indianapolis?

92.2 miles (148.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Roanoke.

What is the nearest larger city to Roanoke?

Huntington, IN, with 17,033 residents, 8.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.