Scottsburg, Indiana

Scottsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Scottsburg added 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 63rd; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Scottsburg is 51% of it.

Scottsburg covers 5.54 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,338 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Scottsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Scottsburg is in

All of Scottsburg's residents live in Scott County, which had 24,751 residents in 2024. Scottsburg holds 30.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Scottsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Scottsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 47170. 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 Scottsburg is

The Census internal point of Scottsburg is at 38.684500, -85.782200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 77.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charlestown, IN (8,559 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, 36.6 miles away.

Daylight in Scottsburg

At 38.68° N, Scottsburg gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Scottsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Austin, 4.1 miles away, with 4,156 people.