Indiana · Census place 1874546

Sweetser, Indiana

Sweetser is a town in Grant County, Indiana with an estimated 1,072 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 293rd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,072
#293 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+1 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,061 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Sweetser. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Sweetser population, 2020 to 2024

Sweetser added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

1,07120201,06520211,06320221,06820231,0722024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,074. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sweetser covers 1.01 square miles of land, for 1,061 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Sweetser is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sweetser is in

All of Sweetser's residents live in Grant County, which had 66,458 residents in 2024. Sweetser holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sweetser

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sweetser by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46952, 46987. 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 Sweetser is

The Census internal point of Sweetser is at 40.568800, -85.765400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 59.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marion, IN (28,216 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 43.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.568800, -85.765400
DMS
40°34'7.68"N 85°45'55.44"W
UTM
16N 604506.7E 4491623.9N
Geohash
dp5nb37d3
Plus code
86GPH69M+GR

Daylight in Sweetser

At 40.57° N, Sweetser 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 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sweetser

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Marion, 5.7 miles away, with 28,216 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sweetser, IN?

1,072 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.1%) from 1,071 in July 2020.

What county is Sweetser in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sweetser?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46952, 46987.

How far is Sweetser from Indianapolis?

59.0 miles (95.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sweetser.

What is the nearest larger city to Sweetser?

Marion, IN, with 28,216 residents, 5.7 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.

  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.