Indiana · Census place 1875986

Tipton, Indiana

Tipton is a city in Tipton County, Indiana with an estimated 5,285 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,285
#119 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-16 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
1,929 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Tipton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Tipton population, 2020 to 2024

Tipton lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +9. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Tipton is 36% of it.

5,30120205,30320215,28520225,27620235,2852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,289. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tipton covers 2.74 square miles of land, for 1,929 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Tipton is denser than the typical town.

What county Tipton is in

All of Tipton's residents live in Tipton County, which had 15,324 residents in 2024. Tipton holds 34.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tipton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tipton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 46072. 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 Tipton is

The Census internal point of Tipton is at 40.282500, -86.043200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 36.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elwood, IN (8,495 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fishers, IN, 22.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.282500, -86.043200
DMS
40°16'57.00"N 86°02'35.52"W
UTM
16N 581335.2E 4459551.8N
Geohash
dp4v4j1q8
Plus code
86GM7XM4+2P

Daylight in Tipton

At 40.28° N, Tipton gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tipton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Arcadia, 7.6 miles away, with 1,464 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tipton, IN?

5,285 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (0.3%) from 5,301 in July 2020.

What county is Tipton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tipton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46072.

How far is Tipton from Indianapolis?

36.0 miles (57.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Tipton.

What is the nearest larger city to Tipton?

Elwood, IN, with 8,495 residents, 10.9 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.