Indiana · Census place 1876184

Topeka, Indiana

Topeka is a town in LaGrange County, Indiana with an estimated 1,226 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 275th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,226
#275 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+1.1%
+13 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
761 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Topeka. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Topeka population, 2020 to 2024

Topeka added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

1,21320201,21320211,22020221,22420231,2262024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,211. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Topeka covers 1.61 square miles of land, for 761 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Topeka is less dense than the typical town.

What county Topeka is in

All of Topeka's residents live in LaGrange County, which had 41,122 residents in 2024. Topeka holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Topeka

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Topeka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46571. 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 Topeka is

The Census internal point of Topeka is at 41.539400, -85.547500. Indianapolis, the capital, is 126.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ligonier, IN (4,650 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 37.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.539400, -85.547500
DMS
41°32'21.84"N 85°32'51.00"W
UTM
16N 621157.8E 4599656.9N
Geohash
dp7hm640w
Plus code
86HPGFQ2+QX

Daylight in Topeka

At 41.54° N, Topeka gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Topeka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Ligonier, 5.9 miles away, with 4,650 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Topeka, IN?

1,226 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (1.1%) from 1,213 in July 2020.

What county is Topeka in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Topeka?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46571.

How far is Topeka from Indianapolis?

126.4 miles (203.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Topeka.

What is the nearest larger city to Topeka?

Ligonier, IN, with 4,650 residents, 5.9 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.