Indiana · Census place 1876328

Trail Creek, Indiana

Trail Creek is a town in LaPorte County, Indiana with an estimated 2,010 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 207th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,010
#207 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-49 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,648 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Trail Creek. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Trail Creek population, 2020 to 2024

Trail Creek lost 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

2,05920202,06220212,04420222,02320232,0102024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,062. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Trail Creek covers 1.22 square miles of land, for 1,648 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Trail Creek is close to the typical town.

What county Trail Creek is in

All of Trail Creek's residents live in LaPorte County, which had 111,348 residents in 2024. Trail Creek holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Trail Creek

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Trail Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46360. 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 Trail Creek is

The Census internal point of Trail Creek is at 41.696300, -86.855500. Indianapolis, the capital, is 138.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Michigan City, IN (31,466 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 30.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.696300, -86.855500
DMS
41°41'46.68"N 86°51'19.80"W
UTM
16N 512023.9E 4616067.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HMM4WV+GR

Daylight in Trail Creek

At 41.70° N, Trail Creek gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Trail Creek

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Michigan City, 1.0 miles away, with 31,466 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Trail Creek, IN?

2,010 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 49 (2.4%) from 2,059 in July 2020.

What county is Trail Creek in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Trail Creek?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46360.

How far is Trail Creek from Indianapolis?

138.1 miles (222.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Trail Creek.

What is the nearest larger city to Trail Creek?

Michigan City, IN, with 31,466 residents, 1.1 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.