Indiana · Census place 1879694

Walkerton, Indiana

Walkerton is a town in St. Joseph County, Indiana with an estimated 2,098 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 200th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,098
#200 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+5 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,104 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Walkerton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

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Walkerton population, 2020 to 2024

Walkerton added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

2,09320202,08820212,08520222,09920232,0982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,095. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Walkerton covers 1.90 square miles of land, for 1,104 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Walkerton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Walkerton is in

All of Walkerton's residents live in St. Joseph County, which had 273,744 residents in 2024. Walkerton holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Walkerton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walkerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46574. 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 Walkerton is

The Census internal point of Walkerton is at 41.465700, -86.482500. Indianapolis, the capital, is 118.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plymouth, IN (11,042 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 18.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.465700, -86.482500
DMS
41°27'56.52"N 86°28'57.00"W
UTM
16N 543214.8E 4590585.5N
Geohash
dp6ebh975
Plus code
86HMFG88+7X

Daylight in Walkerton

At 41.47° N, Walkerton 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 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Walkerton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is North Liberty, 5.4 miles away, with 1,632 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Walkerton, IN?

2,098 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.2%) from 2,093 in July 2020.

What county is Walkerton in?

St. Joseph County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Walkerton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46574.

How far is Walkerton from Indianapolis?

118.5 miles (190.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Walkerton.

What is the nearest larger city to Walkerton?

Plymouth, IN, with 11,042 residents, 11.7 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.