Indiana · Census place 1884014

Whitestown, Indiana

Whitestown is a town in Boone County, Indiana with an estimated 14,564 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,564
#64 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+40.7%
+4,214 people
Land area
15.9 sq mi
Density
919 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Whitestown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Whitestown population, 2020 to 2024

Whitestown added 4,214 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +40.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,510. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Whitestown is 100% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,242. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Whitestown covers 15.85 square miles of land, for 919 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Whitestown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Whitestown is in

All of Whitestown's residents live in Boone County, which had 78,773 residents in 2024. Whitestown holds 18.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Whitestown

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Whitestown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46052, 46075. 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 Whitestown is

The Census internal point of Whitestown is at 39.971700, -86.371700. Indianapolis, the capital, is 18.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Zionsville, IN (33,161 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 11.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.971700, -86.371700
DMS
39°58'18.12"N 86°22'18.12"W
UTM
16N 553653.8E 4424805.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FMXJCH+M8

Daylight in Whitestown

At 39.97° N, Whitestown gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Whitestown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Zionsville, 3.0 miles away, with 33,161 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Whitestown, IN?

14,564 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,214 (40.7%) from 10,350 in July 2020.

What county is Whitestown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Whitestown?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 46052, 46075.

How far is Whitestown from Indianapolis?

18.0 miles (29.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Whitestown.

What is the nearest larger city to Whitestown?

Zionsville, IN, with 33,161 residents, 3.0 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.