Indiana · Census place 1884878
Winfield, Indiana
Winfield is a town in Lake County, Indiana with an estimated 8,557 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,557
- #92 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +18.0%
- +1,304 people
- Land area
- 12.4 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 690 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Winfield population, 2020 to 2024
Winfield added 1,304 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.0%. In the latest year it moved by +513. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Winfield is 59% of it.
Winfield covers 12.40 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 690 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Winfield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Winfield is in
All of Winfield's residents live in Lake County, which had 502,955 residents in 2024. Winfield holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Winfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46307. 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 Winfield is
The Census internal point of Winfield is at 41.412100, -87.262400. Indianapolis, the capital, is 127.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crown Point, IN (35,097 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 36.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.412100, -87.262400
- DMS
- 41°24'43.56"N 87°15'44.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 478069.8E 4584538.9N
- Geohash
- dp3gw6c6y
- Plus code
- 86HJCP6Q+R2
Daylight in Winfield
At 41.41° N, Winfield gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 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 Winfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Crown Point, 4.4 miles away, with 35,097 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Winfield, IN?
8,557 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,304 (18.0%) from 7,253 in July 2020.
What county is Winfield in?
Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Winfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46307.
How far is Winfield from Indianapolis?
127.5 miles (205.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Winfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Winfield?
Crown Point, IN, with 35,097 residents, 4.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.