Indiana · Census place 1884950

Winona Lake, Indiana

Winona Lake is a town in Kosciusko County, Indiana with an estimated 5,107 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,107
#126 of 299 in Indiana
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+48 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
+ 0.49 sq mi water
Density
1,731 / sq mi
State median 1,645
Orange pin: Winona Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Indianapolis.

Winona Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Winona Lake added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +7. Among 126 Indiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 67th; the median place changed by +1.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Indiana has 14,565 people, so Winona Lake is 35% of it.

5,05920205,06320215,09720225,10020235,1072024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,059. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winona Lake covers 2.95 square miles of land and 0.49 of water, for 1,731 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Winona Lake is close to the typical town.

What county Winona Lake is in

All of Winona Lake's residents live in Kosciusko County, which had 80,669 residents in 2024. Winona Lake holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winona Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winona Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 46590. 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 Winona Lake is

The Census internal point of Winona Lake is at 41.217100, -85.813100. Indianapolis, the capital, is 101.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warsaw, IN (16,111 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 36.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.217100, -85.813100
DMS
41°13'1.56"N 85°48'47.16"W
UTM
16N 599492.8E 4563536.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HP658P+RQ

Daylight in Winona Lake

At 41.22° N, Winona Lake gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winona Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Warsaw, 2.7 miles away, with 16,111 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winona Lake, IN?

5,107 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (0.9%) from 5,059 in July 2020.

What county is Winona Lake in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winona Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 46590.

How far is Winona Lake from Indianapolis?

101.7 miles (163.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Winona Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Winona Lake?

Warsaw, IN, with 16,111 residents, 2.7 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.