Maryland · Census place 2441500
Indian Head, Maryland
Indian Head is a town in Charles County, Maryland with an estimated 4,247 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 53rd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,247
- #53 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- +9.2%
- +357 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 3,453 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
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Indian Head population, 2020 to 2024
Indian Head added 357 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.2%. In the latest year it moved by +67.
Indian Head covers 1.23 square miles of land, for 3,453 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Indian Head is denser than the typical town.
What county Indian Head is in
All of Indian Head's residents live in Charles County, which had 174,478 residents in 2024. Indian Head holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Indian Head
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Indian Head by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 20640. 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 Indian Head is
The Census internal point of Indian Head is at 38.598600, -77.155700. Annapolis, the capital, is 44.4 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dumfries, VA (5,978 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 15.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.598600, -77.155700
- DMS
- 38°35'54.96"N 77°09'20.52"W
- UTM
- 18N 312274.2E 4274438.1N
- Geohash
- dqc5s68vj
- Plus code
- 87C4HRXV+CP
Daylight in Indian Head
At 38.60° N, Indian Head gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Indian Head
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is La Plata, 10.7 miles away, with 11,374 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Indian Head, MD?
4,247 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 357 (9.2%) from 3,890 in July 2020.
What county is Indian Head in?
Charles County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Indian Head?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20640.
How far is Indian Head from Annapolis?
44.4 miles (71.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Indian Head.
What is the nearest larger city to Indian Head?
Dumfries, VA, with 5,978 residents, 9.3 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.