Most Densely Populated Cities in Indiana: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Indiana in our data is Notre Dame, IN, with about 5,620 people per square mile, followed by New Whiteland, IN (4,214) and South Haven, IN (4,097). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 135 Indiana communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Indiana?

How dense are the cities in Indiana?

The densest place is about 3 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 1,634 people per square mile. At the other end, Yorktown, IN has about 347. Under our scale, 1 place is an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 123 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Lake County contributes 8 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 30 counties of Indiana. Lake County has 8 (Hammond, Highland, Munster, Lakes of the Four Seasons, Dyer, Griffith, East Chicago, Scher); Marion County has 5 (Beech Grove, Speedway, Lawrence, Indianapolis, Cumberland); St. Joseph County has 3 (Notre Dame, Mishawaka, South Bend). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Indiana compare with the rest of the country?

The median Indiana place with a page has about 13,565 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is about the same size as the national typical place. The state has 677 communities in total, of which 135 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Indiana cities

• Which is the densest city in Indiana? Notre Dame (5,620 per square mile).
• How many Indiana cities have more than 100,000 people? 8 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 33.
• What is the typical size? About 13,565 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.