Westfield Leads Indiana’s Population Growth in 2021
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Data from the U.S Census Bureau shows Westfield was Indiana’s fastest-growing community last year. According to the analysis from the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University, Westfield saw a 7.7% population increase in 2021.
Westfield also had the greatest numeric growth, with the addition of 3,640 residents. IU says Westfield’s increase is more than twice as large as runner-up Fort Wayne, which added 1,805 residents in 2021.
Overall, the state population increased by 0.3%.
“Looking at differences between urban and rural communities, these population estimates show that most Hoosiers live in cities or towns,” said Matthew Kinghorn, senior demographer at the Indiana Business Research Center. “Nearly 37% of the state’s population lived in one of Indiana’s 21 cities with a population of at least 50,000 last year. Roughly 19% of Hoosiers lived in an incorporated place of between 10,000 and 49,999 residents, while another 12% lived in one of the 485 Indiana cities or towns with fewer than 10,000 residents.”
According to the data, Indianapolis-area suburban communities took each of the top five spots on the list, with Whitestown at a growth rate of 7.4%, followed by McCordsville at 7%, Avon at 5.7%, and Bargersville at 5.4%. Overall, IU says 17 of the state’s 20 fastest-growing communities are in either the Indianapolis metro area or in Lake County.
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