Elevation of Evansville
383ft
above sea level · 117 m
Evansville is a city in Indiana with 116,176 people, the 3rd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 118th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 37.97° N · 87.56° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 58′ 29″ N · 87° 33′ 21″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 16S · 451,181 E · 4,203,161 N
- Zone 16 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 116,176 people
- 47.3 sq mi of land · 2,454 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from October 2020: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Evansville had 116,176 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 0.9% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 117,288. Its 47.3 sq mi of land work out to 2,454 people/sq mi; the state average is 195 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 974 places the Census counts in Indiana (cities, towns and CDPs), after Indianapolis (901,116), and holds 1.7% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Vanderburgh County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.5 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Evansville sits at 383 ft (117 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Evansville is 479 ft below it.
The state capital, Indianapolis, is 145 mi away in a straight line and 347 ft higher than Evansville.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Louisville (Kentucky), 100 mi away in a straight line and 78 ft higher.
Of the 6 cities in Indiana with a page, Evansville is the lowest. The others are Carmel (853 ft), Fishers (816 ft), Fort Wayne (810 ft), Indianapolis (730 ft), and South Bend (692 ft).
The highest point in Indiana is Hoosier Hill, at 1,257 ft according to the USGS: 874 ft above Evansville, 202 mi away in a straight line.
- 132 Evansville 383 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Evansville.
What is the elevation of Evansville?
Evansville is 383 feet (117 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Evansville?
Latitude 37.97476 and longitude -87.55585, in decimal degrees (37° 58′ 29″ N · 87° 33′ 21″ W). In UTM, zone 16: 451,181 E and 4,203,161 N, on NAD83.
How does Evansville rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 118th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Evansville in?
Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
Which is higher, Evansville or Indianapolis?
Indianapolis. Evansville sits at 383 ft and Indianapolis at 730 ft: a difference of 347 ft, 145 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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