Iowa · Census place 1903025

Arnolds Park, Iowa

Arnolds Park is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa with an estimated 1,214 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 239th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,214
#239 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+8.8%
+98 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
759 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Arnolds Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Arnolds Park population, 2020 to 2024

Arnolds Park added 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.8%. In the latest year it moved by +24.

1,11620201,15220211,15120221,19020231,2142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,108. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Arnolds Park covers 1.60 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 759 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Arnolds Park is less dense than the typical town.

What county Arnolds Park is in

All of Arnolds Park's residents live in Dickinson County, which had 18,158 residents in 2024. Arnolds Park holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arnolds Park

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Arnolds Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51331, 51351. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Arnolds Park is

The Census internal point of Arnolds Park is at 43.360400, -95.129200. Des Moines, the capital, is 144.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milford, IA (3,258 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 81.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.360400, -95.129200
DMS
43°21'37.44"N 95°07'45.12"W
UTM
15N 327467.8E 4803039.4N
Geohash
9zsqem908
Plus code
86M69V6C+58

Daylight in Arnolds Park

At 43.36° N, Arnolds Park gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arnolds Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Milford, 1.5 miles away, with 3,258 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Arnolds Park, IA?

1,214 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 98 (8.8%) from 1,116 in July 2020.

What county is Arnolds Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Arnolds Park?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 51331, 51351.

How far is Arnolds Park from Des Moines?

144.9 miles (233.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Arnolds Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Arnolds Park?

Milford, IA, with 3,258 residents, 1.6 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.