Iowa · Census place 1903475

Atkins, Iowa

Atkins is a city in Benton County, Iowa with an estimated 2,168 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 155th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,168; #155 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +5.1%; +106 people
Land area: 1.1 sq mi
Density: 1,971 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Atkins. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Atkins population, 2020 to 2024

Atkins added 106 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +30.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,058. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Atkins covers 1.10 square miles of land, for 1,971 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Atkins is denser than the typical town.

What county Atkins is in

All of Atkins's residents live in Benton County, which had 25,799 residents in 2024. Atkins holds 8.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Atkins

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Atkins by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52206. 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 Atkins is

The Census internal point of Atkins is at 41.994200, -91.858700. Des Moines, the capital, is 94.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairfax, IA (2,937 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 9.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.994200, -91.858700
DMS: 41°59'39.12"N 91°51'31.32"W
UTM: 15N 594529.0E 4649762.2N
Geohash: 9zqwvsy9c
Plus code: 86HCX4VR+MG

Daylight in Atkins

At 41.99° N, Atkins gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Atkins

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Palo, 5.7 miles away, with 1,554 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Atkins, IA?

2,168 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 106 (5.1%) from 2,062 in July 2020.

What county is Atkins in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Atkins?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52206.

How far is Atkins from Des Moines?

94.1 miles (151.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Atkins.

What is the nearest larger city to Atkins?

Fairfax, IA, with 2,937 residents, 6.3 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.