Iowa · Census place 1912270
Center Point, Iowa
Center Point is a city in Linn County, Iowa with an estimated 2,578 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 138th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,578
- #138 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -6 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 944 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Center Point population, 2020 to 2024
Center Point lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +31.
Center Point covers 2.73 square miles of land, for 944 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Center Point is less dense than the typical town.
What county Center Point is in
All of Center Point's residents live in Linn County, which had 231,762 residents in 2024. Center Point holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Center Point
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Center Point by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52213. 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 Center Point is
The Census internal point of Center Point is at 42.183800, -91.780500. Des Moines, the capital, is 102.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Robins, IA (3,362 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 16.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.183800, -91.780500
- DMS
- 42°11'1.68"N 91°46'49.80"W
- UTM
- 15N 600705.7E 4670903.4N
- Geohash
- 9zqxzrr6r
- Plus code
- 86JC56M9+GQ
Daylight in Center Point
At 42.18° N, Center Point gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Center Point
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Urbana, 6.2 miles away, with 1,635 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Center Point, IA?
2,578 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.2%) from 2,584 in July 2020.
What county is Center Point in?
Linn County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Center Point?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52213.
How far is Center Point from Des Moines?
102.3 miles (164.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Center Point.
What is the nearest larger city to Center Point?
Robins, IA, with 3,362 residents, 9.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.