Centerville, Iowa

Centerville population, 2020 to 2024

Centerville lost 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Centerville is 56% of it.

Centerville covers 4.84 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,104 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Centerville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Centerville is in

All of Centerville's residents live in Appanoose County, which had 12,106 residents in 2024. Centerville holds 44.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Centerville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Centerville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52544. 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 Centerville is

The Census internal point of Centerville is at 40.729800, -92.872000. Des Moines, the capital, is 70.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ottumwa, IA (25,648 people), 30.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 69.8 miles away.

Daylight in Centerville

At 40.73° N, Centerville gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Centerville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Albia, 20.8 miles away, with 3,579 people.