Iowa · Census place 1916500
Corning, Iowa
Corning is a city in Adams County, Iowa with an estimated 1,509 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 209th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,509
- #209 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -3.7%
- -58 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 926 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Corning population, 2020 to 2024
Corning lost 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +17.
Corning covers 1.63 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 926 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Corning is less dense than the typical town.
What county Corning is in
All of Corning's residents live in Adams County, which had 3,606 residents in 2024. Corning holds 41.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Corning
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Corning by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50841. 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 Corning is
The Census internal point of Corning is at 40.992400, -94.738800. Des Moines, the capital, is 72.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Creston, IA (7,421 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 70.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.992400, -94.738800
- DMS
- 40°59'32.64"N 94°44'19.68"W
- UTM
- 15N 353744.3E 4539369.4N
- Geohash
- 9zk9hnmq1
- Plus code
- 86G7X7R6+XF
Daylight in Corning
At 40.99° N, Corning gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Corning
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Lenox, 12.1 miles away, with 1,355 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Corning, IA?
1,509 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 58 (3.7%) from 1,567 in July 2020.
What county is Corning in?
Adams County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Corning?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50841.
How far is Corning from Des Moines?
72.0 miles (115.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Corning.
What is the nearest larger city to Corning?
Creston, IA, with 7,421 residents, 20.1 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.