Iowa · Census place 1921405
Dike, Iowa
Dike is a city in Grundy County, Iowa with an estimated 1,293 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 228th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,293
- #228 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -6 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 930 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Dike population, 2020 to 2024
Dike lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Dike covers 1.39 square miles of land, for 930 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Dike is less dense than the typical town.
What county Dike is in
All of Dike's residents live in Grundy County, which had 12,405 residents in 2024. Dike holds 10.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Dike
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dike by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50624. 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 Dike is
The Census internal point of Dike is at 42.464100, -92.625600. Des Moines, the capital, is 78.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hudson, IA (2,916 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 59.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.464100, -92.625600
- DMS
- 42°27'50.76"N 92°37'32.16"W
- UTM
- 15N 530780.6E 4701374.7N
- Geohash
- 9zw1s6257
- Plus code
- 86J9F97F+JQ
Daylight in Dike
At 42.46° N, Dike gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Dike
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Hudson, 9.1 miles away, with 2,916 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Dike, IA?
1,293 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.5%) from 1,299 in July 2020.
What county is Dike in?
Grundy County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Dike?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50624.
How far is Dike from Des Moines?
78.5 miles (126.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Dike.
What is the nearest larger city to Dike?
Hudson, IA, with 2,916 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.