Iowa · Census place 1923340

Earlham, Iowa

Earlham is a city in Madison County, Iowa with an estimated 1,411 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,411
#216 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-2 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,485 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Earlham. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Earlham population, 2020 to 2024

Earlham lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,410. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Earlham covers 0.95 square miles of land, for 1,485 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Earlham is close to the typical town.

What county Earlham is in

All of Earlham's residents live in Madison County, which had 17,161 residents in 2024. Earlham holds 8.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Earlham

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Earlham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50072. 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 Earlham is

The Census internal point of Earlham is at 41.494400, -94.122300. Des Moines, the capital, is 27.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Van Meter, IA (1,840 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 27.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.494400, -94.122300
DMS
41°29'39.84"N 94°07'20.28"W
UTM
15N 406320.9E 4594250.4N
Geohash
9zmh41y4r
Plus code
86H7FVVH+Q3

Daylight in Earlham

At 41.49° N, Earlham gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Earlham

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Van Meter, 9.4 miles away, with 1,840 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Earlham, IA?

1,411 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.1%) from 1,413 in July 2020.

What county is Earlham in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Earlham?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50072.

How far is Earlham from Des Moines?

27.6 miles (44.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Earlham.

What is the nearest larger city to Earlham?

Van Meter, IA, with 1,840 residents, 9.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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