Iowa · Census place 1924735
Elkhart, Iowa
Elkhart is a city in Polk County, Iowa with an estimated 1,079 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 262nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,079
- #262 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +21.1%
- +188 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 571 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Elkhart population, 2020 to 2024
Elkhart added 188 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +21.1%. In the latest year it moved by +32.
Elkhart covers 1.89 square miles of land, for 571 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Elkhart is less dense than the typical town.
What county Elkhart is in
All of Elkhart's residents live in Polk County, which had 516,185 residents in 2024. Elkhart holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Elkhart
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkhart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50073. 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 Elkhart is
The Census internal point of Elkhart is at 41.794200, -93.523200. Des Moines, the capital, is 14.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ankeny, IA (76,727 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 16.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.794200, -93.523200
- DMS
- 41°47'39.12"N 93°31'23.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 456530.4E 4627059.2N
- Geohash
- 9zmmzb6kz
- Plus code
- 86H8QFVG+MP
Daylight in Elkhart
At 41.79° N, Elkhart gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Elkhart
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Ankeny, 6.0 miles away, with 76,727 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Elkhart, IA?
1,079 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 188 (21.1%) from 891 in July 2020.
What county is Elkhart in?
Polk County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Elkhart?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50073.
How far is Elkhart from Des Moines?
14.6 miles (23.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Elkhart.
What is the nearest larger city to Elkhart?
Ankeny, IA, with 76,727 residents, 6.0 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.