Iowa · Census place 1926355

Fairbank, Iowa

Fairbank is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 1,133 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 251st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,133
#251 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+23 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,531 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Fairbank. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Fairbank population, 2020 to 2024

Fairbank added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

1,11020201,11720211,12220221,13120231,1332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,110. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fairbank covers 0.74 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,531 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Fairbank is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Fairbank spans

Fairbank crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,133 residents as follows; Buchanan County holds 68.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Buchanan County771
  2. 02Fayette County362
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Fairbank

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairbank by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50629. 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 Fairbank is

The Census internal point of Fairbank is at 42.640100, -92.047800. Des Moines, the capital, is 107.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oelwein, IA (5,788 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 50.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.640100, -92.047800
DMS
42°38'24.36"N 92°02'52.08"W
UTM
15N 578064.0E 4721289.2N
Geohash
9zwd96kud
Plus code
86J9JXR2+2V

Daylight in Fairbank

At 42.64° N, Fairbank gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fairbank

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Oelwein, 7.2 miles away, with 5,788 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fairbank, IA?

1,133 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (2.1%) from 1,110 in July 2020.

What county is Fairbank in?

It spans 2 counties: Buchanan County (771 residents), Fayette County (362 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Fairbank?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50629.

How far is Fairbank from Des Moines?

107.8 miles (173.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Fairbank.

What is the nearest larger city to Fairbank?

Oelwein, IA, with 5,788 residents, 7.2 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.