Iowa · Census place 1926760

Farley, Iowa

Farley is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa with an estimated 1,723 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 183rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,723
#183 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-43 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,064 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Farley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Farley population, 2020 to 2024

Farley lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,768. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Farley covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 1,064 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Farley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Farley is in

All of Farley's residents live in Dubuque County, which had 99,242 residents in 2024. Farley holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Farley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Farley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52046. 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 Farley is

The Census internal point of Farley is at 42.443700, -91.009200. Des Moines, the capital, is 145.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Epworth, IA (2,042 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 47.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.443700, -91.009200
DMS
42°26'37.32"N 91°00'33.12"W
UTM
15N 663726.0E 4700961.6N
Geohash
9zx33n9h7
Plus code
86JCCXVR+F8

Daylight in Farley

At 42.44° N, Farley 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 Farley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Epworth, 4.0 miles away, with 2,042 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Farley, IA?

1,723 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (2.4%) from 1,766 in July 2020.

What county is Farley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Farley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52046.

How far is Farley from Des Moines?

145.6 miles (234.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Farley.

What is the nearest larger city to Farley?

Epworth, IA, with 2,042 residents, 4.0 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.

  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.