Iowa · Census place 1927165
Fayette, Iowa
Fayette is a city in Fayette County, Iowa with an estimated 1,193 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 241st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,193
- #241 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -4.7%
- -59 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 795 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Fayette population, 2020 to 2024
Fayette lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Fayette covers 1.50 square miles of land, for 795 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Fayette is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fayette is in
All of Fayette's residents live in Fayette County, which had 19,152 residents in 2024. Fayette holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fayette
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fayette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52142. 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 Fayette is
The Census internal point of Fayette is at 42.841800, -91.803800. Des Moines, the capital, is 126.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Union, IA (2,435 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 61.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.841800, -91.803800
- DMS
- 42°50'30.48"N 91°48'13.68"W
- UTM
- 15N 597750.6E 4743941.1N
- Geohash
- 9zwewzne8
- Plus code
- 86JCR5RW+PF
Daylight in Fayette
At 42.84° N, Fayette gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fayette
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is West Union, 8.1 miles away, with 2,435 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fayette, IA?
1,193 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 59 (4.7%) from 1,252 in July 2020.
What county is Fayette in?
Fayette County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fayette?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52142.
How far is Fayette from Des Moines?
126.3 miles (203.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Fayette.
What is the nearest larger city to Fayette?
West Union, IA, with 2,435 residents, 8.1 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.