Iowa · Census place 1929955

Garner, Iowa

Garner is a city in Hancock County, Iowa with an estimated 3,049 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,049
#120 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-6 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
1,431 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Garner. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Garner population, 2020 to 2024

Garner lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

3,05520203,05620213,05320223,04020233,0492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,061. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Garner covers 2.13 square miles of land, for 1,431 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Garner is close to the typical town.

What county Garner is in

All of Garner's residents live in Hancock County, which had 10,616 residents in 2024. Garner holds 28.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Garner

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Garner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50438. 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 Garner is

The Census internal point of Garner is at 43.100000, -93.603100. Des Moines, the capital, is 104.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forest City, IA (4,199 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 84.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.100000, -93.603100
DMS
43°06'0.00"N 93°36'11.16"W
UTM
15N 450922.0E 4772096.2N
Geohash
9ztmnn079
Plus code
86M8492W+2Q

Daylight in Garner

At 43.10° N, Garner gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Garner

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Britt, 10.1 miles away, with 2,001 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Garner, IA?

3,049 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.2%) from 3,055 in July 2020.

What county is Garner in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Garner?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50438.

How far is Garner from Des Moines?

104.3 miles (167.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Garner.

What is the nearest larger city to Garner?

Forest City, IA, with 4,199 residents, 11.0 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.