Iowa · Census place 1931395
Glidden, Iowa
Glidden is a city in Carroll County, Iowa with an estimated 1,140 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 250th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,140
- #250 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -11 people
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 1,027 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Glidden population, 2020 to 2024
Glidden lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Glidden covers 1.11 square miles of land, for 1,027 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Glidden is less dense than the typical town.
What county Glidden is in
All of Glidden's residents live in Carroll County, which had 20,407 residents in 2024. Glidden holds 5.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Glidden
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glidden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51443. 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 Glidden is
The Census internal point of Glidden is at 42.057800, -94.726600. Des Moines, the capital, is 66.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carroll, IA (10,125 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 66.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.057800, -94.726600
- DMS
- 42°03'28.08"N 94°43'35.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 357134.3E 4657636.0N
- Geohash
- 9zkxk2qhq
- Plus code
- 86J7375F+49
Daylight in Glidden
At 42.06° N, Glidden gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Glidden
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Carroll, 7.1 miles away, with 10,125 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Glidden, IA?
1,140 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (1.0%) from 1,151 in July 2020.
What county is Glidden in?
Carroll County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Glidden?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51443.
How far is Glidden from Des Moines?
66.2 miles (106.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Glidden.
What is the nearest larger city to Glidden?
Carroll, IA, with 10,125 residents, 7.1 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.