Iowa · Census place 1932790

Greenfield, Iowa

Greenfield is a city in Adair County, Iowa with an estimated 1,988 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 169th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,988
#169 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-74 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
1,104 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Greenfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Greenfield population, 2020 to 2024

Greenfield lost 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -53.

2,06220202,07220212,05320222,04120231,9882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,064. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greenfield covers 1.80 square miles of land, for 1,104 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Greenfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Greenfield is in

All of Greenfield's residents live in Adair County, which had 7,431 residents in 2024. Greenfield holds 26.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50849. 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 Greenfield is

The Census internal point of Greenfield is at 41.305800, -94.459300. Des Moines, the capital, is 48.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Creston, IA (7,421 people), 17.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 47.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.305800, -94.459300
DMS
41°18'20.88"N 94°27'33.48"W
UTM
15N 377837.9E 4573731.7N
Geohash
9zkffx2zd
Plus code
86H78G4R+87

Daylight in Greenfield

At 41.31° N, Greenfield gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Stuart, 15.3 miles away, with 1,887 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greenfield, IA?

1,988 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 74 (3.6%) from 2,062 in July 2020.

What county is Greenfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greenfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50849.

How far is Greenfield from Des Moines?

48.5 miles (78.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Greenfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Greenfield?

Creston, IA, with 7,421 residents, 17.6 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.