Independence, Iowa

Independence population, 2020 to 2024

Independence added 182 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +69. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Independence is 66% of it.

Independence covers 6.03 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,039 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Independence is less dense than the typical town.

What county Independence is in

All of Independence's residents live in Buchanan County, which had 20,733 residents in 2024. Independence holds 30.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Independence

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Independence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50644. 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 Independence is

The Census internal point of Independence is at 42.462200, -91.903200. Des Moines, the capital, is 106.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waterloo, IA (67,477 people), 23.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 36.3 miles away.

Daylight in Independence

At 42.46° N, Independence 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 Independence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Jesup, 8.3 miles away, with 2,541 people.