Iowa · Census place 1938640
Iowa Falls, Iowa
Iowa Falls is a city in Hardin County, Iowa with an estimated 4,993 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 86th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,993
- #86 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.9%
- -97 people
- Land area
- 5.4 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 926 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Iowa Falls population, 2020 to 2024
Iowa Falls lost 97 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -28.
Iowa Falls covers 5.39 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 926 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Iowa Falls is less dense than the typical town.
What county Iowa Falls is in
All of Iowa Falls's residents live in Hardin County, which had 16,464 residents in 2024. Iowa Falls holds 30.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Iowa Falls
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Iowa Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50126. 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 Iowa Falls is
The Census internal point of Iowa Falls is at 42.519200, -93.266100. Des Moines, the capital, is 66.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Webster City, IA (7,763 people), 28.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 67.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.519200, -93.266100
- DMS
- 42°31'9.12"N 93°15'57.96"W
- UTM
- 15N 478142.3E 4707459.3N
- Geohash
- 9zt9vsmsq
- Plus code
- 86J8GP9M+MH
Daylight in Iowa Falls
At 42.52° N, Iowa Falls gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Iowa Falls
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Ackley, 11.1 miles away, with 1,538 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Iowa Falls, IA?
4,993 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 97 (1.9%) from 5,090 in July 2020.
What county is Iowa Falls in?
Hardin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Iowa Falls?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50126.
How far is Iowa Falls from Des Moines?
66.4 miles (106.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Iowa Falls.
What is the nearest larger city to Iowa Falls?
Webster City, IA, with 7,763 residents, 28.4 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.