Iowa · Census place 1939405
Janesville, Iowa
Janesville is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 1,052 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 268th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,052
- #268 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +15 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 757 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Janesville population, 2020 to 2024
Janesville added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
Janesville covers 1.39 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 757 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Janesville is less dense than the typical town.
The 2 counties Janesville spans
Janesville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,052 residents as follows; Bremer County holds 89.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Bremer County938
- 02Black Hawk County114
ZIP codes in Janesville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Janesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50647. 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 Janesville is
The Census internal point of Janesville is at 42.645800, -92.462400. Des Moines, the capital, is 93.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waverly, IA (10,576 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 61.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.645800, -92.462400
- DMS
- 42°38'44.88"N 92°27'44.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 544069.8E 4721622.8N
- Geohash
- 9zw4xgqvv
- Plus code
- 86J9JGWQ+82
Daylight in Janesville
At 42.65° N, Janesville gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Janesville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Waverly, 5.3 miles away, with 10,576 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Janesville, IA?
1,052 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (1.4%) from 1,037 in July 2020.
What county is Janesville in?
It spans 2 counties: Bremer County (938 residents), Black Hawk County (114 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Janesville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50647.
How far is Janesville from Des Moines?
93.5 miles (150.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Janesville.
What is the nearest larger city to Janesville?
Waverly, IA, with 10,576 residents, 5.3 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.