Iowa · Census place 1940170
Kalona, Iowa
Kalona is a city in Washington County, Iowa with an estimated 2,762 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 131st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,762
- #131 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +4.5%
- +120 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,285 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Kalona population, 2020 to 2024
Kalona added 120 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +24.
Kalona covers 2.15 square miles of land, for 1,285 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Kalona is close to the typical town.
What county Kalona is in
All of Kalona's residents live in Washington County, which had 22,631 residents in 2024. Kalona holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kalona
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kalona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52247. 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 Kalona is
The Census internal point of Kalona is at 41.487400, -91.701800. Des Moines, the capital, is 98.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, IA (7,281 people), 13.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 33.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.487400, -91.701800
- DMS
- 41°29'14.64"N 91°42'6.48"W
- UTM
- 15N 608373.5E 4593678.8N
- Geohash
- 9zqu128c9
- Plus code
- 86HCF7PX+X7
Daylight in Kalona
At 41.49° N, Kalona gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kalona
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverside, 6.7 miles away, with 1,063 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kalona, IA?
2,762 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 120 (4.5%) from 2,642 in July 2020.
What county is Kalona in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kalona?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52247.
How far is Kalona from Des Moines?
98.6 miles (158.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Kalona.
What is the nearest larger city to Kalona?
Washington, IA, with 7,281 residents, 13.1 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.