Iowa · Census place 1941385
Kingsley, Iowa
Kingsley is a city in Plymouth County, Iowa with an estimated 1,394 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 219th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,394
- #219 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.6%
- -8 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 866 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Kingsley population, 2020 to 2024
Kingsley lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Kingsley covers 1.61 square miles of land, for 866 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Kingsley is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kingsley is in
All of Kingsley's residents live in Plymouth County, which had 25,825 residents in 2024. Kingsley holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kingsley
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kingsley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51028. 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 Kingsley is
The Census internal point of Kingsley is at 42.586400, -95.967900. Des Moines, the capital, is 139.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moville, IA (1,707 people), 8.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 76.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.586400, -95.967900
- DMS
- 42°35'11.04"N 95°58'4.44"W
- UTM
- 15N 256465.8E 4719157.2N
- Geohash
- 9zef20w7c
- Plus code
- 86J6H2PJ+HR
Daylight in Kingsley
At 42.59° N, Kingsley 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 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kingsley
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Moville, 8.4 miles away, with 1,707 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kingsley, IA?
1,394 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.6%) from 1,402 in July 2020.
What county is Kingsley in?
Plymouth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kingsley?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51028.
How far is Kingsley from Des Moines?
139.4 miles (224.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Kingsley.
What is the nearest larger city to Kingsley?
Moville, IA, with 1,707 residents, 8.4 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.