Iowa · Census place 1942555
Lake Mills, Iowa
Lake Mills is a city in Winnebago County, Iowa with an estimated 2,077 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 157th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,077
- #157 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -3.0%
- -65 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 766 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Lake Mills population, 2020 to 2024
Lake Mills lost 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -37.
Lake Mills covers 2.71 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 766 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Lake Mills is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lake Mills is in
All of Lake Mills's residents live in Winnebago County, which had 10,383 residents in 2024. Lake Mills holds 20.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lake Mills
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Mills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50450. 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 Lake Mills is
The Census internal point of Lake Mills is at 43.417100, -93.531600. Des Moines, the capital, is 126.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forest City, IA (4,199 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 66.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.417100, -93.531600
- DMS
- 43°25'1.56"N 93°31'53.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 456964.4E 4807272.0N
- Geohash
- 9ztqzxu6g
- Plus code
- 86M8CF89+R9
Daylight in Lake Mills
At 43.42° N, Lake Mills gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lake Mills
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Forest City, 12.2 miles away, with 4,199 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lake Mills, IA?
2,077 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 65 (3.0%) from 2,142 in July 2020.
What county is Lake Mills in?
Winnebago County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lake Mills?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50450.
How far is Lake Mills from Des Moines?
126.2 miles (203.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Lake Mills.
What is the nearest larger city to Lake Mills?
Forest City, IA, with 4,199 residents, 12.2 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.