Iowa · Census place 1942600

Lake Park, Iowa

Lake Park is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa with an estimated 1,155 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 248th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,155
#248 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-18 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
731 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Lake Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Lake Park population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Park lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,170. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Park covers 1.58 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 731 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Lake Park is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake Park is in

All of Lake Park's residents live in Dickinson County, which had 18,158 residents in 2024. Lake Park holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51347. 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 Park is

The Census internal point of Lake Park is at 43.446900, -95.324900. Des Moines, the capital, is 155.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spirit Lake, IA (5,548 people), 10.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 70.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.446900, -95.324900
DMS
43°26'48.84"N 95°19'29.64"W
UTM
15N 311877.5E 4813069.7N
Geohash
9zspnv688
Plus code
86M6CMWG+Q2

Daylight in Lake Park

At 43.45° N, Lake Park 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 Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Spirit Lake, 10.8 miles away, with 5,548 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Park, IA?

1,155 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (1.5%) from 1,173 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Park in?

Dickinson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Lake Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51347.

How far is Lake Park from Des Moines?

155.3 miles (249.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Lake Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Park?

Spirit Lake, IA, with 5,548 residents, 10.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.