Iowa · Census place 1942690

Lake View, Iowa

Lake View is a city in Sac County, Iowa with an estimated 1,120 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 253rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,120
#253 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-1 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.29 sq mi water
Density
533 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Lake View. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Lake View population, 2020 to 2024

Lake View lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -14.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,122. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake View covers 2.10 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 533 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Lake View is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake View is in

All of Lake View's residents live in Sac County, which had 9,533 residents in 2024. Lake View holds 11.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake View

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake View by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51450. 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 View is

The Census internal point of Lake View is at 42.302000, -95.035800. Des Moines, the capital, is 88.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sac City, IA (1,992 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 88.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.302000, -95.035800
DMS
42°18'7.20"N 95°02'8.88"W
UTM
15N 332196.1E 4685314.7N
Geohash
9zs2tkv51
Plus code
86J68X27+RM

Daylight in Lake View

At 42.30° N, Lake View gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake View

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Sac City, 8.5 miles away, with 1,992 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake View, IA?

1,120 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.1%) from 1,121 in July 2020.

What county is Lake View in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake View?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51450.

How far is Lake View from Des Moines?

88.5 miles (142.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Lake View.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake View?

Sac City, IA, with 1,992 residents, 8.5 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.