Iowa · Census place 1948450

Madrid, Iowa

Madrid is a city in Boone County, Iowa with an estimated 2,824 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,824; #126 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +0.9%; +24 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 2,315 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Madrid. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Madrid population, 2020 to 2024

Madrid added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +25.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,802. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Madrid covers 1.22 square miles of land, for 2,315 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Madrid is denser than the typical town.

What county Madrid is in

All of Madrid's residents live in Boone County, which had 26,729 residents in 2024. Madrid holds 10.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Madrid

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Madrid by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50156. 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 Madrid is

The Census internal point of Madrid is at 41.875700, -93.820500. Des Moines, the capital, is 22.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Polk City, IA (6,430 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 23.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.875700, -93.820500
DMS: 41°52'32.52"N 93°49'13.80"W
UTM: 15N 431915.8E 4636300.9N
Geohash: 9zmq1p1zx
Plus code: 86H8V5GH+7R

Daylight in Madrid

At 41.88° N, Madrid gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Madrid

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodward, 5.4 miles away, with 1,383 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Madrid, IA?

2,824 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (0.9%) from 2,800 in July 2020.

What county is Madrid in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Madrid?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50156.

How far is Madrid from Des Moines?

22.6 miles (36.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Madrid.

What is the nearest larger city to Madrid?

Polk City, IA, with 6,430 residents, 8.2 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.

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