Iowa · Census place 1949170
Mapleton, Iowa
Mapleton is a city in Monona County, Iowa with an estimated 1,114 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 254th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,114
- #254 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -4.0%
- -46 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 710 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Mapleton population, 2020 to 2024
Mapleton lost 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Mapleton covers 1.57 square miles of land, for 710 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Mapleton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mapleton is in
All of Mapleton's residents live in Monona County, which had 8,429 residents in 2024. Mapleton holds 13.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mapleton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mapleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51034. 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 Mapleton is
The Census internal point of Mapleton is at 42.167300, -95.790900. Des Moines, the capital, is 119.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Onawa, IA (2,795 people), 18.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 63.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.167300, -95.790900
- DMS
- 42°10'2.28"N 95°47'27.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 269461.6E 4672122.4N
- Geohash
- 9z7zuhr4q
- Plus code
- 86J65685+WJ
Daylight in Mapleton
At 42.17° N, Mapleton gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mapleton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Onawa, 18.2 miles away, with 2,795 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mapleton, IA?
1,114 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 46 (4.0%) from 1,160 in July 2020.
What county is Mapleton in?
Monona County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mapleton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51034.
How far is Mapleton from Des Moines?
119.3 miles (192.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Mapleton.
What is the nearest larger city to Mapleton?
Onawa, IA, with 2,795 residents, 18.2 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.