Iowa · Census place 1952095

Milford, Iowa

Milford is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa with an estimated 3,258 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 117th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,258
#117 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-77 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,515 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Milford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Milford population, 2020 to 2024

Milford lost 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -27.

3,33520203,34420213,32520223,28520233,2582024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,326. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Milford covers 2.15 square miles of land, for 1,515 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Milford is denser than the typical town.

What county Milford is in

All of Milford's residents live in Dickinson County, which had 18,158 residents in 2024. Milford holds 17.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51351. 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 Milford is

The Census internal point of Milford is at 43.341700, -95.145700. Des Moines, the capital, is 144.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spirit Lake, IA (5,548 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 80.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.341700, -95.145700
DMS
43°20'30.12"N 95°08'44.52"W
UTM
15N 326077.4E 4800996.9N
Geohash
9zsqdfj58
Plus code
86M68VR3+MP

Daylight in Milford

At 43.34° N, Milford gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Arnolds Park, 1.5 miles away, with 1,214 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Milford, IA?

3,258 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 77 (2.3%) from 3,335 in July 2020.

What county is Milford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Milford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51351.

How far is Milford from Des Moines?

144.2 miles (232.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Milford.

What is the nearest larger city to Milford?

Spirit Lake, IA, with 5,548 residents, 5.4 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.