Iowa · Census place 1952950

Mitchellville, Iowa

Mitchellville is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 2,686 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,686
#134 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+8.0%
+199 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
959 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Mitchellville. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Mitchellville population, 2020 to 2024

Mitchellville added 199 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.0%. In the latest year it moved by +85.

2,48720202,50820212,53420222,60120232,6862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,484. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mitchellville covers 2.80 square miles of land, for 959 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Mitchellville is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Mitchellville spans

Mitchellville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,686 residents as follows; Polk County holds 98.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Polk County2,657
  2. 02Jasper County29
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Mitchellville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mitchellville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50169. 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 Mitchellville is

The Census internal point of Mitchellville is at 41.670400, -93.366400. Des Moines, the capital, is 13.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bondurant, IA (9,511 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 14.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.670400, -93.366400
DMS
41°40'13.44"N 93°21'59.04"W
UTM
15N 469499.5E 4613247.0N
Geohash
9zmt53uet
Plus code
86H8MJCM+5C

Daylight in Mitchellville

At 41.67° N, Mitchellville gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mitchellville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Bondurant, 4.8 miles away, with 9,511 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mitchellville, IA?

2,686 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 199 (8.0%) from 2,487 in July 2020.

What county is Mitchellville in?

It spans 2 counties: Polk County (2,657 residents), Jasper County (29 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Mitchellville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50169.

How far is Mitchellville from Des Moines?

13.4 miles (21.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Mitchellville.

What is the nearest larger city to Mitchellville?

Bondurant, IA, with 9,511 residents, 4.8 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.