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Northwood, Iowa
Northwood is a city in Worth County, Iowa with an estimated 2,047 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 159th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,047
- #159 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.9%
- -18 people
- Land area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Density
- 513 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Northwood population, 2020 to 2024
Northwood lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Northwood covers 3.99 square miles of land, for 513 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Northwood is less dense than the typical town.
What county Northwood is in
All of Northwood's residents live in Worth County, which had 7,307 residents in 2024. Northwood holds 28.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Northwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Northwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50459. 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 Northwood is
The Census internal point of Northwood is at 43.444100, -93.216000. Des Moines, the capital, is 129.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Mills, IA (2,077 people), 16.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 53.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.444100, -93.216000
- DMS
- 43°26'38.76"N 93°12'57.60"W
- UTM
- 15N 482521.5E 4810155.9N
- Geohash
- 9ztxnuf0j
- Plus code
- 86M8CQVM+JH
Daylight in Northwood
At 43.44° N, Northwood gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Northwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Manly, 10.8 miles away, with 1,233 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Northwood, IA?
2,047 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (0.9%) from 2,065 in July 2020.
What county is Northwood in?
Worth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Northwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50459.
How far is Northwood from Des Moines?
129.6 miles (208.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Northwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Northwood?
Lake Mills, IA, with 2,077 residents, 16.0 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.