Iowa · Census place 1959475
Orange City, Iowa
Orange City is a city in Sioux County, Iowa with an estimated 6,547 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,547
- #64 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +4.3%
- +268 people
- Land area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,423 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Orange City population, 2020 to 2024
Orange City added 268 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +25. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Orange City is 69% of it.
Orange City covers 4.60 square miles of land, for 1,423 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Orange City is close to the typical town.
What county Orange City is in
All of Orange City's residents live in Sioux County, which had 36,554 residents in 2024. Orange City 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 Orange City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Orange City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51041. 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 Orange City is
The Census internal point of Orange City is at 43.001800, -96.055300. Des Moines, the capital, is 158.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sioux Center, IA (8,675 people), 7.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 50.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.001800, -96.055300
- DMS
- 43°00'6.48"N 96°03'19.08"W
- UTM
- 14N 740018.2E 4765223.2N
- Geohash
- 9zeswhnxt
- Plus code
- 86M52W2V+PV
Daylight in Orange City
At 43.00° N, Orange City gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Orange City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Alton, 2.5 miles away, with 1,248 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Orange City, IA?
6,547 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 268 (4.3%) from 6,279 in July 2020.
What county is Orange City in?
Sioux County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Orange City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51041.
How far is Orange City from Des Moines?
158.7 miles (255.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Orange City.
What is the nearest larger city to Orange City?
Sioux Center, IA, with 8,675 residents, 7.7 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.