Iowa · Census place 1959835
Osceola, Iowa
Osceola is a city in Clarke County, Iowa with an estimated 5,585 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 73rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,585
- #73 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +3.1%
- +166 people
- Land area
- 8.0 sq mi
- + 0.33 sq mi water
- Density
- 701 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Osceola population, 2020 to 2024
Osceola added 166 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -7. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Osceola is 59% of it.
Osceola covers 7.97 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 701 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Osceola is less dense than the typical town.
What county Osceola is in
All of Osceola's residents live in Clarke County, which had 9,524 residents in 2024. Osceola holds 58.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Osceola
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Osceola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50213. 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 Osceola is
The Census internal point of Osceola is at 41.035000, -93.786600. Des Moines, the capital, is 39.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Indianola, IA (16,297 people), 25.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 38.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.035000, -93.786600
- DMS
- 41°02'6.00"N 93°47'11.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 433880.5E 4542940.4N
- Geohash
- 9zm33y4wj
- Plus code
- 86H826P7+29
Daylight in Osceola
At 41.04° N, Osceola gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Osceola
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Leon, 20.4 miles away, with 1,779 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Osceola, IA?
5,585 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 166 (3.1%) from 5,419 in July 2020.
What county is Osceola in?
Clarke County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Osceola?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50213.
How far is Osceola from Des Moines?
39.6 miles (63.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Osceola.
What is the nearest larger city to Osceola?
Indianola, IA, with 16,297 residents, 25.4 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.
- 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.