Iowa · Census place 1967440
Riverside, Iowa
Riverside is a city in Washington County, Iowa with an estimated 1,063 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 265th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,063
- #265 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +0.8%
- +8 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 575 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Riverside population, 2020 to 2024
Riverside added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +23.
Riverside covers 1.85 square miles of land, for 575 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Riverside is less dense than the typical town.
What county Riverside is in
All of Riverside's residents live in Washington County, which had 22,631 residents in 2024. Riverside holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Riverside
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Riverside by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52327. 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 Riverside is
The Census internal point of Riverside is at 41.483200, -91.572200. Des Moines, the capital, is 105.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kalona, IA (2,762 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 33.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.483200, -91.572200
- DMS
- 41°28'59.52"N 91°34'19.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 619200.5E 4593383.0N
- Geohash
- 9zqgupz1j
- Plus code
- 86HCFCMH+74
Daylight in Riverside
At 41.48° N, Riverside gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Riverside
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Kalona, 6.7 miles away, with 2,762 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Riverside, IA?
1,063 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.8%) from 1,055 in July 2020.
What county is Riverside in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Riverside?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52327.
How far is Riverside from Des Moines?
105.3 miles (169.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Riverside.
What is the nearest larger city to Riverside?
Kalona, IA, with 2,762 residents, 6.7 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.