Iowa · Census place 1968250
Rockwell, Iowa
Rockwell is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa with an estimated 1,044 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 270th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,044
- #270 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -25 people
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 352 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Rockwell population, 2020 to 2024
Rockwell lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Rockwell covers 2.97 square miles of land, for 352 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Rockwell is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rockwell is in
All of Rockwell's residents live in Cerro Gordo County, which had 42,493 residents in 2024. Rockwell holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rockwell
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rockwell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50469. 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 Rockwell is
The Census internal point of Rockwell is at 42.980000, -93.187200. Des Moines, the capital, is 98.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sheffield, IA (1,123 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 79.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.980000, -93.187200
- DMS
- 42°58'48.00"N 93°11'13.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 484736.7E 4758610.8N
- Geohash
- 9ztsx2r0s
- Plus code
- 86J8XRJ7+24
Daylight in Rockwell
At 42.98° N, Rockwell 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rockwell
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Sheffield, 6.4 miles away, with 1,123 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rockwell, IA?
1,044 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (2.3%) from 1,069 in July 2020.
What county is Rockwell in?
Cerro Gordo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rockwell?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50469.
How far is Rockwell from Des Moines?
98.3 miles (158.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Rockwell.
What is the nearest larger city to Rockwell?
Sheffield, IA, with 1,123 residents, 6.4 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.