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Roland, Iowa

Roland is a city in Story County, Iowa with an estimated 1,376 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 222nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,376; #222 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +1.0%; +13 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 1,176 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Roland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Roland population, 2020 to 2024

Roland added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,365. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roland covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 1,176 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Roland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Roland is in

All of Roland's residents live in Story County, which had 102,498 residents in 2024. Roland holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50236. 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 Roland is

The Census internal point of Roland is at 42.165900, -93.503000. Des Moines, the capital, is 40.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Story City, IA (3,439 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 41.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 42.165900, -93.503000
DMS: 42°09'57.24"N 93°30'10.80"W
UTM: 15N 458451.1E 4668318.6N
Geohash: 9zmxbk14n
Plus code: 86J85F8W+9R

Daylight in Roland

At 42.17° N, Roland gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Story City, 4.5 miles away, with 3,439 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roland, IA?

1,376 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (1.0%) from 1,363 in July 2020.

What county is Roland in?

Story County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Roland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50236.

How far is Roland from Des Moines?

40.1 miles (64.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Roland.

What is the nearest larger city to Roland?

Story City, IA, with 3,439 residents, 4.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.