Iowa · Census place 1972210
Sheffield, Iowa
Sheffield is a city in Franklin County, Iowa with an estimated 1,123 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 252nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,123
- #252 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +0 people
- Land area
- 5.6 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 202 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Sheffield population, 2020 to 2024
Sheffield added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +14.
Sheffield covers 5.57 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 202 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Sheffield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sheffield is in
All of Sheffield's residents live in Franklin County, which had 10,024 residents in 2024. Sheffield holds 11.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sheffield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sheffield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50475. 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 Sheffield is
The Census internal point of Sheffield is at 42.888800, -93.207100. Des Moines, the capital, is 91.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hampton, IA (4,340 people), 10.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 85.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.888800, -93.207100
- DMS
- 42°53'19.68"N 93°12'25.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 483089.2E 4748487.1N
- Geohash
- 9ztezp8tm
- Plus code
- 86J8VQQV+G5
Daylight in Sheffield
At 42.89° N, Sheffield gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sheffield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Rockwell, 6.4 miles away, with 1,044 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sheffield, IA?
1,123 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 1,123 in July 2020.
What county is Sheffield in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sheffield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50475.
How far is Sheffield from Des Moines?
91.9 miles (148.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sheffield.
What is the nearest larger city to Sheffield?
Hampton, IA, with 4,340 residents, 10.1 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.