Iowa · Census place 1972525

Shenandoah, Iowa

Shenandoah is a city in Page County, Iowa with an estimated 4,878 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 89th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,878
#89 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-42 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
Density
1,304 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Shenandoah. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Shenandoah population, 2020 to 2024

Shenandoah lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,926. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shenandoah covers 3.74 square miles of land, for 1,304 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Shenandoah is close to the typical town.

What county Shenandoah is in

All of Shenandoah's residents live in Page County, which had 15,038 residents in 2024. Shenandoah holds 32.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shenandoah

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shenandoah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51601. 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 Shenandoah is

The Census internal point of Shenandoah is at 40.758200, -95.372100. Des Moines, the capital, is 108.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarinda, IA (5,334 people), 17.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 49.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.758200, -95.372100
DMS
40°45'29.52"N 95°22'19.56"W
UTM
15N 299766.9E 4514622.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86G6QJ5H+75

Daylight in Shenandoah

At 40.76° N, Shenandoah gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shenandoah

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Sidney, 14.3 miles away, with 1,048 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shenandoah, IA?

4,878 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (0.9%) from 4,920 in July 2020.

What county is Shenandoah in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shenandoah?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51601.

How far is Shenandoah from Des Moines?

108.5 miles (174.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Shenandoah.

What is the nearest larger city to Shenandoah?

Clarinda, IA, with 5,334 residents, 17.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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