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Tipton, Iowa

Tipton is a city in Cedar County, Iowa with an estimated 3,059 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,059
#119 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-103 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
1,514 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Tipton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Tipton population, 2020 to 2024

Tipton lost 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

3,16220203,14120213,10420223,07220233,0592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,165. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tipton covers 2.02 square miles of land, for 1,514 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Tipton is denser than the typical town.

What county Tipton is in

All of Tipton's residents live in Cedar County, which had 18,231 residents in 2024. Tipton holds 16.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tipton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tipton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52772. 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 Tipton is

The Census internal point of Tipton is at 41.770100, -91.128300. Des Moines, the capital, is 128.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Liberty, IA (3,724 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 30.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.770100, -91.128300
DMS
41°46'12.36"N 91°07'41.88"W
UTM
15N 655569.6E 4625944.2N
Geohash
9zrjwk42k
Plus code
86HCQVCC+2M

Daylight in Tipton

At 41.77° N, Tipton gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tipton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is West Branch, 13.2 miles away, with 2,876 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tipton, IA?

3,059 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 103 (3.3%) from 3,162 in July 2020.

What county is Tipton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tipton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52772.

How far is Tipton from Des Moines?

128.3 miles (206.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Tipton.

What is the nearest larger city to Tipton?

West Liberty, IA, with 3,724 residents, 15.3 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.