Iowa · Census place 1981840

Walford, Iowa

Walford is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 1,357 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 223rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,357
#223 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-7 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,305 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Walford. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Walford population, 2020 to 2024

Walford lost 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

1,36420201,36720211,35720221,35420231,3572024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,367. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Walford covers 1.04 square miles of land, for 1,305 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Walford is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Walford spans

Walford crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,357 residents as follows; Benton County holds 70.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Benton County957
  2. 02Linn County400
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Walford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52351. 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 Walford is

The Census internal point of Walford is at 41.879800, -91.830600. Des Moines, the capital, is 93.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairfax, IA (2,937 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 9.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.879800, -91.830600
DMS
41°52'47.28"N 91°49'50.16"W
UTM
15N 597029.7E 4637091.8N
Geohash
9zqwnrfzx
Plus code
86HCV5H9+WQ

Daylight in Walford

At 41.88° N, Walford gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Walford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairfax, 4.2 miles away, with 2,937 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Walford, IA?

1,357 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 7 (0.5%) from 1,364 in July 2020.

What county is Walford in?

It spans 2 counties: Benton County (957 residents), Linn County (400 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Walford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52351.

How far is Walford from Des Moines?

93.6 miles (150.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Walford.

What is the nearest larger city to Walford?

Fairfax, IA, with 2,937 residents, 4.2 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.