West Burlington, Iowa

West Burlington population, 2020 to 2024

West Burlington added 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +74.

West Burlington covers 4.84 square miles of land, for 671 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so West Burlington is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Burlington is in

All of West Burlington's residents live in Des Moines County, which had 38,411 residents in 2024. West Burlington holds 8.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Burlington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Burlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52655. 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 West Burlington is

The Census internal point of West Burlington is at 40.821600, -91.175500. Des Moines, the capital, is 137.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burlington, IA (23,637 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 58.8 miles away.

Daylight in West Burlington

At 40.82° N, West Burlington 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 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Burlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Burlington, 2.9 miles away, with 23,637 people.