Iowa · Census place 1986070

Wilton, Iowa

Wilton is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 2,914 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,914
#124 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-3 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
1,415 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Wilton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Wilton population, 2020 to 2024

Wilton lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -18.

2,91720202,89020212,94020222,93220232,9142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,923. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wilton covers 2.06 square miles of land, for 1,415 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Wilton is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Wilton spans

Wilton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,914 residents as follows; Muscatine County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Muscatine County2,911
  2. 02Cedar County3
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Wilton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wilton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52778. 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 Wilton is

The Census internal point of Wilton is at 41.589100, -91.025500. Des Moines, the capital, is 133.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Muscatine, IA (23,298 people), 11.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 21.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.589100, -91.025500
DMS
41°35'20.76"N 91°01'31.80"W
UTM
15N 664575.1E 4606038.8N
Geohash
9zrk8ej60
Plus code
86HCHXQF+JR

Daylight in Wilton

At 41.59° N, Wilton gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wilton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Durant, 5.8 miles away, with 1,798 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wilton, IA?

2,914 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.1%) from 2,917 in July 2020.

What county is Wilton in?

It spans 2 counties: Muscatine County (2,911 residents), Cedar County (3 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Wilton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52778.

How far is Wilton from Des Moines?

133.2 miles (214.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Wilton.

What is the nearest larger city to Wilton?

Muscatine, IA, with 23,298 residents, 11.9 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.