Iowa · Census place 1986385

Winfield, Iowa

Winfield is a city in Henry County, Iowa with an estimated 1,006 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 273rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,006
#273 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-24 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
967 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Winfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Winfield population, 2020 to 2024

Winfield lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,032. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winfield covers 1.04 square miles of land, for 967 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Winfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winfield is in

All of Winfield's residents live in Henry County, which had 19,361 residents in 2024. Winfield holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52659. 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 Winfield is

The Census internal point of Winfield is at 41.125900, -91.438100. Des Moines, the capital, is 116.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus Junction, IA (1,794 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 52.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.125900, -91.438100
DMS
41°07'33.24"N 91°26'17.16"W
UTM
15N 631110.1E 4553908.8N
Geohash
9zqczq8z9
Plus code
86HC4HG6+9Q

Daylight in Winfield

At 41.13° N, Winfield gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Columbus Junction, 11.3 miles away, with 1,794 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winfield, IA?

1,006 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (2.3%) from 1,030 in July 2020.

What county is Winfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52659.

How far is Winfield from Des Moines?

116.8 miles (188.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Winfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Winfield?

Columbus Junction, IA, with 1,794 residents, 11.2 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.