Iowa · Census place 1986970

Woodward, Iowa

Woodward is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 1,383 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 221st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,383
#221 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+34 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
Density
379 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Woodward. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Woodward population, 2020 to 2024

Woodward added 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

1,34920201,36320211,37020221,36920231,3832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,347. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Woodward covers 3.65 square miles of land, for 379 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Woodward is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Woodward spans

Woodward crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,383 residents as follows; Dallas County holds 75.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Dallas County1,043
  2. 02Boone County340
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Woodward

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Woodward by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50276. 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 Woodward is

The Census internal point of Woodward is at 41.852700, -93.920700. Des Moines, the capital, is 24.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madrid, IA (2,824 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 25.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.852700, -93.920700
DMS
41°51'9.72"N 93°55'14.52"W
UTM
15N 423573.9E 4633831.6N
Geohash
9zmnng119
Plus code
86H8V33H+3P

Daylight in Woodward

At 41.85° N, Woodward 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 Woodward

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Madrid, 5.4 miles away, with 2,824 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Woodward, IA?

1,383 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 34 (2.5%) from 1,349 in July 2020.

What county is Woodward in?

It spans 2 counties: Dallas County (1,043 residents), Boone County (340 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Woodward?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50276.

How far is Woodward from Des Moines?

24.4 miles (39.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Woodward.

What is the nearest larger city to Woodward?

Madrid, IA, with 2,824 residents, 5.4 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.