Mitchellville

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Mitchellville

Total population

2,579

Median home value

$206,600

14.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$81,172

Mitchellville$81k

National$74k

Founded

1856

Elevation297 m

Land area6.06 km²

Coordinates41.67°, -93.37°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mitchellville is a city located in Polk and Jasper counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,485 at the time of the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Clair Cameron Patterson

American chemist and geochemist (1922–1995)

John Houbolt

American aerospace engineer (1919–2014)

Kyle Orton

American football quarterback

Buck Shaw

American football player and coach (1899-1977)

Clyde Crabtree

American football player, teacher, coach (1905-1994)

Jamie Solinger

American model

G

George Basalla

American historian of science (1928-2025)

Jack Justin Stiffler

American electrical engineer, computer scientist and entrepreneur

W

Wilma T. Donahue

American gerontologist (1900–1993)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Bondurant
  5.2 mi away
• Mingo
  8.1 mi away
• Prairie City
  8.2 mi away
• Runnells
  10.6 mi away
• Elkhart
  12 mi away
• Carlisle
  12.6 mi away · pop. 4,255
• Maxwell
  15.6 mi away · pop. 905
• Newton
  16.9 mi away · pop. 15,700
• Monroe
  17 mi away · pop. 2,120
• Cambridge
  18.4 mi away
• Johnston
  18.6 mi away · pop. 24,064
• Reasnor
  18.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mitchellville

Cook book

Iowa). Ladies Guild Methodist Church (Mitchellville · 1950

Report

Iowa. General Assembly. Joint Committee Appointed to Visit the Girl's Department of the State Industrial School at Mitchellville · 1886

A description of a new black raspberry called Satisfy for the Spring of 1931

C. R. Bishop (Firm) · 1930

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