Roland

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Roland

Total population

1,559

Median home value

$185,900

30.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$79,028

Roland$79k

National$74k

Elevation312 m

Land area2.81 km²

Weather72°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates42.17°, -93.50°

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

Roland is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,362 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area.

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.

Current forecast

Forecast for Roland, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Nearby places in Iowa

• Randall
  7.1 mi away · pop. 142
• Garden City
  7.8 mi away
• Nevada
  10.4 mi away · pop. 6,983
• Radcliffe
  11.1 mi away
• Jewell Junction
  12.2 mi away
• Colo
  14.1 mi away
• Clemons
  18 mi away
• Cambridge
  18.3 mi away
• Kamrar
  19.3 mi away · pop. 145
• Maxwell
  19.7 mi away · pop. 905
• Boone
  20.6 mi away
• Fraser
  24.3 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 Roland

Signs in culture

Steven Ungar · 1989

University of Iowa studies in psychology

Carl E. Seashore · 1922

Understanding magazines

Roland Edgar Wolseley · 1965

Martin Luther lectures

Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) · 1957

Signs in Culture

Steven Ungar · 1989

The Black press, U.S.A

Roland Edgar Wolseley · 1971

The Black press, U.S.A. [by] Roland E. Wolseley

Roland Edgar Wolseley · 1971

Diakonissen für Amerika

Roland Liebenberg · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-18

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-18

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-18

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Seen 2026-09-16

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Seen 2026-09-16

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Seen 2026-09-16

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

Seen 2026-09-15

Margined Calligrapher

Toxomerus marginatus

Seen 2026-09-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).