Tiffin

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Tiffin

Total population

5,737

Median home value

$338,500

63.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$100,952

Tiffin$101k

National$74k

Elevation215 m

Land area10.66 km²

Weather53°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Coordinates41.71°, -91.65°

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

Tiffin is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,512 at the time of the 2020 census. F. W. Kent County Park is located just to the west of Tiffin, and is a popular site for outdoor recreation in Johnson County, being noted for its lake, camping facilities, resident whitetail deer herd and wild turkeys, and its cross-country ski trails through rolling acres of oak and hickory forest.

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 Tiffin, IA from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Nathaniel David Becker

American actor

Harold M. McClelland

American Air Force general (1893–1965)

Mattie Blaylock

American prostitute

Kyle Zobeck

American soccer player (born 1990)

Jeremy Morgan

American basketball player (born 1995)

Violet S. Williams

American ornithologist and taxonomist (1857-1948)

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

Nearby places in Iowa

• North Liberty
  3.5 mi away · pop. 20,479
• Oxford
  7.2 mi away
• Shueyville
  9.8 mi away
• Swisher
  9.9 mi away
• Frytown
  10 mi away · pop. 113
• Solon
  10.7 mi away
• Homestead
  11.8 mi away
• Walford
  15.1 mi away
• High Amana
  16.2 mi away · pop. 36
• South Amana
  16.4 mi away
• West Amana
  17.6 mi away
• Williamsburg
  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 Tiffin

Before 52340

Linda Schreiber · 2012

Census of Iowa for 1880: And the Same Compared with the Findings of Each of ...

John Albert Tiffin Hull · 1883

Census of Iowa for 1880

Iowa. Secretary of State · 1883

Objective analysis of musical performance

Carl E. Seashore · 1936

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Seen 2026-09-21

low smartweed

Persicaria longiseta

Seen 2026-09-21

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Seen 2026-09-21

Carolina Mantis

Stagmomantis carolina

Seen 2026-09-21

Chickweed Geometer Moth

Haematopis grataria

Seen 2026-09-21

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Seen 2026-09-21

Ghost Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Seen 2026-09-20

Cooper's Hawk

Astur cooperii

Seen 2026-09-20

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