Loring, Iowa

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the southwest of Loring and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 16 miles [25 km] to the northwest of Loring and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altoona	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Ankeny	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	42,287	55.94% increase
	Boone	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	12,614	1.48% decrease
	Clive	SW	24 mi [38.62 km]	15,234	18.51% increase
	Grinnell	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	9,167	0.68% increase
	Indianola	S	33 mi [53.1 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Johnston	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	15,691	81.42% increase
	Knoxville	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	7,254	6.17% decrease
	Marshalltown	NE	30 mi [48.28 km]	25,850	0.61% decrease
	Newton	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	15,042	3.45% decrease
	Pella	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	10,208	3.82% increase
	Perry	W	34 mi [54.7 km]	9,569	25.36% increase
	Urbandale	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	Webster City	NW	47 mi [75.6 km]	7,720	5.58% decrease
	West Des Moines	SW	25 mi [40.23 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alleman	W	9 mi [14.48 km]	435	0.91% decrease
	Bondurant	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	2,714	47.02% increase
	Cambridge	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	809	1.22% decrease
	Collins	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	481	3.61% decrease
	Colo	NE	13 mi [20.92 km]	876	0.92% increase
	Elkhart	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	473	30.66% increase
	Huxley	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	2,830	22.19% increase
	Maxwell	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	840	4.09% increase
	Mingo	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	263	2.23% decrease
	Mitchellville	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,152	25.48% increase
	Nevada	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	6,688	0.45% increase
	Polk City Junction	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Sheldahl	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	319	5.06% decrease
	Slater	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,388	6.28% increase
	Valeria	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	60	3.23% decrease

Polk County

Loring is located in Polk County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk: Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story and Warren.

While not sharing a border with Polk, the following counties are close to Loring: Marshall, Hardin and Hamilton.

Below are counties that are near Loring (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Loring:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Loring
	Boone County	W	Sheldahl	13 miles [20 km]
	Dallas County	W	Gibbsville	20 miles [32 km]
	Greene County	W	Rippey	39 miles [62 km]
	Grundy County	NE	Conrad	39 miles [62 km]
	Hamilton County	N	Randall	29 miles [46 km]
	Hardin County	N	Garden City	28 miles [45 km]
	Jasper County	E	Clyde	8 miles [12 km]
	Madison County	SW	Bevington	37 miles [59 km]
	Marion County	S	Swan	26 miles [41 km]
	Marshall County	NE	Edenville	14 miles [22 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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