Windsor Heights, Iowa

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Des Moines. It lies just east of Windsor Heights and has a population of 198,682 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Ames. It is located about 29 miles [46 km] to the north of Windsor Heights and has a population of 50,731 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Altoona	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	13,854	33.92% increase
	Ankeny	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	42,287	55.94% increase
	Boone	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	12,614	1.48% decrease
	Clive	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	15,234	18.51% increase
	Creston	SW	50 mi [80.5 km]	7,594	---
	Indianola	SE	18 mi [28.97 km]	14,361	10.49% increase
	Johnston	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	15,691	81.42% increase
	Knoxville	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	7,254	6.17% decrease
	Marshalltown	NE	50 mi [80.5 km]	25,850	0.61% decrease
	Newton	E	35 mi [56.3 km]	15,042	3.45% decrease
	Norwalk	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	8,821	28.14% increase
	Pella	E	43 mi [69.2 km]	10,208	3.82% increase
	Perry	NW	25 mi [40.23 km]	9,569	25.36% increase
	Urbandale	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	38,369	31.98% increase
	West Des Moines	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	55,426	19.44% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alleman	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	435	0.91% decrease
	Bondurant	NE	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,714	47.02% increase
	Carlisle	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	3,693	5.6% increase
	Country Estate Village	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Cumming	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	309	90.74% increase
	Granger	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,054	80.79% increase
	Grimes	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	8,419	65.14% increase
	Pleasant Hill	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	8,414	65.96% increase
	Polk City Junction	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	---
	Polk City	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	3,201	36.56% increase
	Saylorville Reservoir	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	---
	Saylorville	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Spring Hill	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	91	1.09% decrease
	Van Meter	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,208	39.49% increase
	Waukee	W	7 mi [11.27 km]	12,367	141.26% increase

Polk County

Windsor Heights is located in Polk County.

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

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Windsor Heights
	Adair County	W	Stuart	32 miles [51 km]
	Boone County	N	Sheldahl	17 miles [27 km]
	Clarke County	S	Liberty	31 miles [49 km]
	Dallas County	W	Clive	4 miles [6 km]
	Greene County	NW	Rippey	33 miles [53 km]
	Guthrie County	W	Dale	32 miles [51 km]
	Jasper County	E	Mitchellville	18 miles [28 km]
	Lucas County	S	Norwood	35 miles [56 km]
	Madison County	SW	McBride	16 miles [25 km]
	Marion County	SE	Swan	22 miles [35 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Iowa<3>

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