Badger, Iowa

About Badger

Badger is a tiny community in northern Iowa with an estimated population of 540.

Badger holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.12 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 482 residents per square mile.

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What Makes Badger Unique

• Positioned in northern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Iowa — one of 1,026 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Badger

• Deer Creek Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• John F. Kennedy Memorial County Park reviews ★

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