Patterson is a city in Madison County, Iowa, United States.

It derives its name from Alexander Pattison, the original owner of the town site, but the name was misspelled on the plat and stuck.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.

There were 82 housing units at an average density of 181.8 per square mile (70.2/km2).

As of the census[9] of 2010, there were 130 people in 57 households, including 37 families, in the city.

There were 66 housing units at an average density of 330.0 per square mile (127.4/km2).

The racial makup of the city was 99.2% White and 0.8% Pacific Islander.

There were 67 housing units at an average density of 337.7 per square mile (130.4/km2).

There were no families and 1.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.