Westphalia is a city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States.

[3] Westphalia was founded in 1872 as a colony of German Catholic farmers and small merchants.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2), all of it land.

[6] As of the census of 2020,[8] there were 126 people, 59 households, and 44 families residing in the city.

There were 59 housing units at an average density of 617.9 per square mile (238.6/km2).

There were 62 housing units at an average density of 620.0 per square mile (239.4/km2).

There were 64 housing units at an average density of 704.6 per square mile (272.0/km2).

About 7.9% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 16.7% of those sixty five or over.

The district serves the towns of Harlan, Defiance, Earling, Panama, Portsmouth and Westphalia, the unincorporated communities of Jacksonville and Corley, and the surrounding rural areas.