Yorktown is a city in Page County, Iowa, United States.

The city sits in the rolling hills of southwestern Iowa, about 10 miles (16 km) from the Missouri border.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the town was 88.33% White, 8.33% mixed race, and 3.33% Hispanic.

86.5% of the Yorktown population have received a high school degree, which is 6 percentage points lower than the rest of the state.

Yorktown has a lower-than-average percentage of the population having received college degrees, with only 10.8% of the town's population have received college degrees compared to the state average of 30.5%.

18.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 17.6% of families and 23.2% of the population living below the poverty line, including 36.4% of under eighteens and 22.7% of those over 64.