Albia, Iowa

Albia population, 2020 to 2024

Albia lost 150 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -79.

Albia covers 3.25 square miles of land, for 1,101 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Albia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Albia is in

All of Albia's residents live in Monroe County, which had 7,373 residents in 2024. Albia holds 48.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Albia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Albia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52531. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Albia is

The Census internal point of Albia is at 41.026500, -92.803800. Des Moines, the capital, is 57.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ottumwa, IA (25,648 people), 19.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 56.4 miles away.

Daylight in Albia

At 41.03° N, Albia gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Ottumwa, 19.8 miles away, with 25,648 people.