Iowa · Census place 1903160

Asbury, Iowa

Asbury is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa with an estimated 6,051 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,051
#68 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+97 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
1,903 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Asbury. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Asbury population, 2020 to 2024

Asbury added 97 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +44. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Asbury is 64% of it.

5,95420205,97420215,97120226,00720236,0512024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,941. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Asbury covers 3.18 square miles of land, for 1,903 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Asbury is denser than the typical town.

What county Asbury is in

All of Asbury's residents live in Dubuque County, which had 99,242 residents in 2024. Asbury holds 6.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Asbury

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Asbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52002. 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 Asbury is

The Census internal point of Asbury is at 42.512000, -90.779900. Des Moines, the capital, is 158.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dubuque, IA (58,987 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 59.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.512000, -90.779900
DMS
42°30'43.20"N 90°46'47.64"W
UTM
15N 682386.2E 4709014.0N
Geohash
9zx3y7047
Plus code
86JFG66C+R2

Daylight in Asbury

At 42.51° N, Asbury gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Asbury

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Dubuque, 3.8 miles away, with 58,987 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Asbury, IA?

6,051 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 97 (1.6%) from 5,954 in July 2020.

What county is Asbury in?

Dubuque County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Asbury?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52002.

How far is Asbury from Des Moines?

158.2 miles (254.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Asbury.

What is the nearest larger city to Asbury?

Dubuque, IA, with 58,987 residents, 3.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.