Iowa · Census place 1905590
Belle Plaine, Iowa
Belle Plaine is a city in Benton County, Iowa with an estimated 2,335 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,335
- #148 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +0.3%
- +8 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 734 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Belle Plaine population, 2020 to 2024
Belle Plaine added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Belle Plaine covers 3.18 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 734 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Belle Plaine is less dense than the typical town.
What county Belle Plaine is in
All of Belle Plaine's residents live in Benton County, which had 25,799 residents in 2024. Belle Plaine holds 9.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Belle Plaine
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belle Plaine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52208. 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 Belle Plaine is
The Census internal point of Belle Plaine is at 41.895600, -92.275700. Des Moines, the capital, is 71.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marengo, IA (2,415 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 31.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.895600, -92.275700
- DMS
- 41°53'44.16"N 92°16'32.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 560082.9E 4638438.5N
- Geohash
- 9zqqk4ygs
- Plus code
- 86H9VPWF+6P
Daylight in Belle Plaine
At 41.90° N, Belle Plaine gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Belle Plaine
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Marengo, 12.7 miles away, with 2,415 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Belle Plaine, IA?
2,335 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.3%) from 2,327 in July 2020.
What county is Belle Plaine in?
Benton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Belle Plaine?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52208.
How far is Belle Plaine from Des Moines?
71.6 miles (115.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Belle Plaine.
What is the nearest larger city to Belle Plaine?
Marengo, IA, with 2,415 residents, 12.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.