Iowa · Census place 1905680
Belmond, Iowa
Belmond is a city in Wright County, Iowa with an estimated 2,405 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,405
- #144 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -56 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 850 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Belmond population, 2020 to 2024
Belmond lost 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Belmond covers 2.83 square miles of land, for 850 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Belmond is less dense than the typical town.
What county Belmond is in
All of Belmond's residents live in Wright County, which had 12,729 residents in 2024. Belmond holds 18.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Belmond
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belmond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50421. 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 Belmond is
The Census internal point of Belmond is at 42.846400, -93.608400. Des Moines, the capital, is 86.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarion, IA (2,751 people), 10.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 88.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.846400, -93.608400
- DMS
- 42°50'47.04"N 93°36'30.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 450286.9E 4743937.5N
- Geohash
- 9zt7tzuqq
- Plus code
- 86J8R9WR+HJ
Daylight in Belmond
At 42.85° N, Belmond gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Belmond
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarion, 10.0 miles away, with 2,751 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Belmond, IA?
2,405 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 56 (2.3%) from 2,461 in July 2020.
What county is Belmond in?
Wright County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Belmond?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50421.
How far is Belmond from Des Moines?
86.7 miles (139.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Belmond.
What is the nearest larger city to Belmond?
Clarion, IA, with 2,751 residents, 10.0 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.