Iowa · Census place 1907075
Blue Grass, Iowa
Blue Grass is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 1,707 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 185th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,707
- #185 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +41 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Density
- 540 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Blue Grass population, 2020 to 2024
Blue Grass added 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +16.
Blue Grass covers 3.16 square miles of land, for 540 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Blue Grass is less dense than the typical town.
The 2 counties Blue Grass spans
Blue Grass crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,707 residents as follows; Scott County holds 94.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Scott County1,609
- 02Muscatine County98
ZIP codes in Blue Grass
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blue Grass by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52726. 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 Blue Grass is
The Census internal point of Blue Grass is at 41.510200, -90.766900. Des Moines, the capital, is 146.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Davenport, IA (100,938 people), 9.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.510200, -90.766900
- DMS
- 41°30'36.72"N 90°46'0.84"W
- UTM
- 15N 686357.3E 4597804.1N
- Geohash
- 9zrkns9w3
- Plus code
- 86HFG66M+36
Daylight in Blue Grass
At 41.51° N, Blue Grass gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Blue Grass
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Buffalo, 3.4 miles away, with 1,163 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Blue Grass, IA?
1,707 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 41 (2.5%) from 1,666 in July 2020.
What county is Blue Grass in?
It spans 2 counties: Scott County (1,609 residents), Muscatine County (98 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Blue Grass?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52726.
How far is Blue Grass from Des Moines?
146.8 miles (236.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Blue Grass.
What is the nearest larger city to Blue Grass?
Davenport, IA, with 100,938 residents, 9.0 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.