Iowa · Census place 1908605
Britt, Iowa
Britt is a city in Hancock County, Iowa with an estimated 2,001 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 166th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,001
- #166 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -36 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,493 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Britt population, 2020 to 2024
Britt lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Britt covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,493 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Britt is close to the typical town.
What county Britt is in
All of Britt's residents live in Hancock County, which had 10,616 residents in 2024. Britt holds 18.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Britt
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Britt by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50423. 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 Britt is
The Census internal point of Britt is at 43.098400, -93.803100. Des Moines, the capital, is 104.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Garner, IA (3,049 people), 10.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 91.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.098400, -93.803100
- DMS
- 43°05'54.24"N 93°48'11.16"W
- UTM
- 15N 434645.1E 4772055.0N
- Geohash
- 9ztm1mydm
- Plus code
- 86M835XW+9Q
Daylight in Britt
At 43.10° N, Britt gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Britt
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Garner, 10.1 miles away, with 3,049 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Britt, IA?
2,001 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (1.8%) from 2,037 in July 2020.
What county is Britt in?
Hancock County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Britt?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50423.
How far is Britt from Des Moines?
104.6 miles (168.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Britt.
What is the nearest larger city to Britt?
Garner, IA, with 3,049 residents, 10.1 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.