Iowa · Census place 1911215
Carter Lake, Iowa
Carter Lake is a city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa with an estimated 3,752 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 106th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,752
- #106 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -38 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- + 0.22 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,096 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Carter Lake population, 2020 to 2024
Carter Lake lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -5.
Carter Lake covers 1.79 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 2,096 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Carter Lake is denser than the typical town.
What county Carter Lake is in
All of Carter Lake's residents live in Pottawattamie County, which had 93,529 residents in 2024. Carter Lake holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Carter Lake
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carter Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51510. 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 Carter Lake is
The Census internal point of Carter Lake is at 41.288500, -95.916900. Des Moines, the capital, is 121.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Council Bluffs, IA (62,665 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 7.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.288500, -95.916900
- DMS
- 41°17'18.60"N 95°55'0.84"W
- UTM
- 15N 255743.2E 4574888.6N
- Geohash
- 9z7fck76y
- Plus code
- 86H673QM+C6
Daylight in Carter Lake
At 41.29° N, Carter Lake gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Carter Lake
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Council Bluffs, 4.9 miles away, with 62,665 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Carter Lake, IA?
3,752 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (1.0%) from 3,790 in July 2020.
What county is Carter Lake in?
Pottawattamie County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Carter Lake?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51510.
How far is Carter Lake from Des Moines?
121.6 miles (195.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Carter Lake.
What is the nearest larger city to Carter Lake?
Council Bluffs, IA, with 62,665 residents, 4.9 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.