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Cascade, Iowa

Cascade is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 2,396 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 145th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,396
#145 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+5 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,248 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Cascade. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Cascade population, 2020 to 2024

Cascade added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

2,39120202,39520212,38820222,38920232,3962024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,389. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cascade covers 1.92 square miles of land, for 1,248 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Cascade is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Cascade spans

Cascade crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,396 residents as follows; Dubuque County holds 83.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Dubuque County1,998
  2. 02Jones County398
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Cascade

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cascade by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52033. 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 Cascade is

The Census internal point of Cascade is at 42.301800, -91.004700. Des Moines, the capital, is 142.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monticello, IA (4,095 people), 10.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 41.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.301800, -91.004700
DMS
42°18'6.48"N 91°00'16.92"W
UTM
15N 664466.1E 4685213.4N
Geohash
9zx29hu3u
Plus code
86JC8X2W+P4

Daylight in Cascade

At 42.30° N, Cascade gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cascade

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Farley, 9.8 miles away, with 1,723 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cascade, IA?

2,396 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.2%) from 2,391 in July 2020.

What county is Cascade in?

It spans 2 counties: Dubuque County (1,998 residents), Jones County (398 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Cascade?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52033.

How far is Cascade from Des Moines?

142.3 miles (229.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Cascade.

What is the nearest larger city to Cascade?

Monticello, IA, with 4,095 residents, 10.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.