Charles City, Iowa

Charles City population, 2020 to 2024

Charles City lost 300 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -123. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Charles City is 74% of it.

Charles City covers 6.12 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,157 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Charles City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Charles City is in

All of Charles City's residents live in Floyd County, which had 15,008 residents in 2024. Charles City holds 47.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Charles City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Charles City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50616. 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 Charles City is

The Census internal point of Charles City is at 43.064800, -92.674500. Des Moines, the capital, is 112.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waverly, IA (10,576 people), 25.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 66.4 miles away.

Daylight in Charles City

At 43.06° N, Charles City gets about 15 h 22 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 Charles City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Nashua, 10.3 miles away, with 1,515 people.