Iowa · Census place 1915825

Conrad, Iowa

Conrad is a city in Grundy County, Iowa with an estimated 1,098 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 259th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,098
#259 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+4 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
893 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Conrad. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Conrad population, 2020 to 2024

Conrad added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

1,09420201,09420211,09520221,09720231,0982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,094. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Conrad covers 1.23 square miles of land, for 893 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Conrad is less dense than the typical town.

What county Conrad is in

All of Conrad's residents live in Grundy County, which had 12,405 residents in 2024. Conrad holds 8.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Conrad

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Conrad by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50621. 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 Conrad is

The Census internal point of Conrad is at 42.223400, -92.874100. Des Moines, the capital, is 57.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grundy Center, IA (2,821 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 58.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.223400, -92.874100
DMS
42°13'24.24"N 92°52'26.76"W
UTM
15N 510390.2E 4674588.2N
Geohash
9ztbnwe1h
Plus code
86J964FG+99

Daylight in Conrad

At 42.22° N, Conrad gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Conrad

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Grundy Center, 11.0 miles away, with 2,821 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Conrad, IA?

1,098 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.4%) from 1,094 in July 2020.

What county is Conrad in?

Grundy County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Conrad?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50621.

How far is Conrad from Des Moines?

57.6 miles (92.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Conrad.

What is the nearest larger city to Conrad?

Grundy Center, IA, with 2,821 residents, 10.9 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.

  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.