Iowa · Census place 1923160

Dysart, Iowa

Dysart is a city in Tama County, Iowa with an estimated 1,266 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 229th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,266
#229 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-11 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
1,013 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Dysart. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Dysart population, 2020 to 2024

Dysart lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,281. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dysart covers 1.25 square miles of land, for 1,013 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Dysart is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dysart is in

All of Dysart's residents live in Tama County, which had 16,738 residents in 2024. Dysart holds 7.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dysart

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dysart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52224. 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 Dysart is

The Census internal point of Dysart is at 42.172100, -92.309100. Des Moines, the capital, is 77.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Traer, IA (1,547 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 35.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.172100, -92.309100
DMS
42°10'19.56"N 92°18'32.76"W
UTM
15N 557064.4E 4669115.6N
Geohash
9zqrgmnw6
Plus code
86J95MCR+R9

Daylight in Dysart

At 42.17° N, Dysart gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dysart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Traer, 8.0 miles away, with 1,547 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dysart, IA?

1,266 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.9%) from 1,277 in July 2020.

What county is Dysart in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Dysart?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52224.

How far is Dysart from Des Moines?

77.8 miles (125.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Dysart.

What is the nearest larger city to Dysart?

Traer, IA, with 1,547 residents, 8.0 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.