Eldridge, Iowa

Eldridge population, 2020 to 2024

Eldridge added 236 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +104. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Eldridge is 73% of it.

Eldridge covers 9.76 square miles of land, for 714 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Eldridge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Eldridge is in

All of Eldridge's residents live in Scott County, which had 175,601 residents in 2024. Eldridge 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 Eldridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eldridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52748. 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 Eldridge is

The Census internal point of Eldridge is at 41.639000, -90.580900. Des Moines, the capital, is 156.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Davenport, IA (100,938 people), 5.8 miles away.

Daylight in Eldridge

At 41.64° N, Eldridge gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eldridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Davenport, 5.8 miles away, with 100,938 people.