Iowa · Census place 1933465

Guttenberg, Iowa

Guttenberg is a city in Clayton County, Iowa with an estimated 1,804 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 179th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,804
#179 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-8 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
824 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Guttenberg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Guttenberg population, 2020 to 2024

Guttenberg lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,814. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Guttenberg covers 2.19 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 824 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Guttenberg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Guttenberg is in

All of Guttenberg's residents live in Clayton County, which had 16,931 residents in 2024. Guttenberg holds 10.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Guttenberg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Guttenberg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52052. 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 Guttenberg is

The Census internal point of Guttenberg is at 42.788600, -91.108800. Des Moines, the capital, is 152.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Prairie du Chien, WI (5,472 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 63.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.788600, -91.108800
DMS
42°47'18.96"N 91°06'31.68"W
UTM
15N 654678.2E 4739074.0N
Geohash
9zx5qv2te
Plus code
86JCQVQR+CF

Daylight in Guttenberg

At 42.79° N, Guttenberg gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Guttenberg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Elkader, 15.6 miles away, with 1,192 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Guttenberg, IA?

1,804 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.4%) from 1,812 in July 2020.

What county is Guttenberg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Guttenberg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52052.

How far is Guttenberg from Des Moines?

152.2 miles (244.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Guttenberg.

What is the nearest larger city to Guttenberg?

Prairie du Chien, WI, with 5,472 residents, 17.5 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)

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