Iowa · Census place 1937920

Huxley, Iowa

Huxley is a city in Story County, Iowa with an estimated 4,737 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,737; #92 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +10.0%; +429 people
Land area: 3.4 sq mi
Density: 1,389 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Huxley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Huxley population, 2020 to 2024

Huxley added 429 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.0%. In the latest year it moved by +78.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,245. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Huxley covers 3.41 square miles of land, for 1,389 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Huxley is close to the typical town.

What county Huxley is in

All of Huxley's residents live in Story County, which had 102,498 residents in 2024. Huxley holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Huxley

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Huxley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50046, 50124. 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 Huxley is

The Census internal point of Huxley is at 41.896000, -93.592500. Des Moines, the capital, is 21.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ames, IA (69,026 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 22.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.896000, -93.592500
DMS: 41°53'45.60"N 93°35'33.00"W
UTM: 15N 450850.6E 4638399.0N
Geohash: 9zmqq6bjb
Plus code: 86H8VCW5+C2

Daylight in Huxley

At 41.90° N, Huxley gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Huxley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Slater, 5.2 miles away, with 1,626 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Huxley, IA?

4,737 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 429 (10.0%) from 4,308 in July 2020.

What county is Huxley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Huxley?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 50046, 50124.

How far is Huxley from Des Moines?

21.1 miles (33.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Huxley.

What is the nearest larger city to Huxley?

Ames, IA, with 69,026 residents, 9.1 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.