Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City population, 2020 to 2024

Iowa City added 1,796 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +599. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Iowa City is 8.1 times that size.

Iowa City covers 25.76 square miles of land and 0.54 of water, for 2,978 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Iowa City is denser than the typical town.

What county Iowa City is in

All of Iowa City's residents live in Johnson County, which had 160,080 residents in 2024. Iowa City holds 47.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Iowa City

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Iowa City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52240, 52242, 52245, 52246. 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 Iowa City is

The Census internal point of Iowa City is at 41.655700, -91.530900. Des Moines, the capital, is 107.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cedar Rapids, IA (137,904 people), 22.6 miles away.

Daylight in Iowa City

At 41.66° N, Iowa City 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 Iowa City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is University Heights, 1.4 miles away, with 1,188 people.