Iowa · Census place 1948990
Manson, Iowa
Manson is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa with an estimated 1,646 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,646
- #194 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -3.2%
- -55 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Density
- 508 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Manson population, 2020 to 2024
Manson lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -14.
Manson covers 3.24 square miles of land, for 508 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Manson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Manson is in
All of Manson's residents live in Calhoun County, which had 9,711 residents in 2024. Manson holds 16.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Manson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Manson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50563. 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 Manson is
The Census internal point of Manson is at 42.528600, -94.540100. Des Moines, the capital, is 80.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rockwell City, IA (2,185 people), 10.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 81.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.528600, -94.540100
- DMS
- 42°31'42.96"N 94°32'24.36"W
- UTM
- 15N 373512.3E 4709618.1N
- Geohash
- 9zscbwn50
- Plus code
- 86J7GFH5+CX
Daylight in Manson
At 42.53° N, Manson gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Manson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Rockwell City, 10.1 miles away, with 2,185 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Manson, IA?
1,646 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 55 (3.2%) from 1,701 in July 2020.
What county is Manson in?
Calhoun County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Manson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50563.
How far is Manson from Des Moines?
80.6 miles (129.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Manson.
What is the nearest larger city to Manson?
Rockwell City, IA, with 2,185 residents, 10.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.