Iowa · Census place 1950790
Mediapolis, Iowa
Mediapolis is a city in Des Moines County, Iowa with an estimated 1,679 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 191st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,679
- #191 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -8 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,399 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Mediapolis population, 2020 to 2024
Mediapolis lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
Mediapolis covers 1.20 square miles of land, for 1,399 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Mediapolis is close to the typical town.
What county Mediapolis is in
All of Mediapolis's residents live in Des Moines County, which had 38,411 residents in 2024. Mediapolis holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mediapolis
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mediapolis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52637. 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 Mediapolis is
The Census internal point of Mediapolis is at 41.007900, -91.163700. Des Moines, the capital, is 132.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wapello, IA (2,026 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 47.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.007900, -91.163700
- DMS
- 41°00'28.44"N 91°09'49.32"W
- UTM
- 15N 654420.9E 4541258.0N
- Geohash
- 9zr1m9287
- Plus code
- 86HC2R5P+5G
Daylight in Mediapolis
At 41.01° N, Mediapolis gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mediapolis
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Wapello, 11.8 miles away, with 2,026 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mediapolis, IA?
1,679 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.5%) from 1,687 in July 2020.
What county is Mediapolis in?
Des Moines County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mediapolis?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52637.
How far is Mediapolis from Des Moines?
132.9 miles (213.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Mediapolis.
What is the nearest larger city to Mediapolis?
Wapello, IA, with 2,026 residents, 11.7 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.