Iowa · Census place 1952860

Missouri Valley, Iowa

Missouri Valley is a city in Harrison County, Iowa with an estimated 2,638 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,638
#135 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-37 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
795 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Missouri Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Missouri Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Missouri Valley lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

2,67520202,68920212,66920222,65020232,6382024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,681. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Missouri Valley covers 3.32 square miles of land, for 795 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Missouri Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Missouri Valley is in

All of Missouri Valley's residents live in Harrison County, which had 14,626 residents in 2024. Missouri Valley holds 18.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Missouri Valley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Missouri Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51555. 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 Missouri Valley is

The Census internal point of Missouri Valley is at 41.559300, -95.902600. Des Moines, the capital, is 118.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blair, NE (7,999 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 21.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.559300, -95.902600
DMS
41°33'33.48"N 95°54'9.36"W
UTM
15N 257949.5E 4604916.9N
Geohash
9z7u3ttu7
Plus code
86H6H35W+PX

Daylight in Missouri Valley

At 41.56° N, Missouri Valley gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Missouri Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Logan, 8.3 miles away, with 1,351 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Missouri Valley, IA?

2,638 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (1.4%) from 2,675 in July 2020.

What county is Missouri Valley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Missouri Valley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51555.

How far is Missouri Valley from Des Moines?

118.8 miles (191.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Missouri Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Missouri Valley?

Blair, NE, with 7,999 residents, 12.1 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.

  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)

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