Iowa · Census place 1953310

Monona, Iowa

Monona is a city in Clayton County, Iowa with an estimated 1,462 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 214th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,462
#214 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-12 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,075 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Monona. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Monona population, 2020 to 2024

Monona lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,476. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monona covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 1,075 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Monona is less dense than the typical town.

What county Monona is in

All of Monona's residents live in Clayton County, which had 16,931 residents in 2024. Monona holds 8.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monona

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52159. 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 Monona is

The Census internal point of Monona is at 43.049800, -91.391100. Des Moines, the capital, is 151.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Postville, IA (2,418 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 76.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.049800, -91.391100
DMS
43°02'59.28"N 91°23'27.96"W
UTM
15N 631034.0E 4767601.1N
Geohash
9zxhbkgp3
Plus code
86MC2JX5+WH

Daylight in Monona

At 43.05° N, Monona gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monona

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Postville, 9.2 miles away, with 2,418 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monona, IA?

1,462 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.8%) from 1,474 in July 2020.

What county is Monona in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monona?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52159.

How far is Monona from Des Moines?

151.4 miles (243.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Monona.

What is the nearest larger city to Monona?

Postville, IA, with 2,418 residents, 9.3 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.