Iowa · Census place 1953355

Monroe, Iowa

Monroe is a city in Jasper County, Iowa with an estimated 2,021 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 164th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,021; #164 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +2.7%; +53 people
Land area: 1.7 sq mi
Density: 1,189 / sq mi; State median 1,363

Orange pin: Monroe. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Monroe population, 2020 to 2024

Monroe added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,965. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monroe covers 1.70 square miles of land, for 1,189 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Monroe is less dense than the typical town.

What county Monroe is in

All of Monroe's residents live in Jasper County, which had 38,107 residents in 2024. Monroe holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monroe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monroe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50170. 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 Monroe is

The Census internal point of Monroe is at 41.518900, -93.103700. Des Moines, the capital, is 26.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pella, IA (10,965 people), 12.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 26.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.518900, -93.103700
DMS: 41°31'8.04"N 93°06'13.32"W
UTM: 15N 491347.4E 4596367.7N
Geohash: 9zmu1q7cn
Plus code: 86H8GV9W+HG

Daylight in Monroe

At 41.52° N, Monroe gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monroe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Prairie City, 8.8 miles away, with 1,722 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monroe, IA?

2,021 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 53 (2.7%) from 1,968 in July 2020.

What county is Monroe in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monroe?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50170.

How far is Monroe from Des Moines?

26.3 miles (42.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Monroe.

What is the nearest larger city to Monroe?

Pella, IA, with 10,965 residents, 12.5 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.

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