Iowa · Census place 1953625
Monticello, Iowa
Monticello is a city in Jones County, Iowa with an estimated 4,095 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 102nd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,095
- #102 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +1.2%
- +47 people
- Land area
- 5.6 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 727 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Monticello population, 2020 to 2024
Monticello added 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +28.
Monticello covers 5.63 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 727 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Monticello is less dense than the typical town.
What county Monticello is in
All of Monticello's residents live in Jones County, which had 21,116 residents in 2024. Monticello holds 19.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Monticello
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monticello by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52310. 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 Monticello is
The Census internal point of Monticello is at 42.230400, -91.185900. Des Moines, the capital, is 131.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anamosa, IA (5,845 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 31.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.230400, -91.185900
- DMS
- 42°13'49.44"N 91°11'9.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 649698.7E 4676950.9N
- Geohash
- 9zx0jpb3y
- Plus code
- 86JC6RJ7+5J
Daylight in Monticello
At 42.23° N, Monticello gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Monticello
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Anamosa, 9.6 miles away, with 5,845 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Monticello, IA?
4,095 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 47 (1.2%) from 4,048 in July 2020.
What county is Monticello in?
Jones County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Monticello?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52310.
How far is Monticello from Des Moines?
131.9 miles (212.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Monticello.
What is the nearest larger city to Monticello?
Anamosa, IA, with 5,845 residents, 9.6 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.