Iowa · Census place 1954480
Mount Ayr, Iowa
Mount Ayr is a city in Ringgold County, Iowa with an estimated 1,616 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 197th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,616
- #197 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -6 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 599 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Mount Ayr population, 2020 to 2024
Mount Ayr lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -13.
Mount Ayr covers 2.70 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 599 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Mount Ayr is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mount Ayr is in
All of Mount Ayr's residents live in Ringgold County, which had 4,608 residents in 2024. Mount Ayr holds 35.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mount Ayr
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Ayr by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50854. 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 Mount Ayr is
The Census internal point of Mount Ayr is at 40.714100, -94.237200. Des Moines, the capital, is 69.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lamoni, IA (2,072 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 67.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.714100, -94.237200
- DMS
- 40°42'50.76"N 94°14'13.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 395500.1E 4507756.2N
- Geohash
- 9zhzxef8f
- Plus code
- 86G7PQ77+J4
Daylight in Mount Ayr
At 40.71° N, Mount Ayr gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mount Ayr
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Lamoni, 17.3 miles away, with 2,072 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mount Ayr, IA?
1,616 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.4%) from 1,622 in July 2020.
What county is Mount Ayr in?
Ringgold County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mount Ayr?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50854.
How far is Mount Ayr from Des Moines?
69.0 miles (111.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Mount Ayr.
What is the nearest larger city to Mount Ayr?
Lamoni, IA, with 2,072 residents, 17.3 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.
- 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.