Iowa · Census place 1954930

Moville, Iowa

Moville is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa with an estimated 1,707 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 186th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,707; #186 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +0.8%; +14 people
Land area: 0.9 sq mi
Density: 1,855 / sq mi; State median 1,363

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

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Moville population, 2020 to 2024

Moville added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,689. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Moville covers 0.92 square miles of land, for 1,855 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Moville is denser than the typical town.

What county Moville is in

All of Moville's residents live in Woodbury County, which had 107,257 residents in 2024. Moville holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51039. 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 Moville is

The Census internal point of Moville is at 42.490200, -96.067900. Des Moines, the capital, is 140.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sergeant Bluff, IA (5,335 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 80.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 42.490200, -96.067900
DMS: 42°29'24.72"N 96°04'4.44"W
UTM: 14N 740966.3E 4708371.5N
Geohash: 9ze9tzj7r
Plus code: 86J5FWRJ+3R

Daylight in Moville

At 42.49° N, Moville gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Kingsley, 8.4 miles away, with 1,394 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Moville, IA?

1,707 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (0.8%) from 1,693 in July 2020.

What county is Moville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Moville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 51039.

How far is Moville from Des Moines?

140.9 miles (226.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Moville.

What is the nearest larger city to Moville?

Sergeant Bluff, IA, with 5,335 residents, 15.8 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.