Iowa · Census place 1962130
Peosta, Iowa
Peosta is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa with an estimated 2,195 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 153rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,195
- #153 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +13.6%
- +262 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 776 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Peosta population, 2020 to 2024
Peosta added 262 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.6%. In the latest year it moved by +66.
Peosta covers 2.83 square miles of land, for 776 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Peosta is less dense than the typical town.
What county Peosta is in
All of Peosta's residents live in Dubuque County, which had 99,242 residents in 2024. Peosta holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Peosta
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Peosta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52068. 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 Peosta is
The Census internal point of Peosta is at 42.447200, -90.841400. Des Moines, the capital, is 153.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Asbury, IA (6,051 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 54.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.447200, -90.841400
- DMS
- 42°26'49.92"N 90°50'29.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 677516.8E 4701687.7N
- Geohash
- 9zx3kz72c
- Plus code
- 86JFC5W5+VC
Daylight in Peosta
At 42.45° N, Peosta 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 Peosta
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Epworth, 4.6 miles away, with 2,042 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Peosta, IA?
2,195 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 262 (13.6%) from 1,933 in July 2020.
What county is Peosta in?
Dubuque County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Peosta?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52068.
How far is Peosta from Des Moines?
153.6 miles (247.3 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Peosta.
What is the nearest larger city to Peosta?
Asbury, IA, with 6,051 residents, 5.5 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.
- 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.