Iowa · Census place 1963750

Pleasantville, Iowa

Pleasantville is a city in Marion County, Iowa with an estimated 1,696 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 188th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,696; #188 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020: +0.6%; +10 people
Land area: 2.5 sq mi
Density: 692 / sq mi; State median 1,363

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

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Pleasantville population, 2020 to 2024

Pleasantville added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,680. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pleasantville covers 2.45 square miles of land, for 692 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Pleasantville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pleasantville is in

All of Pleasantville's residents live in Marion County, which had 34,048 residents in 2024. Pleasantville holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pleasantville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pleasantville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50225. 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 Pleasantville is

The Census internal point of Pleasantville is at 41.387000, -93.272800. Des Moines, the capital, is 22.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Knoxville, IA (7,440 people), 10.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 21.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.387000, -93.272800
DMS: 41°23'13.20"N 93°16'22.08"W
UTM: 15N 477191.8E 4581755.1N
Geohash: 9zmemw2bd
Plus code: 86H89PPG+RV

Daylight in Pleasantville

At 41.39° N, Pleasantville gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pleasantville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Knoxville, 10.0 miles away, with 7,440 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pleasantville, IA?

1,696 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.6%) from 1,686 in July 2020.

What county is Pleasantville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pleasantville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50225.

How far is Pleasantville from Des Moines?

22.2 miles (35.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Pleasantville.

What is the nearest larger city to Pleasantville?

Knoxville, IA, with 7,440 residents, 10.0 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.