Iowa · Census place 1964470

Prairie City, Iowa

Prairie City is a city in Jasper County, Iowa with an estimated 1,722 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,722
#184 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+24 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,389 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Prairie City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Prairie City population, 2020 to 2024

Prairie City added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,697. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Prairie City covers 1.24 square miles of land, for 1,389 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Prairie City is close to the typical town.

What county Prairie City is in

All of Prairie City's residents live in Jasper County, which had 38,107 residents in 2024. Prairie City holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Prairie City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prairie City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50228. 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 Prairie City is

The Census internal point of Prairie City is at 41.595400, -93.239300. Des Moines, the capital, is 18.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Colfax, IA (2,305 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 19.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.595400, -93.239300
DMS
41°35'43.44"N 93°14'21.48"W
UTM
15N 480056.7E 4604883.2N
Geohash
9zmswk1ny
Plus code
86H8HQW6+57

Daylight in Prairie City

At 41.60° N, Prairie City gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Prairie City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Colfax, 5.8 miles away, with 2,305 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Prairie City, IA?

1,722 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (1.4%) from 1,698 in July 2020.

What county is Prairie City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Prairie City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50228.

How far is Prairie City from Des Moines?

18.8 miles (30.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Prairie City.

What is the nearest larger city to Prairie City?

Colfax, IA, with 2,305 residents, 5.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.