Iowa · Census place 1969645
Sac City, Iowa
Sac City is a city in Sac County, Iowa with an estimated 1,992 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 168th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,992
- #168 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -3.1%
- -64 people
- Land area
- 4.9 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 407 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Sac City population, 2020 to 2024
Sac City lost 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -22.
Sac City covers 4.90 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 407 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Sac City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sac City is in
All of Sac City's residents live in Sac County, which had 9,533 residents in 2024. Sac City holds 20.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sac City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sac City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50583. 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 Sac City is
The Census internal point of Sac City is at 42.422000, -94.997400. Des Moines, the capital, is 91.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Storm Lake, IA (11,627 people), 18.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 92.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.422000, -94.997400
- DMS
- 42°25'19.20"N 94°59'50.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 335674.5E 4698564.8N
- Geohash
- 9zs3q69n0
- Plus code
- 86J7C2C3+R2
Daylight in Sac City
At 42.42° N, Sac City 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 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sac City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake View, 8.5 miles away, with 1,120 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sac City, IA?
1,992 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 64 (3.1%) from 2,056 in July 2020.
What county is Sac City in?
Sac County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sac City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50583.
How far is Sac City from Des Moines?
91.7 miles (147.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Sac City.
What is the nearest larger city to Sac City?
Storm Lake, IA, with 11,627 residents, 18.3 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.