Iowa · Census place 1975990

Stuart, Iowa

Stuart is a city in 2 counties of Iowa with an estimated 1,887 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,887
#175 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+5.1%
+91 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
669 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Stuart. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Stuart population, 2020 to 2024

Stuart added 91 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +26.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,786. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stuart covers 2.82 square miles of land, for 669 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Stuart is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Stuart spans

Stuart crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,887 residents as follows; Guthrie County holds 60.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Guthrie County1,137
  2. 02Adair County750
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Stuart

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stuart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50250. 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 Stuart is

The Census internal point of Stuart is at 41.500500, -94.318100. Des Moines, the capital, is 37.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenfield, IA (1,988 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 37.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.500500, -94.318100
DMS
41°30'1.80"N 94°19'5.16"W
UTM
15N 389987.4E 4595158.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86H7GM2J+6Q

Daylight in Stuart

At 41.50° N, Stuart gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stuart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Earlham, 10.1 miles away, with 1,411 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stuart, IA?

1,887 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 91 (5.1%) from 1,796 in July 2020.

What county is Stuart in?

It spans 2 counties: Guthrie County (1,137 residents), Adair County (750 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Stuart?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50250.

How far is Stuart from Des Moines?

37.5 miles (60.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Stuart.

What is the nearest larger city to Stuart?

Greenfield, IA, with 1,988 residents, 15.3 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.

  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.