Iowa · Census place 1978735
Traer, Iowa
Traer is a city in Tama County, Iowa with an estimated 1,547 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 203rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,547
- #203 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -29 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,199 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Traer population, 2020 to 2024
Traer lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Traer covers 1.29 square miles of land, for 1,199 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Traer is less dense than the typical town.
What county Traer is in
All of Traer's residents live in Tama County, which had 16,738 residents in 2024. Traer holds 9.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Traer
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Traer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50675. 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 Traer is
The Census internal point of Traer is at 42.189600, -92.464000. Des Moines, the capital, is 71.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reinbeck, IA (1,673 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 43.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.189600, -92.464000
- DMS
- 42°11'22.56"N 92°27'50.40"W
- UTM
- 15N 544258.3E 4670966.7N
- Geohash
- 9zw0pbmu0
- Plus code
- 86J95GQP+RC
Daylight in Traer
At 42.19° N, Traer gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Traer
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Dysart, 8.0 miles away, with 1,266 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Traer, IA?
1,547 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (1.8%) from 1,576 in July 2020.
What county is Traer in?
Tama County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Traer?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50675.
How far is Traer from Des Moines?
71.8 miles (115.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Traer.
What is the nearest larger city to Traer?
Reinbeck, IA, with 1,673 residents, 11.4 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.