Iowa · Census place 1978915
Tripoli, Iowa
Tripoli is a city in Bremer County, Iowa with an estimated 1,208 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 240th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,208
- #240 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +15 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 869 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Tripoli population, 2020 to 2024
Tripoli added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Tripoli covers 1.39 square miles of land, for 869 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Tripoli is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tripoli is in
All of Tripoli's residents live in Bremer County, which had 25,328 residents in 2024. Tripoli holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tripoli
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tripoli by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50676. 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 Tripoli is
The Census internal point of Tripoli is at 42.808400, -92.257800. Des Moines, the capital, is 108.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sumner, IA (2,032 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 65.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.808400, -92.257800
- DMS
- 42°48'30.24"N 92°15'28.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 560683.3E 4739805.4N
- Geohash
- 9zw7s95cj
- Plus code
- 86J9RP5R+9V
Daylight in Tripoli
At 42.81° N, Tripoli gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tripoli
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Sumner, 8.6 miles away, with 2,032 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tripoli, IA?
1,208 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (1.3%) from 1,193 in July 2020.
What county is Tripoli in?
Bremer County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tripoli?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 50676.
How far is Tripoli from Des Moines?
108.7 miles (175.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Tripoli.
What is the nearest larger city to Tripoli?
Sumner, IA, with 2,032 residents, 8.6 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.