Iowa · Census place 1981705

Walcott, Iowa

Walcott is a city in Scott County, Iowa with an estimated 1,556 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 201st largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,556
#201 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+0 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
500 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Walcott. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

Walcott population, 2020 to 2024

Walcott added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,557. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Walcott covers 3.11 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 500 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Walcott is less dense than the typical town.

What county Walcott is in

All of Walcott's residents live in Scott County, which had 175,601 residents in 2024. Walcott holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Walcott

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walcott by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52773. 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 Walcott is

The Census internal point of Walcott is at 41.587300, -90.780500. Des Moines, the capital, is 145.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blue Grass, IA (1,707 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 9.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.587300, -90.780500
DMS
41°35'14.28"N 90°46'49.80"W
UTM
15N 685002.2E 4606335.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HFH6P9+WQ

Daylight in Walcott

At 41.59° N, Walcott 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 Walcott

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Blue Grass, 5.4 miles away, with 1,707 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Walcott, IA?

1,556 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 1,556 in July 2020.

What county is Walcott in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Walcott?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52773.

How far is Walcott from Des Moines?

145.9 miles (234.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Walcott.

What is the nearest larger city to Walcott?

Blue Grass, IA, with 1,707 residents, 5.3 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.