Webster City, Iowa

Webster City population, 2020 to 2024

Webster City lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Webster City is 82% of it.

Webster City covers 9.20 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 844 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Webster City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Webster City is in

All of Webster City's residents live in Hamilton County, which had 14,856 residents in 2024. Webster City holds 52.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Webster City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Webster City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50595. 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 Webster City is

The Census internal point of Webster City is at 42.462400, -93.818200. Des Moines, the capital, is 61.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Dodge, IA (24,886 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 62.4 miles away.

Daylight in Webster City

At 42.46° N, Webster 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 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Webster City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Jewell Junction, 13.9 miles away, with 1,234 people.