Iowa · Census place 1985845

Williamsburg, Iowa

Williamsburg is a city in Iowa County, Iowa with an estimated 3,380 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,380
#114 of 273 in Iowa
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+28 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
1,003 / sq mi
State median 1,363
Orange pin: Williamsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Des Moines.

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Williamsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Williamsburg added 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,348. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Williamsburg covers 3.37 square miles of land, for 1,003 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Williamsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Williamsburg is in

All of Williamsburg's residents live in Iowa County, which had 16,423 residents in 2024. Williamsburg holds 20.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williamsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52361. 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 Williamsburg is

The Census internal point of Williamsburg is at 41.668900, -92.013200. Des Moines, the capital, is 82.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tiffin, IA (6,695 people), 18.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 26.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.668900, -92.013200
DMS
41°40'8.04"N 92°00'47.52"W
UTM
15N 582147.2E 4613486.0N
Geohash
9zqt41w4c
Plus code
86H9MX9P+HP

Daylight in Williamsburg

At 41.67° N, Williamsburg gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Williamsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Marengo, 9.2 miles away, with 2,415 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Williamsburg, IA?

3,380 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 28 (0.8%) from 3,352 in July 2020.

What county is Williamsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Williamsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52361.

How far is Williamsburg from Des Moines?

82.3 miles (132.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Williamsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Williamsburg?

Tiffin, IA, with 6,695 residents, 18.7 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.