Texas · Census place 4836092

Iowa Colony, Texas

Iowa Colony is a village in Brazoria County, Texas with an estimated 17,240 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 174th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,240
#174 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+101.1%
+8,666 people
Land area
11.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,557 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Iowa Colony. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Iowa Colony population, 2020 to 2024

Iowa Colony added 8,666 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +101.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2,390. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Iowa Colony is 1.1 times that size.

8,574202010.8k202113.0k202214.9k202317.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,137. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Iowa Colony covers 11.07 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,557 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Iowa Colony is close to the typical town.

What county Iowa Colony is in

All of Iowa Colony's residents live in Brazoria County, which had 413,224 residents in 2024. Iowa Colony holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Iowa Colony

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Iowa Colony by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 77583. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Iowa Colony is

The Census internal point of Iowa Colony is at 29.441100, -95.423800. Austin, the capital, is 150.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manvel, TX (19,309 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pearland, TX, 9.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.441100, -95.423800
DMS
29°26'27.96"N 95°25'25.68"W
UTM
15N 264894.8E 3259302.6N
Geohash
9vhpkxddb
Plus code
76X6CHRG+CF

Daylight in Iowa Colony

At 29.44° N, Iowa Colony gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Iowa Colony

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Manvel, 4.8 miles away, with 19,309 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Iowa Colony, TX?

17,240 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,666 (101.1%) from 8,574 in July 2020.

What county is Iowa Colony in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Iowa Colony?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77583.

How far is Iowa Colony from Austin?

150.2 miles (241.8 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Iowa Colony.

What is the nearest larger city to Iowa Colony?

Manvel, TX, with 19,309 residents, 4.8 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.