City profile · Small Town
Polk City, Iowa
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Polk City, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Steve Karsjen
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 2,344
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcepolkcityia.gov/167/Mayor-City-Council ↗
- Official leadership pagepolkcityia.gov/167/Mayor-City-Council ↗
- City websitepolkcityia.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Steve Karsjen CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 2,344
- Median household income
- $152,536
- Median age
- 36.3
- Land area
- 5.56 sq mi
- Population density
- 421.6 per sq mi
- County
- Wapello County
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