Ventura, Iowa

About Ventura

Ventura is a tiny community in northern Iowa counting 701 people who proudly call it home.

Ventura holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.78 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 394 residents per square mile.

📰 Ventura News Today

• Iowa DNR identifies victim of deadly boating accident on Clear Lake KIMT · Jul 31
• Ventura man rescued from house fire KTTC | Rochester, MN · Mar 17
• Iowa City Man who ran over people in homeless encampment sentenced to nearly two decades in prison KCRG · Jul 7
• Douglas G. Phinney Obituary Oct 30, 2025 Cataldo Funeral Home · Oct 30
• Man saved from burning home in northern Iowa over weekend who13.com · Mar 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Ventura Unique

• Positioned in northern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Iowa — one of 1,026 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 9 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ventura

• Armour Pugh Memorial Park reviews ★
• Bluewing Marsh · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Clear Lake Access reviews ★
• Clear Lake Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Clear Lake Woods · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hoffman Prairie · Nature reserve reviews ★
• McIntosh Wildlife Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• McIntosh Woods State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• PM Odd Fellows Park reviews ★
• Ventura City Park reviews ★
• Ventura Marsh Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Ventura Marsh/Clear Lake · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Ventura

🏘️ Nearby Communities