Moscow, Idaho

Moscow population, 2020 to 2024

Moscow added 1,373 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +277. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Moscow is 1.6 times that size.

Moscow covers 6.91 square miles of land, for 3,892 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Moscow is denser than the typical town.

What county Moscow is in

All of Moscow's residents live in Latah County, which had 42,180 residents in 2024. Moscow holds 63.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moscow

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Moscow by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83843, 83844. 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 Moscow is

The Census internal point of Moscow is at 46.730600, -116.998900. Boise, the capital, is 218.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pullman, WA (33,543 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 65.4 miles away.

Daylight in Moscow

At 46.73° N, Moscow gets about 15 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moscow

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Genesee, 12.8 miles away, with 1,103 people.