Kansas · Census place 2062275

St. John, Kansas

St. John is a city in Stafford County, Kansas with an estimated 1,173 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 171st largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,173
#171 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-51 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
605 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: St. John. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

St. John population, 2020 to 2024

St. John lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

1,22420201,20520211,19620221,18320231,1732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,229. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. John covers 1.94 square miles of land, for 605 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so St. John is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. John is in

All of St. John's residents live in Stafford County, which had 3,901 residents in 2024. St. John holds 30.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. John

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. John by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67576. 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 St. John is

The Census internal point of St. John is at 38.000000, -98.761100. Topeka, the capital, is 181.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pratt, KS (6,587 people), 20.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 80.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.000000, -98.761100
DMS
38°00'0.00"N 98°45'39.96"W
UTM
14N 520974.8E 4205841.9N
Geohash
9ycb0tsq5
Plus code
86C3262Q+2H

Daylight in St. John

At 38.00° N, St. John gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. John

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Pratt, 20.8 miles away, with 6,587 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. John, KS?

1,173 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 51 (4.2%) from 1,224 in July 2020.

What county is St. John in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. John?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67576.

How far is St. John from Topeka?

181.7 miles (292.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from St. John.

What is the nearest larger city to St. John?

Pratt, KS, with 6,587 residents, 20.8 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.