Minnesota · Census place 2749966
Paynesville, Minnesota
Paynesville is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,586 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 232nd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,586
- #232 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- +7.9%
- +190 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,129 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Paynesville population, 2020 to 2024
Paynesville added 190 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.9%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Paynesville covers 2.29 square miles of land, for 1,129 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Paynesville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Paynesville is in
All of Paynesville's residents live in Stearns County, which had 163,997 residents in 2024. Paynesville holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Paynesville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paynesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56362. 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 Paynesville is
The Census internal point of Paynesville is at 45.378500, -94.721600. Saint Paul, the capital, is 84.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cold Spring, MN (4,326 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 76.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.378500, -94.721600
- DMS
- 45°22'42.60"N 94°43'17.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 365208.2E 5026439.9N
- Geohash
- cbhdhscuf
- Plus code
- 86Q797HH+C9
Daylight in Paynesville
At 45.38° N, Paynesville gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Paynesville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Eden Valley, 9.3 miles away, with 1,068 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Paynesville, MN?
2,586 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 190 (7.9%) from 2,396 in July 2020.
What county is Paynesville in?
Stearns County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Paynesville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56362.
How far is Paynesville from Saint Paul?
84.1 miles (135.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Paynesville.
What is the nearest larger city to Paynesville?
Cold Spring, MN, with 4,326 residents, 15.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.