Belton, Missouri

Belton population, 2020 to 2024

Belton added 1,823 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.6%. In the latest year it moved by +316. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Belton is 2.1 times that size.

Belton covers 14.41 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,795 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Belton is denser than the typical town.

What county Belton is in

All of Belton's residents live in Cass County, which had 113,873 residents in 2024. Belton holds 22.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Belton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64012. 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 Belton is

The Census internal point of Belton is at 38.818700, -94.529600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 128.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Raymore, MO (25,962 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Overland Park, KS, 9.9 miles away.

Daylight in Belton

At 38.82° N, Belton gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Belton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Loch Lloyd, 3.7 miles away, with 1,030 people.