Branson, Missouri

Branson population, 2020 to 2024

Branson added 216 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -37. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 63rd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Branson is 1.1 times that size.

Branson covers 21.34 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 603 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Branson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Branson is in

All of Branson's residents live in Taney County, which had 56,744 residents in 2024. Branson 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 Branson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Branson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65616. 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 Branson is

The Census internal point of Branson is at 36.612300, -93.291800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 149.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrison, AR (13,723 people), 27.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 40.2 miles away.

Daylight in Branson

At 36.61° N, Branson gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Branson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Hollister, 3.3 miles away, with 4,659 people.