Missouri · Census place 2913600

Chesterfield, Missouri

Chesterfield is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 49,465 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 14th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
49,465
#14 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-484 people
Land area
31.8 sq mi
+ 2.00 sq mi water
Density
1,554 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Chesterfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Chesterfield population, 2020 to 2024

Chesterfield lost 484 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +120. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 98th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Chesterfield is 4.0 times that size.

49.9k202049.8k202149.4k202249.3k202349.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 49,992. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chesterfield covers 31.84 square miles of land and 2.00 of water, for 1,554 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Chesterfield is close to the typical town.

What county Chesterfield is in

All of Chesterfield's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Chesterfield holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chesterfield

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Chesterfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63005, 63017. 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 Chesterfield is

The Census internal point of Chesterfield is at 38.658100, -90.576000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 86.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Peters, MO (61,398 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 18.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.658100, -90.576000
DMS
38°39'29.16"N 90°34'33.60"W
UTM
15N 710918.8E 4281624.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CFMC5F+6H

Daylight in Chesterfield

At 38.66° N, Chesterfield gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chesterfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarkson Valley, 2.4 miles away, with 2,557 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chesterfield, MO?

49,465 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 484 (1.0%) from 49,949 in July 2020.

What county is Chesterfield in?

St. Louis County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Chesterfield?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 63005, 63017.

How far is Chesterfield from Jefferson City?

86.4 miles (139.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Chesterfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Chesterfield?

St. Peters, MO, with 61,398 residents, 8.8 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.