Missouri · Census place 2921502

El Dorado Springs, Missouri

El Dorado Springs is a city in Cedar County, Missouri with an estimated 3,674 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 169th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,674
#169 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+4.9%
+170 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
1,193 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: El Dorado Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

El Dorado Springs population, 2020 to 2024

El Dorado Springs added 170 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +69.

3,50420203,57120213,58720223,60520233,6742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,498. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

El Dorado Springs covers 3.08 square miles of land, for 1,193 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so El Dorado Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county El Dorado Springs is in

All of El Dorado Springs's residents live in Cedar County, which had 15,023 residents in 2024. El Dorado Springs holds 24.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in El Dorado Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps El Dorado Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64744. 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 El Dorado Springs is

The Census internal point of El Dorado Springs is at 37.869700, -94.020000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 111.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nevada, MO (8,294 people), 18.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 61.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.869700, -94.020000
DMS
37°52'10.92"N 94°01'12.00"W
UTM
15N 410287.3E 4191848.4N
Geohash
9ytpktbwz
Plus code
8697VX9J+V2

Daylight in El Dorado Springs

At 37.87° N, El Dorado Springs 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 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near El Dorado Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Stockton, 17.1 miles away, with 1,841 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of El Dorado Springs, MO?

3,674 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 170 (4.9%) from 3,504 in July 2020.

What county is El Dorado Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover El Dorado Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64744.

How far is El Dorado Springs from Jefferson City?

111.6 miles (179.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from El Dorado Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to El Dorado Springs?

Nevada, MO, with 8,294 residents, 18.1 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.