Missouri · Census place 2923842
Fayette, Missouri
Fayette is a city in Howard County, Missouri with an estimated 2,832 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 192nd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,832
- #192 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +37 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,276 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Fayette population, 2020 to 2024
Fayette added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +25.
Fayette covers 2.22 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,276 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Fayette is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fayette is in
All of Fayette's residents live in Howard County, which had 10,150 residents in 2024. Fayette holds 27.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fayette
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fayette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65248. 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 Fayette is
The Census internal point of Fayette is at 39.147300, -92.685700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 48.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boonville, MO (7,863 people), 13.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 23.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.147300, -92.685700
- DMS
- 39°08'50.28"N 92°41'8.52"W
- UTM
- 15N 527159.3E 4333169.9N
- Geohash
- 9yyndys3d
- Plus code
- 86F948W7+WP
Daylight in Fayette
At 39.15° N, Fayette gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fayette
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is New Franklin, 9.7 miles away, with 1,021 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fayette, MO?
2,832 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (1.3%) from 2,795 in July 2020.
What county is Fayette in?
Howard County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fayette?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65248.
How far is Fayette from Jefferson City?
48.0 miles (77.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Fayette.
What is the nearest larger city to Fayette?
Boonville, MO, with 7,863 residents, 13.2 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.