Missouri · Census place 2923950

Fenton, Missouri

Fenton is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 4,073 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 163rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,073
#163 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-41 people
Land area
6.3 sq mi
+ 0.32 sq mi water
Density
650 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Fenton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Fenton population, 2020 to 2024

Fenton lost 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

4,11420204,09620214,06820224,06220234,0732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,117. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fenton covers 6.27 square miles of land and 0.32 of water, for 650 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Fenton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fenton is in

All of Fenton's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Fenton holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fenton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fenton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63026. 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 Fenton is

The Census internal point of Fenton is at 38.528500, -90.450700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 93.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunset Hills, MO (9,099 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 13.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.528500, -90.450700
DMS
38°31'42.60"N 90°27'2.52"W
UTM
15N 722222.5E 4267536.5N
Geohash
9yzejtzuc
Plus code
86CFGGHX+CP

Daylight in Fenton

At 38.53° N, Fenton gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fenton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Sunset Hills, 2.2 miles away, with 9,099 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fenton, MO?

4,073 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 41 (1.0%) from 4,114 in July 2020.

What county is Fenton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fenton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63026.

How far is Fenton from Jefferson City?

93.1 miles (149.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Fenton.

What is the nearest larger city to Fenton?

Sunset Hills, MO, with 9,099 residents, 2.2 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.

  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.