Festus, Missouri

Festus population, 2020 to 2024

Festus added 1,008 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.9%. In the latest year it moved by +290. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Festus is 1.1 times that size.

Festus covers 5.91 square miles of land, for 2,323 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Festus is denser than the typical town.

What county Festus is in

All of Festus's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 231,888 residents in 2024. Festus holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Festus

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Festus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63028. 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 Festus is

The Census internal point of Festus is at 38.219400, -90.409700. Jefferson City, the capital, is 98.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arnold, MO (21,036 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 30.1 miles away.

Daylight in Festus

At 38.22° N, Festus gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Festus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Crystal City, 1.5 miles away, with 4,703 people.