Missouri · Census place 2929494

Greenwood, Missouri

Greenwood is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 6,235 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 116th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,235
#116 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+209 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
Density
1,194 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Greenwood. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Greenwood population, 2020 to 2024

Greenwood added 209 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +106. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 49th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Greenwood is 51% of it.

6,02620206,05520216,07820226,12920236,2352024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,020. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greenwood covers 5.22 square miles of land, for 1,194 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Greenwood is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Greenwood spans

Greenwood crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,235 residents as follows; Jackson County holds 94.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Jackson County5,908
  2. 02Cass County327
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Greenwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64034. 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 Greenwood is

The Census internal point of Greenwood is at 38.842100, -94.333500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 117.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pleasant Hill, MO (8,864 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 6.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.842100, -94.333500
DMS
38°50'31.56"N 94°20'0.60"W
UTM
15N 384271.4E 4300099.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86C7RMR8+RH

Daylight in Greenwood

At 38.84° N, Greenwood gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Winnebago, 2.1 miles away, with 1,780 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greenwood, MO?

6,235 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 209 (3.5%) from 6,026 in July 2020.

What county is Greenwood in?

It spans 2 counties: Jackson County (5,908 residents), Cass County (327 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Greenwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64034.

How far is Greenwood from Jefferson City?

117.9 miles (189.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Greenwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Greenwood?

Pleasant Hill, MO, with 8,864 residents, 4.1 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.