Missouri · Census place 2931276

Hazelwood, Missouri

Hazelwood is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 24,951 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,951
#30 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-462 people
Land area
16.0 sq mi
+ 0.73 sq mi water
Density
1,556 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Hazelwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Hazelwood population, 2020 to 2024

Hazelwood lost 462 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +6. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 114th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Hazelwood is 2.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,455. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hazelwood covers 16.04 square miles of land and 0.73 of water, for 1,556 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Hazelwood is close to the typical town.

What county Hazelwood is in

All of Hazelwood's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Hazelwood holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hazelwood

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hazelwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63031, 63042, 63044. 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 Hazelwood is

The Census internal point of Hazelwood is at 38.794700, -90.396000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 97.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Florissant, MO (51,290 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 13.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.794700, -90.396000
DMS
38°47'40.92"N 90°23'45.60"W
UTM
15N 726152.0E 4297215.7N
Geohash
9yzswyres
Plus code
86CFQJV3+VH

Daylight in Hazelwood

At 38.79° N, Hazelwood gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hazelwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Bridgeton, 1.9 miles away, with 11,301 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hazelwood, MO?

24,951 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 462 (1.8%) from 25,413 in July 2020.

What county is Hazelwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hazelwood?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 63031, 63042, 63044.

How far is Hazelwood from Jefferson City?

97.0 miles (156.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Hazelwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Hazelwood?

Florissant, MO, with 51,290 residents, 3.7 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.