Missouri · Census place 2939188

Knob Noster, Missouri

Knob Noster is a city in Johnson County, Missouri with an estimated 2,932 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 187th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,932
#187 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+6.2%
+172 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,018 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Knob Noster. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Knob Noster population, 2020 to 2024

Knob Noster added 172 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.2%. In the latest year it moved by +58.

2,76020202,78720212,81420222,87420232,9322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,756. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Knob Noster covers 2.88 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,018 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Knob Noster is less dense than the typical town.

What county Knob Noster is in

All of Knob Noster's residents live in Johnson County, which had 55,880 residents in 2024. Knob Noster holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Knob Noster

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Knob Noster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65336. 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 Knob Noster is

The Census internal point of Knob Noster is at 38.767300, -93.563600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 76.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warrensburg, MO (19,998 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 45.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.767300, -93.563600
DMS
38°46'2.28"N 93°33'48.96"W
UTM
15N 451037.3E 4291104.9N
Geohash
9yvkwcm5f
Plus code
86C8QC8P+WH

Daylight in Knob Noster

At 38.77° N, Knob Noster 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 Knob Noster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is La Monte, 7.5 miles away, with 1,009 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Knob Noster, MO?

2,932 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 172 (6.2%) from 2,760 in July 2020.

What county is Knob Noster in?

Johnson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Knob Noster?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65336.

How far is Knob Noster from Jefferson City?

76.1 miles (122.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Knob Noster.

What is the nearest larger city to Knob Noster?

Warrensburg, MO, with 19,998 residents, 8.7 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.