Missouri · Census place 2941348
Lee's Summit, Missouri
Lee's Summit is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 106,419 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 106,419
- #6 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +4.8%
- +4,847 people
- Land area
- 63.9 sq mi
- + 2.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,666 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Lee's Summit population, 2020 to 2024
Lee's Summit added 4,847 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +2,156. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Lee's Summit is 8.7 times that size.
Lee's Summit covers 63.89 square miles of land and 2.02 of water, for 1,666 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Lee's Summit is denser than the typical town.
The 2 counties Lee's Summit spans
Lee's Summit crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 106,419 residents as follows; Jackson County holds 97.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Jackson County103,651
- 02Cass County2,768
ZIP codes in Lee's Summit
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lee's Summit by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64063, 64064, 64081, 64082, 64086. 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 Lee's Summit is
The Census internal point of Lee's Summit is at 38.921600, -94.384800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 121.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Independence, MO (121,629 people), 11.4 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 313 m (1,027 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.921600, -94.384800
- DMS
- 38°55'17.76"N 94°23'5.28"W
- UTM
- 15N 379953.0E 4308988.0N
- Geohash
- 9yuvkjrnf
- Plus code
- 86C7WJC8+J3
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Lee's Summit
At 38.92° N, Lee's Summit gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Lee's Summit daylight page.
Places near Lee's Summit
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenwood, 6.1 miles away, with 6,235 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lee's Summit, MO?
106,419 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4,847 (4.8%) from 101,572 in July 2020.
What county is Lee's Summit in?
It spans 2 counties: Jackson County (103,651 residents), Cass County (2,768 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Lee's Summit?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 64063, 64064, 64081, 64082, 64086.
How far is Lee's Summit from Jefferson City?
121.5 miles (195.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lee's Summit.
What is the nearest larger city to Lee's Summit?
Independence, MO, with 121,629 residents, 11.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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