Missouri · Census place 2945668

Manchester, Missouri

Manchester is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 18,122 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,122
#41 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-195 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
Density
3,596 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Manchester. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Manchester population, 2020 to 2024

Manchester lost 195 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +42. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 101st; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Manchester is 1.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,334. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Manchester covers 5.04 square miles of land, for 3,596 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Manchester is denser than the typical town.

What county Manchester is in

All of Manchester's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Manchester holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Manchester

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Manchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63011, 63021. 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 Manchester is

The Census internal point of Manchester is at 38.583000, -90.506500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 90.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ballwin, MO (31,036 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 14.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.583000, -90.506500
DMS
38°34'58.80"N 90°30'23.40"W
UTM
15N 717193.5E 4273451.8N
Geohash
9yzekrz4m
Plus code
86CFHFMV+69

Daylight in Manchester

At 38.58° N, Manchester gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Manchester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Winchester, 1.2 miles away, with 1,407 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Manchester, MO?

18,122 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 195 (1.1%) from 18,317 in July 2020.

What county is Manchester in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Manchester?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 63011, 63021.

How far is Manchester from Jefferson City?

90.0 miles (144.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Manchester.

What is the nearest larger city to Manchester?

Ballwin, MO, with 31,036 residents, 2.5 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.