Missouri · Census place 2946586

Maryland Heights, Missouri

Maryland Heights is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 27,671 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
27,671
#24 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-586 people
Land area
21.9 sq mi
+ 1.52 sq mi water
Density
1,265 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Maryland Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Maryland Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Maryland Heights lost 586 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -5. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 119th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Maryland Heights is 2.3 times that size.

28.3k202028.1k202127.8k202227.7k202327.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,300. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Maryland Heights covers 21.88 square miles of land and 1.52 of water, for 1,265 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Maryland Heights is less dense than the typical town.

What county Maryland Heights is in

All of Maryland Heights's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Maryland Heights holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Maryland Heights

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Maryland Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63043, 63146. 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 Maryland Heights is

The Census internal point of Maryland Heights is at 38.716800, -90.471800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 92.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Charles, MO (72,458 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 13.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.716800, -90.471800
DMS
38°43'0.48"N 90°28'18.48"W
UTM
15N 719807.0E 4288384.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CFPG8H+P7

Daylight in Maryland Heights

At 38.72° N, Maryland Heights 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 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Maryland Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Creve Coeur, 4.1 miles away, with 18,533 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Maryland Heights, MO?

27,671 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 586 (2.1%) from 28,257 in July 2020.

What county is Maryland Heights in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Maryland Heights?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 63043, 63146.

How far is Maryland Heights from Jefferson City?

92.3 miles (148.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Maryland Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Maryland Heights?

St. Charles, MO, with 72,458 residents, 6.0 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.