Merriam Woods, Missouri

Merriam Woods population, 2020 to 2024

Merriam Woods added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

Merriam Woods covers 1.52 square miles of land, for 1,343 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Merriam Woods is close to the typical town.

What county Merriam Woods is in

All of Merriam Woods's residents live in Taney County, which had 56,744 residents in 2024. Merriam Woods holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Merriam Woods

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Merriam Woods by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65740. 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 Merriam Woods is

The Census internal point of Merriam Woods is at 36.721500, -93.172900. Jefferson City, the capital, is 139.5 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forsyth, MO (2,766 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 33.3 miles away.

Daylight in Merriam Woods

At 36.72° N, Merriam Woods gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Merriam Woods

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Forsyth, 4.6 miles away, with 2,766 people.