Missouri · Census place 2949034

Moberly, Missouri

Moberly is a city in Randolph County, Missouri with an estimated 13,337 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,337
#60 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-245 people
Land area
13.2 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,012 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Moberly. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Moberly population, 2020 to 2024

Moberly lost 245 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +43. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 113th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Moberly is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,806. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Moberly covers 13.18 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,012 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Moberly is less dense than the typical town.

What county Moberly is in

All of Moberly's residents live in Randolph County, which had 24,077 residents in 2024. Moberly holds 55.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moberly

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moberly by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65270. 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 Moberly is

The Census internal point of Moberly is at 39.418100, -92.436500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 59.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbia, MO (130,900 people), 33.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.418100, -92.436500
DMS
39°25'5.16"N 92°26'11.40"W
UTM
15N 548506.1E 4363326.7N
Geohash
9zn20xcg1
Plus code
86F9CH97+69

Daylight in Moberly

At 39.42° N, Moberly gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moberly

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Huntsville, 5.9 miles away, with 1,350 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Moberly, MO?

13,337 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 245 (1.8%) from 13,582 in July 2020.

What county is Moberly in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Moberly?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65270.

How far is Moberly from Jefferson City?

59.7 miles (96.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Moberly.

What is the nearest larger city to Moberly?

Columbia, MO, with 130,900 residents, 33.1 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.