Missouri · Census place 2952742

Noel, Missouri

Noel is a city in McDonald County, Missouri with an estimated 2,190 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 230th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,190
#230 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+3.0%
+63 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,079 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Noel. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Noel population, 2020 to 2024

Noel added 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

2,12720202,13520212,14820222,19520232,1902024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,129. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Noel covers 2.03 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,079 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Noel is less dense than the typical town.

What county Noel is in

All of Noel's residents live in McDonald County, which had 24,054 residents in 2024. Noel holds 9.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Noel

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Noel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64854. 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 Noel is

The Census internal point of Noel is at 36.541200, -94.489500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 189.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gravette, AR (3,826 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, AR, 37.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.541200, -94.489500
DMS
36°32'28.32"N 94°29'22.20"W
UTM
15N 366673.7E 4045010.1N
Geohash
9ykzcu4gg
Plus code
8687GGR6+F5

Daylight in Noel

At 36.54° N, Noel gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Noel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Anderson, 8.1 miles away, with 2,089 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Noel, MO?

2,190 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 63 (3.0%) from 2,127 in July 2020.

What county is Noel in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Noel?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64854.

How far is Noel from Jefferson City?

189.5 miles (305.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Noel.

What is the nearest larger city to Noel?

Gravette, AR, with 3,826 residents, 10.3 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.