Ozark, Missouri

Ozark population, 2020 to 2024

Ozark added 1,840 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.6%. In the latest year it moved by +324. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Ozark is 1.9 times that size.

Ozark covers 12.15 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,913 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Ozark is denser than the typical town.

What county Ozark is in

All of Ozark's residents live in Christian County, which had 96,045 residents in 2024. Ozark holds 24.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ozark

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ozark by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65721. 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 Ozark is

The Census internal point of Ozark is at 37.033600, -93.218000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 121.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nixa, MO (26,352 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 11.8 miles away.

Daylight in Ozark

At 37.03° N, Ozark gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ozark

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Fremont Hills, 2.9 miles away, with 1,097 people.