Missouri · Census place 2957278

Pevely, Missouri

Pevely is a city in Jefferson County, Missouri with an estimated 6,103 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 118th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,103
#118 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+59 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,206 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Pevely. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Pevely population, 2020 to 2024

Pevely added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +55. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 71st; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Pevely is 50% of it.

6,04420206,02820216,02220226,04820236,1032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,037. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pevely covers 5.06 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,206 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Pevely is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pevely is in

All of Pevely's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 231,888 residents in 2024. Pevely holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pevely

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pevely by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63070. 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 Pevely is

The Census internal point of Pevely is at 38.288100, -90.400000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 98.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Festus, MO (13,730 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 25.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.288100, -90.400000
DMS
38°17'17.16"N 90°24'0.00"W
UTM
15N 727395.4E 4240979.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CF7JQ2+62

Daylight in Pevely

At 38.29° N, Pevely gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pevely

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Herculaneum, 2.1 miles away, with 5,321 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pevely, MO?

6,103 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (1.0%) from 6,044 in July 2020.

What county is Pevely in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pevely?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63070.

How far is Pevely from Jefferson City?

98.0 miles (157.8 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Pevely.

What is the nearest larger city to Pevely?

Festus, MO, with 13,730 residents, 4.8 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.