Missouri · Census place 2958394

Pleasant Hill, Missouri

Pleasant Hill is a city in 2 counties of Missouri with an estimated 8,864 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,864
#92 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+71 people
Land area
8.0 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
1,104 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Pleasant Hill. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Pleasant Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Pleasant Hill added 71 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +186. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 76th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Pleasant Hill is 72% of it.

8,79320208,81020218,71020228,67820238,8642024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,771. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pleasant Hill covers 8.03 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 1,104 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Pleasant Hill is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Pleasant Hill spans

Pleasant Hill crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 8,864 residents as follows; Cass County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Cass County8,857
  2. 02Jackson County7
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Pleasant Hill

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pleasant Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64034, 64080. 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 Pleasant Hill is

The Census internal point of Pleasant Hill is at 38.806000, -94.272300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 114.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Raymore, MO (25,962 people), 10.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 10.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.806000, -94.272300
DMS
38°48'21.60"N 94°16'20.28"W
UTM
15N 389527.1E 4296017.3N
Geohash
9yuuyb3j2
Plus code
86C7RP4H+93

Daylight in Pleasant Hill

At 38.81° N, Pleasant Hill gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pleasant Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenwood, 4.1 miles away, with 6,235 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pleasant Hill, MO?

8,864 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 71 (0.8%) from 8,793 in July 2020.

What county is Pleasant Hill in?

It spans 2 counties: Cass County (8,857 residents), Jackson County (7 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Pleasant Hill?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 64034, 64080.

How far is Pleasant Hill from Jefferson City?

114.3 miles (183.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Pleasant Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Pleasant Hill?

Raymore, MO, with 25,962 residents, 10.0 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)

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