Missouri · Census place 2960176

Purdy, Missouri

Purdy is a city in Barry County, Missouri with an estimated 1,052 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 329th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,052; #329 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020: +2.3%; +24 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi
Density: 1,618 / sq mi; State median 1,448

Orange pin: Purdy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Purdy population, 2020 to 2024

Purdy added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,028. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Purdy covers 0.65 square miles of land, for 1,618 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Purdy is denser than the typical town.

What county Purdy is in

All of Purdy's residents live in Barry County, which had 35,618 residents in 2024. Purdy holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Purdy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Purdy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65734. 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 Purdy is

The Census internal point of Purdy is at 36.818800, -93.920600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 154.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monett, MO (10,108 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 43.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.818800, -93.920600
DMS: 36°49'7.68"N 93°55'14.16"W
UTM: 15N 417893.7E 4075166.9N
Geohash: 9yt1qy9j5
Plus code: 8688R39H+GQ

Daylight in Purdy

At 36.82° N, Purdy gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Purdy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Monett, 7.1 miles away, with 10,108 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Purdy, MO?

1,052 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (2.3%) from 1,028 in July 2020.

What county is Purdy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Purdy?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65734.

How far is Purdy from Jefferson City?

154.6 miles (248.9 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Purdy.

What is the nearest larger city to Purdy?

Monett, MO, with 10,108 residents, 7.1 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.