Missouri · Census place 2961418

Rich Hill, Missouri

Rich Hill is a city in Bates County, Missouri with an estimated 1,257 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 305th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,257
#305 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+2.4%
+29 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
918 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Rich Hill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Rich Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Rich Hill added 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

1,22820201,23120211,23720221,24220231,2572024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,226. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rich Hill covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 918 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Rich Hill is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rich Hill is in

All of Rich Hill's residents live in Bates County, which had 16,394 residents in 2024. Rich Hill holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rich Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rich Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64779. 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 Rich Hill is

The Census internal point of Rich Hill is at 38.095900, -94.363500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 123.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Butler, MO (4,283 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 57.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.095900, -94.363500
DMS
38°05'45.24"N 94°21'48.60"W
UTM
15N 380441.7E 4217333.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86C73JWP+9J

Daylight in Rich Hill

At 38.10° N, Rich Hill gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rich Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Butler, 11.4 miles away, with 4,283 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rich Hill, MO?

1,257 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 29 (2.4%) from 1,228 in July 2020.

What county is Rich Hill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rich Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64779.

How far is Rich Hill from Jefferson City?

123.3 miles (198.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Rich Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Rich Hill?

Butler, MO, with 4,283 residents, 11.4 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.