Rolla, Missouri

Rolla population, 2020 to 2024

Rolla added 739 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +154. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Rolla is 1.7 times that size.

Rolla covers 12.12 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,705 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Rolla is denser than the typical town.

What county Rolla is in

All of Rolla's residents live in Phelps County, which had 45,672 residents in 2024. Rolla holds 45.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rolla

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rolla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65401, 65409. 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 Rolla is

The Census internal point of Rolla is at 37.945900, -91.761200. Jefferson City, the capital, is 49.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jefferson City, MO (42,564 people), 48.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 75.6 miles away.

Daylight in Rolla

At 37.95° N, Rolla gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rolla

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is St. James, 8.9 miles away, with 3,932 people.