Missouri · Census place 2967700

Shrewsbury, Missouri

Shrewsbury is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 6,263 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,263
#114 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-136 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
4,349 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Shrewsbury. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Shrewsbury population, 2020 to 2024

Shrewsbury lost 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -4. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 120th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Shrewsbury is 51% of it.

6,39920206,35520216,29620226,26720236,2632024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,409. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shrewsbury covers 1.44 square miles of land, for 4,349 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Shrewsbury is denser than the typical town.

What county Shrewsbury is in

All of Shrewsbury's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Shrewsbury holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shrewsbury

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shrewsbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63119. 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 Shrewsbury is

The Census internal point of Shrewsbury is at 38.586600, -90.328200. Jefferson City, the capital, is 99.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Webster Groves, MO (23,525 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 5.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.586600, -90.328200
DMS
38°35'11.76"N 90°19'41.52"W
UTM
15N 732715.0E 4274288.3N
Geohash
9yzg883p0
Plus code
86CFHMPC+JP

Daylight in Shrewsbury

At 38.59° N, Shrewsbury gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shrewsbury

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Marlborough, 1.4 miles away, with 2,191 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shrewsbury, MO?

6,263 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 136 (2.1%) from 6,399 in July 2020.

What county is Shrewsbury in?

St. Louis County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Shrewsbury?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63119.

How far is Shrewsbury from Jefferson City?

99.6 miles (160.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Shrewsbury.

What is the nearest larger city to Shrewsbury?

Webster Groves, MO, with 23,525 residents, 1.4 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.