Missouri · Census place 2964478

St. John, Missouri

St. John is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 6,472 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 112th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,472
#112 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-156 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
4,558 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: St. John. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

St. John population, 2020 to 2024

St. John lost 156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -7. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 127th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so St. John is 53% of it.

6,62820206,58220216,51620226,47920236,4722024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,641. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. John covers 1.42 square miles of land, for 4,558 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so St. John is denser than the typical town.

What county St. John is in

All of St. John's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. St. John holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. John

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. John by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63114. 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 St. John is

The Census internal point of St. John is at 38.714800, -90.346300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 99.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Overland, MO (15,547 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 7.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.714800, -90.346300
DMS
38°42'53.28"N 90°20'46.68"W
UTM
15N 730726.3E 4288471.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CFPM73+WF

Daylight in St. John

At 38.71° N, St. John 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 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. John

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Charlack, 0.8 miles away, with 1,280 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. John, MO?

6,472 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 156 (2.4%) from 6,628 in July 2020.

What county is St. John in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. John?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63114.

How far is St. John from Jefferson City?

99.0 miles (159.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from St. John.

What is the nearest larger city to St. John?

Overland, MO, with 15,547 residents, 1.7 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.